Sandringham House, Museum & Gardens
Sandringham House is the country retreat of HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, built by King Edward VII and passed down as a private home through three generations of monarchs.
Science Museum
Situated in Exhibition Road, South Kensington, the Science Museum contains all the wonders of our industrial and technological age.
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Shakespeare's Birthplace
The "Man of the Millennium" William Shakespeare, was born in 1564 in the half-timbered house in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon.
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The Victoria and Albert Museum
The V & A has long been established as a leading advocate of contemporary art and design. Born out of the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Museum has evolved into one of the World's most comprehensive and diverse collections of the decorative arts.
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100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum
The 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum is a tribute to the Eighth Air Force. There is a fine collection of U.S.A.A.F. uniforms, decorations and combat records.
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Abbey House Museum
Step back in time at the Abbey House Museum for an experience you will never forget. After your 1880's shopping trip you can find out more about Victorian Leeds, Chidhood in the 19th century and the history of nearby Kirkstall Abbey.
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Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Abbot Hall is an exquisite gallery in the northwest of England on the edge of the Lake District.
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Abbot House
The volunteer-run Abbot House Heritage Centre - dubbed 'The People's Tardis' - propels the traveller through time from the days of the Picts...a time warp peopled by a veritable Who's Who of characters from Dunfermline's past.
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Abergavenny Museum & Castle
Abergavenny Museum presents the story of this historic market town from Prehistoric and Roman times right through to the present day.
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Abertillery and District Museum
Discover the history and heritage of the Abertillery area at Abertillery and District Museum, the museum has something for everyone, old and young.
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Abington Park Museum
'The museum in the park' is a beautiful Grade 1 listed building.
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Acton Scott Historic Working Farm
Experience daily life on an upland farm at the turn of the last century. The waggoner and his team of heavy horses work the land with vintage farm machines.
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Afan Forest Park Visitor Centre
Afan Forest Park is jointly run by Forestry Commission and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council that covers 13,000 hectres.
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Aldershot Military Museum
Welcome to Aldershot Military Museum & Rushmoor Local History Gallery housed in the only surviving brick-built barrack blocks left in Aldershot. Built in 1894, these bungalow-type buildings once covered the whole of North Camp.
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Alford Valley Railway
Alford Valley Railway operates from the restored station yard which once marked the terminus of the branch line linking the villages of upper Donside with Kintore junction and hence to Aberdeen.
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American Museum in Britain
Experience the American way of life from the 17th to 19th centuries.
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Amgueddfa Pontypool Museum
At Valley Inheritance Museum displays and audio visuals combine vividly to tell the story of the Torfaen Valley and its people from earliest times to the present day. Llanyrafon Farm Museum aims to illustrate the farming history of the Valley.
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Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life
Set in a beautiful Tudor house with 21st century displays, this museum tells the remarkable story of Thetford and the Brecks. Discover rich collections alongside audio guides, films and animations.
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Andover Museum & The Museum of The Iron Age
Trace Andover's history from Saxon times to the present day. Step inside the Museum of the Iron Age and discover a way of life that was destroyed by the Romans
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Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum
In the cottage where the millionaire benefactor was born in 1835 is told the family's story prior to their emigration to the United States.
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Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture
Andrew Logan's work is of popular poetry and metropolitan glamour. It is an art which resounds with the exuberant excess of a Busby Berkeley musical. ALMS is currently the only museum in the country dedicated to a living artist.
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Angus Folk Museum
Visit one of Scotland's finest folk museums and explore life in rural Scotland during the past 200 years.
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Apsley House
Apsley House, home of the first Duke of Wellington, is one of the capital's finest residences. Also known as 'Number One London', because it was the first house encountered past the toll-gate into London from the countryside.
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Arbeia Roman Fort and Museum
Built in AD 160s, the stone fort at South Shields played an essential role in the mighty frontier system which stretched across the width of the country, marking the northern boundaries of the Roman Empire.
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Archeolink Prehistory Park
Archeolink is a multi award winning living history park and visitor attraction, with a central focus on education, participation and fun.
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Armley Mills
Formerly one the largest woollen mills in the world, Armley now illustrates Leeds city's impressive industrial past.
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Ashby-de-la-Zouch Museum
Ashby Museum re-opened on Easter Saturday 2007, with a new two-storey extension housing a Community Room and Archives Room, and two revamped Exhibition Galleries.
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Astley Hall
Discover a 400 year old house, built by the Charnock family in Elizabethan times.
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At-Bristol
At-Bristol is a unique destination bringing science, nature and art to life. It is home to three magical attractions; Explore At-Bristol, Wildwalk At-Bristol and IMAX Theatre At-Bristol.
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Auchindrain Museum
Auchindrain Museum is an extraordinary attraction, which brings an original Township or "farming village" back to life.
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Babbacombe Model Village
Beautiful gardens, unforgettable views, amazing craftsmanship, no holiday to the West Country can be thought complete without visiting Babbacombe Model Village. Experience the sights and sounds of the English Countryside in perfect detail.
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Bagshaw Museum
Bagshaw Museum will be closed for structural work and gallery developments jointly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Kirklees Council. The museum is due to reopen in Spring 2009.
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Bamburgh Castle
Standing on a rocky outcrop overlooking miles of beautiful sandy beach, Bamburgh Castle dominates the Northumbrian landscape.
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Bank of England Museum
The Museum is housed within the Bank of England itself, right at the heart of the City of London. It traces the history of the Bank from its foundation by Royal Charter in 1694 to its role today as the nation's central bank.
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Bankfield Museum
A Museum since 1887, Bankfield is now home to an internationally important collection of textiles and costumes from around the world.
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Bantock House Museum
Restored to its stunning Edwardian glory, Bantock House is hidden deep within Bantock Park. Visitors are invited to explore this delightful home of the Bantock family.
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Bath Assembly Rooms
The Ball Room, Octagon, Tea Room and Card Room of the magnificent Assembly Rooms were used in the eighteenth century for dancing, music, card playing, tea drinking and conversation.
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Bath Postal Museum
Discover how 18th-Century Bath influenced and developed the Postal System, including the story of the Penny Post.
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Battle Museum
The town of Battle grew up around the Abbey founded by King William after his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. This museum offers a glimpse of Battle's rich history.
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Battle of Flowers Museum
The Museum opened in 1971. The exhibits are all made from Harestails and Marram grass and memorabilia of the earlier years are also on display.
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Beaminster Museum
Beaminster Museum is a local history museum covering Beaminster and the surrounding villages. Its collection covers past local families of importance, past local trades and schools and a fine collection of agricultural tools.
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Beaulieu
A unique day out in the heart of the New Forest. The list of things to see is as varied as its history which beckons you from across the centuries.
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Beccles Museum
The Museum is housed in Leman House which was probably built in about 1570 and was completely restored and modernised in the 1760s.
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Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life
An extensive museum containing a magnificent assortment of items curious, mysterious, marvellous and common place from the last 200 years.
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Bedford Museum
Housed in the former Higgins and Sons Brewery, Bedford Museum is situated within the picturesque gardens of Bedford Castle, beside the Great Ouse Embankment.
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Bekonscot Model Village
Bekonscot is the oldest model village in the world. Portraying rural England in the 1930's, time has stood still in this wonderland of make-believe for over 70 years.
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Bembridge Windmill
Built around 1700, Bembridge Windmill is the only surviving windmill on the island and has much of its original machinery intact.
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Bentley Wildfowl & Motor Museum
The renowned waterfowl collection was started by the late Gerald Askew in the 1960's and soon became the largest private collection in the UK.
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Beverley Guildhall
The Guildhall is a Grade One listed historic seat of civic governance featuring an 18th century court room.
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Bewdley Museum
Situated in the heart of the picturesque Georgian town of Bewdley, the museum offers a friendly welcome and entertaining experience for the whole family.
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Bexhill Costume Museum
Bexhill Museum is situated in the attractive setting of the Manor Gardens, Old Town. Exhibits include costumes, accessories and memorabilia from the 18th century to the 1970's.
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Bexhill Museum
From the Giant Crab of Japan to tiny Goldcrests; from Egyptology to ethnography, Bexhill Museum's displays have a variety and scope to interest everybody.
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Bignor Roman Villa and Museum
The Roman villa is situated in a superb rural setting to the north of the South Downs. The mosaic floors, discovered in 1811, are some of the finest in Britain.
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Bircham Windmill
Standing in the heart of Norfolk's undulating fields, the windmill now looks as it did over 100 years ago. At that time over 300 mills ground corn for horse and cattle feed and bread making in Norfolk.
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Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum
This delightful early 16th century, timber framed, thatched building, once three cottages, is the oldest domestic building in East Dereham
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Black Country Living Museum
Discover a fascinating world when you visit Britain's friendliest open-air museum. Historic buildings from all around the Black Country have been moved and rebuilt at the Black Country Museum
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Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery is housed in a beautiful Arts and Crafts style building, it offers a lively programme of exhibitions and events for all the family.
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Blairs Museum
Blairs Museum has a stunning collection of fine and decorative art spanning more than 500 years.
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Blaise Castle House Museum
The museum features displays of everyday life in and around Bristol, including toys, costumes and domestic equipment. It stands in extensive grounds and woodland.
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Bluebell Railway
The Bluebell Railway was the first preserved standard gauge passenger line in the UK. In 1960 it reopened part of the Lewes to East Grinstead line of the old London Brighton and South Coast Railway.
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Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway
The Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway is home to an exciting collection of railway buildings, locomotives, equipment, carriages and wagons.
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Boat Museum
There's something for all the family at Britains premier canal museum. Step aboard some of the boats from the world's largest floating collection of traditional canal craft.
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Bognor Regis Museum
Bognor Regis, the first purpose built holiday resort, its history and development.
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Bolling Hall
Tucked away in a leafy garden, less than a mile from the city centre. Bolling Hall is one of Bradford's most precious jewels.
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Bolton Museum, Aquarium and Archive
Bolton Museum has many collections of exhibits from fine art to Egyptian archaeology. There is an aquarium where you can see snakes and a piranha fish which is 23 years old.
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Booth Museum of Natural History
The Booth Museum is the creation of the Victorian ornithologist Edward Booth. It was built in 1874 to house his collection of stuffed British birds.
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Botanic Gardens Museum
The Botanic Gardens Museum is situated in the Botanic Gardens in Churchtown. The collection includes local history and natural history displays, and a re-creation of a period Victorian room.
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Bradford Industrial Museum & Horses At Work
Think of industry in Bradford and you think of wool. Think of mills and you think of machinery, steam engines and horses, all of which can be found at Bradford Industrial Museum!
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Brass Rubbing Centre
In the centre you will find a fascinating collection of replicas moulded from ancient Pictish Stones, rare Scottish brasses and medieval church brasses.
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Breamore House & Museum
The magnificent Manor House is set above the picturesque village of Breamore, overlooking the avon Valley on the edge of the New Forest just north of Fordingbridge.
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Brenzett Aeronautical Museum
Brenzett Museum is a unique collection of wartime equipment, remains recovered from aircraft crash sites and memorabilia collected and donated to the Museum since its formation in 1972.
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Bressingham Steam and Gardens
Bressingham Hall offers a unique insight into the dual passions of Alan Bloom - horticulture and steam. The gardens are renowned worldwide, while the steam collection is one of the most comprehensive collections of steam engines and artefacts in England.
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Brewers Quay
Inspired by Weymouth's turbulent past and strong maritime connections, The Timewalk attraction tells the fascinating story of the town as seen through the eyes of Ms. Paws the brewery cat and her eight feline ancestors.
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Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
The museum features state-of-the-art visitor facilities, a series of innovative redesigned galleries and wide-ranging collections brought to life using the latest interpretative techniques.
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Bristol Industrial Museum
Come and see the fascinating Museum of Bristol at work. Over 400 exhibits to see, housed in historic transport sheds and in a stunning dockside location.
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Bristols City Museum and Art Gallery
Bristol Museum containing collections representing the arts, human history and natural science.
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British Cycling Museum
Our Museum, the nations foremost museum of cycling history is housed in an old Victorian Railway Station - A history of cycling from 1818.
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British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
The British Empire & Commonwealth Museum represents the first serious attempt in the United Kingdom to present a publicly accessible history of the British empire and to examine its continuing impact on Britain and the rest of the world.
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British Golf Museum
Where better to find out about the history of golf than at St Andrews, the home of golf?
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British Postal Museum and Archive
In 1635 King Charles1 made his own mail delivery service available to the public. In 1660 The General Post Office was established to run this 'royal mail ' service. The Archive charts the four centuries of development into Royal Mail Group plc.
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Brixham Heritage Museum
The Brixham Heritage Museum and History Society was founded in 1958 for the purpose of recording, saving and displaying the heritage of the historic town and fishing port.
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Broadfield House Glass Museum
Situated in the historic Stourbridge Glass Quarter, Broadfield House Glass Museum is one of the best glass museums in the world.
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Broadlands
Broadlands has been a part of English history for centuries. Home to statesmen and men of action. Host to royalty and the brilliant, powerful and celebrated of their time.
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Bromley Museum
At Bromley Museum we will help you to uncover many interesting facts about Bromley's past as well as how people lived through the ages.
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Brontė Parsonage Museum
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontė, were the authors of some of the greatest books in the English language. Haworth Parsonage was their much-loved home and Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall were all written here.
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Brooklands Museum
Brooklands Museum opened in 1991 on 30 acres of the original 1907 motor-racing circuit. The Museum features the most historic and steepest section of the old Banked Track and the 1-in-4 Test Hill.
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Broughty Castle Museum
Broughty Castle sits imposingly at the mouth of the River Tay. Built in 1496 on a rocky promontory it has faced many sieges and battles.
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Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
The Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a working Steam Museum, with one of the largest collections of locomotives, vehicles and railway memorabilia in the UK.
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Bucklers Hard Maritime Museum
Buckler's Hard is a picturesque 18th century village on the banks of the Beaulieu River in the heart of the New Forest. Historically, it is famed as the place where some of the ships of Nelson's fleet were built.
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Burgh House & Hampstead Local History Museum
Burgh House is a handsome Queen Anne house in the heart of Old Hampstead, with original panelled rooms and staircase, and wrought-iron gates.
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Burns House
It was in this simple sandstone house in a quiet Dumfries street that Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, spent the last years of his brilliant life.
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Burrell Collection
In the heart of Pollok Country Park, this award-winning building contains a unique collection of art in a beautiful woodland setting.
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Buxton Museum & Art Gallery
The Museum & Art Gallery features geology, archaeology and history of the Peak District displayed in a seven section time tunnel - complete with sounds and smells!
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Bygones Museum
The museum houses a unique collection of antiques and memorabilia gathered together by the owners over a period of sixty years.
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Caerleon Amphitheatre Barracks and Baths
The site of the 50-acre (20.3ha) Roman legionary fortress of Isca, the permanent base of the Second Augustan Legion in Britain from about A.D. 75.
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Caldicot Castle & Country Park
Magnificent Welsh border castle set in fifty-five acres of beautiful parkland. Founded by the Normans, developed in royal hands as a stronghold in the Middle Ages.
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Caledonian Canal Visitor Centre
A small but unique venue showcasing the history of the Caledonian Canal from its beginnings to its present day refurbishment.
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Callendar House
Callendar House encapsulates 600 years of Scotland's history from medieval times to the twentieth century. Great historical figures like Mary Queen of Scots, Cromwell and Bonnie Prince Charlie have visited the house.
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Cambridge & County Folk Museum
Step inside the ancient White Horse Inn and drink in the past with the people of town and fen, college and market.
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Camera Obscura & World Of Illusions
Visit Edinburgh Camera Obscura and World of Illusions where seeing is not believing! There are five great attractions in one visit.
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Cannon Hall Museum
Cannon Hall was designed by John Carr of York and is set in over 70 acres of historic parkland which includes beautiful formal gardens providing a perfect setting for picnics or relaxing strolls.
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Canterbury Roman Museum
Canterbury's acclaimed new Roman Museum has been specially constructed underground in the excavated Roman levels below the Longmarket Shopping Centre.
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Canterbury Royal Museum & Art Gallery
Canterbury's Art Gallery has a large and varied art exhibitions programme, and significant permanent collection.
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Canterbury West Gate Towers
One of England's finest mediaeval fortified gatehouses, with arms and armour displays, prison cells and panoramic views from the battlements.
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Captain Cook Birthplace Museum
The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum marks the site of Cook's birthplace in Marton on the outskirts of Middlesbrough and is situated in the beautiful landscaped grounds of Stewart Park.
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Captain Cook Memorial Museum
The house in Grape Lane was Cook's only known 'landfall' in Whitby, at the very top of the house, in the ship-timbered attic, the young James Cook pursued his winter studies by candlelight.
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Cardigan Heritage Centre
Situated on the ground floor of an 18th century warehouse on the river Teifi containing artefacts and information on the history of Cardigan.
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Carmarthenshire County Museum
At Abergwili, near Carmarthen on the A40, this the museum of Carmarthenshire's past.
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Cars of The Stars Motor Museum
The world famous Cars of The Stars Motor Museum features many famous TV and film vehicles.
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Castle Cornet
The history of this magnificent Castle spans eight centuries and its buildings now house several museums, the Refectory and the Castle Shop
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Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum
The Cawthorne Museum Society was founded in 1884 by the Rev. Charles Tiplady Pratt who was vicar of the parish at the time. He encouraged the young people of the village to become interested in Natural History and start a museum collection.
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Cefn Coed Colliery Museum
Cefn Coed Colliery is unique, standing as it does in one of the most beautiful and unspoilt valleys in the South Wales coalfield.
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Centre for Life
The Centre for Life is an award-winning science centre where imaginative exhibitions, interactive displays and special events promote greater understanding of science and provoke curiosity in the world around us.
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Ceredigion Museum
'Probably the most beautiful Museum in Britain' - Come and judge for yourself. Welcome to The Coliseum former Theatre and Cinema now home of the Ceredigion Museum and Gallery.
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Charlestown Shipwreck and Heritage Centre
The Centre tells the history of diving, salvage and shipwrecks from the earliest times to the present day. It also reveals what life was like in the Georgian village and seaport of Charlestown.
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Chatham Dockyard Historical Society
The Society was founded in 1980 by a group of Dockyard men dedicated to perpetuating the history and work of Chatham Dockyard.
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Chepstow Museum
Chepstow Museum reveals the rich and varied past of this ancient town, once an important port and market centre. Wine trade, shipbuilding and salmon fishing are among Chepstow's many industries featured in displays with atmospheric settings.
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Chertsey Museum
The Museum is housed in the Cedars, a Grade II listed Regency town house with an attractive garden
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Cheshire Military Museum
An interesting, innovative and attractive museum in a Grade I Listed Building on the very edge of the Castle in Chester. It is always developing new ideas to interpret the stories of the men of four famous regiments connected with Cheshire.
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Chichester District Museum
Chichester District Museum, housed in an eighteenth century corn store, explores the history of Chichester and District.
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Church Farm Museum
Take an unhurried stroll into a bygone era. Discover the tranquil and friendly atmosphere of this Lincolnshire Farm Museum.
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Church Farmhouse Museum
Hendon Borough Council purchased Church Farmhouse, restored it and opened it as a museum in 1955. It is furnished as a Middlesex farm house and is the main repository for local artefacts from an area stretching from Edgware to Hampstead.
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Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms
The Churchill Museum, the world's first major museum dedicated to life of Winston Churchill, is a permanent exhibition housed within the unique setting of the historic Cabinet War Rooms.
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City of Norwich Aviation Museum
Aircraft and memorabilia showing the aviation history of Norfolk. The collection features a massive Vulcan bomber and some of the military and civil aircraft which have flown from Norfolk airfields.
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Clan Cameron Museum
The Clan Cameron Museum was opened by Sir Fitzroy Maclean of Dunconnell in 1989. It is in the grounds of Achnacarry, the centre of Clan Cameron Country and home of the Chief of the Clan and his family.
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Clearwell Caves Ancient Iron Mines
When you visit Clearwell caves you are entering some of the very oldest underground workings in Britain.
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Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum
On the site visitors can enjoy an exciting and authentic underground experience and discover the special skills and customs of the Cleveland miners.
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Clydebuilt Scottish Maritime Museum
The story of Glasgow and the River Clyde is brought vividly to life at Clydebuilt, the Scottish Maritime Museum at Braehead.
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Coats Observatory
At the 1880 Annual General Meeting of the Paisley Philosophical Institution, it was proposed that the Society should purchase an astronomical telescope.
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Cobbaton Combat Collection
The Cobbaton Combat Collection is the result of one man's obsession for collecting militaria from tin hats to tanks, in fact, anything pertaining to the armies of the World and to the civilians who were involved with them.
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Cogges Manor Farm Museum
Come to Cogges to discover life in rural Oxfordshire in Victorian times. You step back in time when you enter the beautiful farmstead with its original Cotswold buildings.
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Coggeshall Grange Barn
One of the oldest timber-framed Barns in Europe, dating from the 13th century. It was the barn of the Cistercian monastery of Coggeshall.
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Colne Valley Railway and Museum
The Colne Valley Railway is a one mile long heritage railway located in North Essex, about 70 miles from London.
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Conservation Centre
The award-winning Conservation Centre is dedicated to the preservation of precious items, from ceramics and paintings to textiles and sculpture.
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Coors Visitor Centre
Beer has been brewed in Burton upon Trent for centuries and the Museum of Brewing at the Coors Visitor Centre charts its fantastic heritage.
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Corrigall Farm Museum
Experience Orkney Farm and Folk life at the Kirkbuster and Corrigall farm museums. Buildings and grounds include a working barn with grain kiln; traditional crafts and livestock; horse drawn implements and machines.
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Cosmeston Lakes Country Park & Medieval Village
At Cosmeston Lakes Country park you will find over 90ha of lakes, woodlands and meadows open to the public all the year round.
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Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection
Located in the beautiful Cotswold village of Bourton on the Water, the Cotswold Motor Museum is a veritable treasure chest of yesteryear.
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Cottage Museum
The Cottage Museum is part of a small vernacular house of 1739, divided into two in the 19th century.
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Courthouse Museum
The Georgian Courthouse is virtually unchanged since it was built in 1830.
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Coventry Toy Museum
Coventry Toy Museum which is housed in Whitefriars Gate, built in 1352, houses a wonderful collection of toys dating from 1740 to 1952.
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Coventry Transport Museum
Coventry is the birthplace of British road transport and the Museum displays the largest collection of British cars, buses, cycles and motorcycles in the world, it is designated as a collection of national importance
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Cowper & Newton Museum
Visit Orchard Side, home of the 18th century poet, translator and Letter-writer William Cowper. See displays of his works, portraits and memorabilia, plus those of his friend John Newton.
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Creetown Gem and Rock Museum
The Creetown Gemrock Museum houses one of the finest privately owned collections of gemstones, crystals, minerals, gemstone objet d'art and fossils in Britain.
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Creswell Crags Museum and Education Centre
Creswell Crags is one of the most important archaeological sites in Britain. It was used as a seasonal camp by Ice Age hunters over 45,000 years ago.
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Crich Tramway Village
Ride through history on Vintage Trams from all over the world. They run every few minutes to take you through a Period Street, beneath the elegant Bowe-Lyon Bridge, and on to open countryside with views that take your breath away.
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Crofton Roman Villa
The Crofton Roman Villa house was inhabited from about AD140 to 400 and was the centre of a farming estate of about 500 acres.
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Cromer Museum
Step inside this cosy Victorian fisherman's cottage and imagine what it was like to live in Cromer at the end of the 19th century.
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Cromer Windmill
Cromer mill stands on an artificial mound where windmills have stood for over six hundred years. The present mill was built shortly before 1720, possibly as early as 1681.
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Cusworth Hall, Museum and Park
Cusworth Hall, Museum and Park has now re-opened to the public after several years of extensive restoration work.The Hall and its surrounding parkland have been transformed
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Dales Countryside Museum and National Park Centre
This is an award-winning museum, managed by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, housed in Hawes railway station in the north of the National Park.
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Darlington Railway Centre and Museum
The museum collection covers the railways of North-East England, with particular emphasis on the Darlington area. Of greatest significance is Stephenson's "Locomotion" (1825), which hauled the inaugural train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
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Dawlish Museum
Knowle House was built as a gentleman's residence in 1805. It now houses various collections donated by the people of Dawlish.
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Dean Heritage Centre
Situated in a converted former mill in the picturesque Soudley Valley, the Dean Heritage Centre is the ideal starting point for a visit to the Forest.
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Denbigh Museum and Art Gallery
The Denbigh Museum and Art Gallery interprets the history of Denbigh showing its origins as a medieval settlement and its development as a cultural and industrial centre.
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Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank
A visit to the Denny Ship Model Experiment Tank is a unique chance to step back into the world of the Victorian ship designer. Built in 1882 the Denny Tank was the first commercial ship model testing tank built in the world.
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Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Derby Museum and Art Gallery houses a wide range of important and attractive collections covering porcelain, paintings, archaeology, history, local regiments, geology and wildlife.
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Design Museum
The Design Museum has become the UK's cultural champion of design and has won international acclaim for exhibitions of modern design history and contemporary design innovation.
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Dickens House Museum
Charles Dickens (1812-70) lived at number 48 Doughty Street from April 1837 to December 1839, not a long period but an important one, because if was here that he really secured his reputation.
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Didcot Railway Centre
At Didcot, half way between Bristol and London, members of the Great Western Society have created a living museum of the Great western Railway.
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DIG-An Archaeological Adventure
Discover DIG. Grab a trowel and dig to see what you can find in DIG's specially designed excavation pits. Rediscover some of the amazing finds that the archaeologists have uncovered.
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Discovery Museum
Discovery is the North East of England's most popular free tourist attraction. Walk through its doors to discover all about life in Newcastle and Tyneside.
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Discovery Point
Welcome to Discovery Point, home of Captain Scott's famous Royal Research Ship Discovery.
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Dolphin Yard Sailing Barge Museum
The site includes the original sail loft and forge which have been converted to a museum devoted to the history of the Thames Sailing Barge.
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Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery
Opened in 1964 as a purpose-built Museum to display important collections of natural history, archaeology, local history, fine and decorative art.
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Dorman Museum
Town in Time is a permanent exhibition about Middlesborough and its people from earliest times. Middlesborough as a religious community, rural life, industrial revolution to the present day. The Dorman Museum also has a programme of temporary exhibitions
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Dorset County Museum
The Museum is housed in a beautiful, gothic-style building, which dates from 1881. It houses an array of fascinating galleries, dealing with a wide range of subjects from the natural sciences and geology to art, history and literature.
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Dover Roman Painted House
The Roman Painted House, the finest Roman House on show in Britain, was discovered by Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit. wenty five years of excavation across ancient Dover by the Unit have uncovered 50 major structures.
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Dr Johnson's House
This House can be described as a shrine to the English language, for it was here that Dr Samuel Johnson worked for many years to compile the first comprehensive English Dictionary which was published in 1755.
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Dynamic Earth
Our Dynamic Earth is the most amazing adventure of all time. It's a fantastic journey of discovery that will take you from the very beginning of time to the unknown future of the planet we call home.
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Earby Lead Mine Museum
Earby Mines Research Group was formed in 1945 within the Earby Pothole Club to explore lead and other mines in Yorkshire.
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Easdale Island Folk Museum
The Easdale Folk Museum aims to show a snapshot of life on Easdale Island as it was in the 19th Century, when the Island was the centre of the Scottish slate industry.
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East Somerset Railway
Take a ride through the beautiful Somerset countryside in our original steam-hauled trains, and relax among the sights and sounds of an old-style country branch line.
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Eastleigh Museum
Take a tour through Eastleigh's past and discover what life was like in the 1930s with our recreation of a local engine driver's family home.
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Eden Camp Modern History Museum
The site was named Eden Camp and the first inmates were two hundred and fifty Italian prisoners. These prisoners were put work constructing a larger permanent camp, consisting of forty-five huts. This is now a Modern History Theme Museum.
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Edward Jenner Museum
Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley in 1749. Orphaned before he was 5 years old, his brothers and sisters set him on a career of medicine.
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Elgin Museum
This award winning Museum, founded in 1836, houses important collections of Natural History, Geology, Archaeology, Science, Art, Ethnography and Social History.
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Elizabethan House Museum
The Museum is housed in a sixteenth century building with rooms displayed to reflect the lives of families who have lived there.
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Ely Museum
Ely Museum, in the Old Bishop's Gaol, is a bright and friendly local history museum. Displays include original prison cells.
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Epworth Old Rectory
Samuel Wesley built the house in 1709 after fire had destroyed the earlier building from which John was rescued as 'a brand plucked from the burning'.
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Etruria Industrial Museum
The focus of Eturia Industrial Museum is Jesse Shirley's Bone & Flint Mill, built in 1857 to grind materials for the pottery and agricultural industries.
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Fairfax House
York's premier historic house museum is home for the famous Noel Terry Collection of English 18th Century furniture and clocks.
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Fairlynch Museum
Fairlynch Museum is one of very few thatched museums in existence and is a typical example of a "Marine Cottage Orne".
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Falconer Museum
The museum was founded in 1871 and contains a wealth of Moray's heritage.
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Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey
Discover farming through the ages and learn about the rural history of Cambridgeshire. Visit the English Heritage Grade 1 Abbey, still featuring superb Norman interiors.
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Fawley Court
Fawley Court has a history that dates back to the 11th Century, the current house being designed by the world famous Sir Christopher Wren in 1683.
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Fife Folk Museum
The Fife Folk Museum invites you to discover the history of everyday rural life in this area.
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Filey Museum
The Museum building was originally two single storey cottages and is the oldest domestic building in Filey, 1696 being the date above the doors.
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Finchcocks
Finchcocks is a fine early Georgian manor in a beautiful unspoilt setting which houses a magnificent collection of some ninety historical keyboard instruments.
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Firepower! Royal Artillery Museum
Firepower! is a new museum, opening in May 2001, showing the development of artillery from the ballista of Roman times to present-day missiles and telling the story of the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
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Fishbourne Roman Palace
Fishbourne's impressive remains came to light in 1960 when a new water main cut into the previously unsuspected foundations and mosaics.
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Fitzwilliam Museum
The Museum has a wide range of permanent exhibits and frequently changing exhibitions.
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Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre
At Flag Fen archaeologists have discovered the preserved remains of a huge timber monument to our ancestors.
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Fleetwood Museum
Discover this fascinating Museum, close to the quayside and overlooking Morecambe Bay. Fleetwood Museum brings to life the history of Fleetwood and the Lancashire Coast
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Ford Green Hall
Ford Green Hall is a seventeenth century house complete with period garden. It was home to the Ford family for almost two centuries.
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Forge Museum
The Forge Museum is closed for redevelopment throughout 2007 and is scheduled to re-open in June 2008.
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Fort Grey
Fort Grey, which is known locally as 'the Cup and Saucer', overlooks the magical west coast bays. The Martello Tower now houses a Shipwreck Museum.
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Fossil Grove
Fossil Grove is Glasgow's most ancient attraction. Its fossil trees provide an insight into the world of 330 million years ago.
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Foxfield Steam Railway
Experience the nostalgia of this unique Heritage Steam Railway for a five and a half mile round journey, winding gently through some of North Staffordshire's most picturesque countryside.
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Framework Knitters Museum
The museum is located in unique restored 19th Century workshops, cottages and frameshops containing the collection of handframes which can be seen working daily.
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Freud Museum
The Freud Museum was the home of Sigmund Freud and his family when they escaped Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938. It remained the family home until Anna Freud, the youngest daughter, died in 1982.
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Frome Museum
The current Exhibition at Frome Museum is the art of JW Singer & Sons Ltd of internationsl remown that originally specialised in church ornaments, plate and memorials.
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Future World @ Goonhilly
No visit to Cornwall would be complete without visiting one of Cornwall's most unique destinations. Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station occupies over 160 acres on the magnificent Lizard Peninsula.
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Galleries of Justice
The Galleries of Justice gives you an unrivalled tour through two and a half centuries of crime.
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Gawthorpe Hall
Gawthorpe Hall was built between 1600 and 1605 for the Shuttleworth family who had already been at Gawthorpe for over 200 years.
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Geffrye Museum
The Geffrye is the only museum in the UK to specialise in the domestic interiors and furniture of the urban middle-class.
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German Occupation Museum
The museum gives a picture of life in Guernsey during the German Occupation, 1940 -1945.
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Gladstone Court Victorian Street Museum
Children of all ages can stroll along the 'real' Victorian street and visit the small shops or perhaps sit in the schoolroom to recall the not so good old days.
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Glasgow Museum of Transport
Visit the Glasgow Museum of Transport and the first impression is of gleaming metalwork and bright paint. All around you are cars, caravans, carriages & carts, bicycles & buses, fire engines, steam locomotives, prams & trams.
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Glasgow Museums Resource Centre
This is the first publicly accessible store for the Glasgow City's museum service.
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Glasgow Police Museum
At the Glasgow Police Museum you have the unique opportunity to step into the compelling and dramatic history of the United Kingdom's oldest police force.
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Glasgow School of Art
The history of the Glasgow School of Art is inextricably linked to Charles Rennie Mackintosh. A graduate of the School, Mackintosh's 1896 design for a new School of Art building heralded the birth of a new style in 20th century European architecture.
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Glasgow Science Centre
Glasgow Science Centre (GSC) is one of Scotland's must-see visitor attractions. GSC encapsulates the world of science and technology in new, fun and exciting ways.
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Glen Grant Distillery and Garden
From the moment it was first created in 1840, the clean distinctive taste and pale gold colour of Glen Grant have set it apart from other single malt Scotch whiskies. This makes a visit to Glen Grant such a special experience.
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Glencoe and North Lorn Folk Museum
The Museum is situated in a 19th Century thatched croft house in the main street of Glencoe Village. The museum contains a large variety of artefacts, the majority of which were collected locally.
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Gloucester Leisure Cruises
Gloucester Leisure Cruises run 45 minute boat trips from Merchants Quay, Gloucester Docks, travelling down the Gloucester Sharpness Canal.
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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
The Gloucester Warwickshire Railway is in the process of rebuilding and restoring part of the former Cheltenham to Stratford-upon-Avon mainline as a heritage railway. Currently operating from Toddington to Gotherington.
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Godalming Museum
Key areas of the Museum's local collection include exhibits about Gertrude Jekyll, Edwin Lutyens and Jack Phillips of the ill-fated Titanic.
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Grampian Transport Museum
A treasure house of transport history with lots to see and do. Dramatic displays, push button exhibits and video presentations trace the history of road travel in the locality.
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Grantown Museum
Grantown Museum tells the story of the people and the building of Grantown-on-Spey.
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Great Central Railway
The Great Central Railway is Britain's only double track main line heritage railway. The stations of this railway are restored to different periods of the main line's history.
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Great Western Railway Museum (Coleford)
The Great Western Railway Museum is housed in one of the last remaining permanent railway buildings in the Forest of Dean, on the original site of Coleford Railway Yard. It is the original GWR Goods Station of 1883.
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Green Howards Regimental Museum
The museum's collection spans three centuries of travel, campaigning and war.
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Greenhill Covenanters House
Greenhill is a place where time has been made to stand still taking us back from the time when King James VI travelled south of the border to his new kingdom to the time over a century later when the two kingdoms were united.
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Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
Take a fascinating journey through the history of rural Norfolk. With a brand new adventure playground, historic workhouse, traditional farm and wonderful collections and treasures, Gressenhall has something for everyone.
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Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
At Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, enjoy a fascinating journey through the story of rural Norfolk.
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Guernsey Folk and Costume Museum
Discover old Guernsey at Saumarez Park Folk Museum.
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Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery
Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery is an award winning museum whose design is based on the original Victorian bandstand. It is positioned on an elevated site in the magnificent Victorian Candie Gardens.
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Halesworth and District Museum
The Museum was founded in 1984 and has always been in the care of volunteers. In 2000 it moved to the newly refurbished station building. Railway Heritage paid for the restoration of the station's unique movable platforms.
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Hamptonne Country Life Museum
You get close to 300 years of Jersey's rural heritage in this collection of farm buildings and meadows.
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Hancock Museum
The Hancock is the North East's premier natural science museum. Permanent Displays include Land of the Pharaohs, Living Planet and Earthworks.
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Harborough Museum
Local Museum of Market Harborough, including Symington Collection of Corsetry.
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Harris Museum and Art Gallery
Escape from the bustle of the town centre and spend some time enjoying the best of Preston's heritage in a beautiful Grade 1 listed building.
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Harrow Museum & Heritage Centre
The museum is a group of buildings and land known as Headstone Manor - a medieval estate, with a moated manor house, several timber barns and farmland.
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Harvard House
Harvard House was the home of Katherine Rogers, mother of John Harvard, whose bequest made possible the foundation of Harvard University. Harvard House is the home of the Museum of British Pewter.
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Haslemere Museum
Haslemere Educational Museum is the largest independent museum in the area.
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Hawick Museum and Gallery
Situated in the award winning Wilton Lodge Park, Hawick Museum and Gallery has a lively programme of art and museum exhibitions throughout the year.
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Helicopter Museum
The museum has a rare and award winning collection of helicopters, unique in Great Britain and in the world.
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Herbert Art Gallery and Museum
The Herbert is undergoing a major redevelopment, the first phase of which was completed in 2005 and is now open to the public.
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Hereford Cathedral
Standing on the peaceful banks of the beautiful River Wye, Hereford Cathedral occupies a site used for worship since Saxon times. The Mappa Mundi & Chained Library Exhibition is in the Cathedral.
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Hereford Cider Museum
At the Hereford Cider Museum, explore the story of traditional cidermaking: how apples were harvested, milled and pressed, and how the resulting juice was fermented to produce cider.
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Herne Bay Museum & Gallery
The Herne Bay Museum has entertaining displays about this popular seaside resort and the fate of its famous pier and the Gallery has a collection which focusses on local views and on work by artists connected to the area.
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HM Customs and Excise National Museum
Enter into the intriguing world of customs and excise. This surprising museum demonstrates how the battle against smuggling is undertaken by sniffer dogs and customs officers, from uncovering endangered species to drugs and replica goods.
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HMS Belfast
HMS Belfast served throughout the Second World War, playing a leading part in the destruction of the battle cruiser Scharnhorst, and also the Normandy Landings.
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Holburne Museum of Art
This fine late 18th century building began life as the Sydney Hotel, the heart of the Sydney Pleasure gardens which were visited by Jane Austen from nearby Sydney Place. Transformed into the Holburne Museum in 1916.
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Holker Hall and Gardens
At Holker you always feel like a welcome guest not a tourist. It is set in exceptionally beautiful countryside with gardens merging into parkland, with hills on one side and the expanse of Morecambe Bay on the other.
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Horniman Museum & Gardens
Welcome to the award-winning Horniman Museum and Gardens - where you can discover more about the World, its people, their cultures, and its environment.
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Horsham Museum
Horsham Museum stands out as a place you must visit. Rich in history, it is like no other.
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Houghton Mill
An impressive 17th century water mill in working order on the River Ouse in the village of Houghton.
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How We Lived Then Museum of Shops
In this "late -Regency" town house, built in 1850, you will see 100 years of Shopping and Social History, uniquely captured in many old Shops, Rooms and Displays.
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Hugh Miller Museum and Birthplace Cottage
Hugh Miller was one of the great Scots of the 19th century. Starting as a stonemason, he rose to world fame as a writer and pioneer of geology, as well as being a campaigning journalist and leading church reformer.
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Hull and East Riding Museum
Located in the attractive Museums Quarter, the Hull and East Riding Museum boasts some of the most spectacular natural history and archaeology displays in Britain.
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Hunter House Heritage Centre
Hunter House was home to John and William Hunter, famous medical brothers who were born and raised here in the 18th century.
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Hutchesons' Hall
The present building was designed and built in 1802-5 by David Hamilton and major reconstruction work by John Baird in 1876 resulted in today's impressive interior, with its elegant hall and staircase.
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Imperial War Museum Duxford
Duxford is a world-renowned heritage complex, over fifty working historic aircraft are based here. There is also a Land Warfare Hall and an American Air Museum.
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Imperial War Museum North
The Imperial War Museum North tells the story of how war has shaped people's lives from 1900 to the present day. With the story still unfolding, the Museum will continue to develop and change over time.
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Inspire Discovery Centre
INSPIRE is East Anglia's only hands-on science centre. Housed in one of Norwich's finest medieval churches it gives everyone the opportunity to explore and discover science for themselves.
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International Slavery Museum
The International Slavery Museum is a new and exciting contribution to the historic city of Liverpool. The museum explores both the historical and contemporary aspects of slavery.
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Isle of Man Railways
Make the most of your holiday on the Isle of Man and take time to enjoy our unique vintage railways.
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Izaak Walton's Cottage
Izaac Walton is best remembered for writing the 'The Compleat Angler' which was completed in 1653. The following year he bought the Halfhead Estate which included the cottage.
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Jane Austen's House
The Jane Austen Museum is housed in a charming red-brick seventeenth-century house, It was Jane's last home, where she lived with her mother and sister Cassandra from 1809 until 1817.
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Jersey Museum
A visit to this award winning museum is an excellent start to any stay in Jersey.
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Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum in Finchley is now closed. The collections and displays will be integrated into the Jewish Museum's flagship site at Camden Town when the Museum reopens in Summer 2009.
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John Hastie Museum
The displays focus on the life of the area including its agriculture and weaving history and the character of the community which has bred fervent Covenanters in the 1600s and a Radical Revolt in the 1800s.
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John McDouall Stuart Museum
This house is the birthplace of John McDouall Stuart, the first European explorer to make a return journey across Australia in 1861-62.
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Keats House Museum
This charming house, once two regency cottages, was the home of romantic poet John Keats from 1818 until 1820.
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Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker
Inside a rural bungalow nestling in the Essex countryside lies the twilight world of the Government Cold War. Behind the blast screens that protect this bungalow is the entrance to an amazing labyrinth of rooms built into a hillside.
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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is due to reopen on 11th July 2006 after a 3 year £27.9million refurbishment programme.
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Kendal Museum
Kendal Museum is one of the oldest museums in the country. It houses outstanding displays of archaeology and natural history, both local and global.
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Kent and East Sussex Railway
Economic pressures forced British Railways to withdraw the passenger service in 1954. Volunteers got together and, in 1974, re-opened a section of the line. The railway now runs for almost 11 miles, making it one of the longest such lines in the UK.
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Keswick Museum & Art Gallery
A Victorian experience not to be missed. Keswick's surprising past, from industrial mining centre to peaceful tourist town, is revealed in this fine example of a late Victorian Museum.
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Kew Bridge Steam Museum
Come to Kew Bridge Steam Museum and see our wonderful collection of water pumping machinery. Many of our engines are in steam every weekend.
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Kingsbridge Cookworthy Museum
Discover the story of Kingsbridge in our 17th century schoolroom, complete walk - in Victorian kitchen, Edwardian pharmacy and large farm gallery.
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Kingston Museum
Kingston Museum was built in 1904 with contributions from Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish American benefactor. The Eadweard Muybridge gallery describes the life and work of this internationally renowned pioneer photographer.
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Kirkcaldy Museum & Art Gallery
Kirkcaldy Museum & Art Gallery, set in the town's lovely War Memorial Gardens, houses a collection of fine and decorative arts of local and national importance.
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La Hougue Bie Museum
An impressive 13m high Neolithic burial mound dating back 5,500 years dominates this tranquil site.
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Labour History Archive and Study Centre
The Archive and Study Centre at the National Museum of Labour History offers a unique opportunity to explore the political and social lives of working people during the last 150 years.
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Laidhay Croft Museum
Laidhay Croft is a typical ancient long-house or byre-dwelling that was once a common feature of the Scottish rural landscape.
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Lanark Museum
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