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Featuring entomology, geology, mineralogy and zoology collections. Oxford dinosaurs and other
Mesozoic reptiles.
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/
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Beccles & District Museum
Housed in the old Sir John Leman School in Ballygate. Includes virtual tour, photos, staff,
history of the building, clockmakers and hours.
http://www.becclesmuseum.org.uk
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Swanseaheritage.net
Displays objects from past history of the area, Wales and the rest of the world in 6 galleries.
Includes photos and details of the themes displayed, hours, educational programs and directions.
http://www.swanseaheritage.net
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The Linlithgow Story
Exhibits with artifacts, audio and video presentations tell the story of the Stewart kings of
Scotland, trades and life of the people of the town. Includes hours, admission, events, membership
and location.
http://linlithgowstory.org.uk
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Bank of England Museum
Tells the bank's story from its foundation in 1694 as a chartered joint-stock company to its role
today. Displays include collections of books, documents, silver, gold, prints, paintings,
banknotes, coin, photographs. Includes hours, FAQs, gift shop, directions, free admission.
Located in London.
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum/
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The Folly in Settle
A 17th century house.
http://www.ncbpt.org.uk/folly/
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Strangers' Hall Museum
One of the oldest buildings in Norwich, this museum exhibits the social history of Britain through
collections representing domestic life, costumes and textiles, dolls and toys, and children's
books.
http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/leisure/museums/stranger.htm
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Mill Green
Eighteenth century water mill restored to working condition, with museum which exhibits items of
local history.
http://www.hertsmuseums.org.uk/millgreen/
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Bristol Museums
Includes The City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol Industrial Museum and historic sites The Georgian
House, Blaise Castle House and The Red Lodge.
http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk/mus/sitesno.html
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D-Day Commemoration Committee
Two museums, the Memorial Pegasus at Ranville and the landing museum at Arromanches, covering the
Battle of Normandy 1944
http://www.normandy1944.com/anglais/default.htm
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The Falstaffs Experience - Stratford Upon Avon
Displays of the local history, including haunting and superstition.
http://www.falstaffsexperience.co.uk
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Whimple History Society
A Heritaga Center run by volunteers committed to researching and recording information about the
village, its people, customs, traditions, skills and trades.
http://www.whimple.org
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Southwold Museum, Suffolk - the archaeology, local history and natural history of the area
A museum dedicated to the local and natural history of Southwold. The collection includes
archaeological finds, paintings, photographs, models and wildlife.
http://www.southwoldmuseum.org
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Yorkshire and Humberside Museums Council
An on-line guide to museums and galleries in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Links and advice for
museum professionals.
http://www.yorkshiremuseums.org.uk/
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The Web Perambulator Museum
A guide to the history of the perambulator, that carriage you push around a child or doll in.
Photos and information.
http://members.aol.com/janacorn/
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Green's Mill
Early 18th century mill in Nottinghamshire. Information on other museums and heritage sites in city
of Nottingham.
http://www.greensmill.org.uk/
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Kidderminster Carpet Museum Trust
Presenting the local history of woven carpets in Kidderminster.
http://www.carpethistory.co.uk
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Reigate Priory Museum
Changing exhibitions for both adults and children. A map showing the location.
http://reigatepriorymuseum.org.uk
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Shropshire County Museum Service
Service offers advice to developing attractions and local initiatives in the museum community.
Operate from three sites: Acton Scott Historic Working Farm, Ludlow Museum and Much Wenlock Museum.
http://www.shropshireonline.gov.uk/museums.nsf
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Westonzoyland Engine Trust
Stationary steam engines and land drainage machinery. Events calendar.
http://www.wzlet.org
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Twyford Waterworks Trust
A Complete Edwardian Waterworks. Original architecturally interesting buildings and old machinery.
http://www.hants.gov.uk/twt
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Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum, Dorset
Tells the tale of six labourers' arrest, trial and deportation for unionising, leading to the
foundation of modern trade unionism.
http://www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk
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The Falconer Museum in Forres, Moray, Scotland
A museum of local heritage in the town of Forres in the North of Scotland.
http://www.falconermuseum.co.uk
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Mountfitchet Castle
Built during the Iron Age, Mountfitchet Castle is known as "the castle time forgot" and
is now a national historic monument in Essex. Guided tours include The Prison, The Stores and The
Viking Raiders. Online booking form.
http://www.gold.enta.net/castle.htm
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Gwynedd Museums Service
The Museums Service, which is part of Gwynedd Council in North Wales, UK, includes the Bangor,
Lloyd George and the Quaker Heritage Centre Museums.
http://www.gwynedd.gov.uk/Museums
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The Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Located in Shropshire, the site of the birth of the Industrial Revolution, Ironbridge Gorge has
been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
http://www.ironbridge.org.uk/
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Motherwell Heritage Centre
Many pictures from the centre, which offers an multi-media exhibition providing an interactive
journey through the history of Motherwell and the surrounding area.
http://motherwellheritage.freeservers.com
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True's Yard Fishing Museum
The museum of the traditional fishing quarter in King's Lynn, Norfolk.
http://freespace.virgin.net/trues.yard/
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Harrington Aviation Museums
The Carpetbagger Aviation Museum and Northants Aviation Society Museum are located at the WW2 USAAF
Station 179, Harrington, Northamptonshire. Themes include Operation Carpetbagger,Thor Rocket and
Royal Observer Corps.
http://www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk
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Purton Museum
Representing 2,000 years of the Wiltshire village's history from the Ringsbury Camp Iron Age
Hillfort, through Roman and Saxon finds towards the present day.
http://www.purtonmuseum.com
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Nantwich Museum
Features the Cheshire market town's history in salt, shoe making, clothing, and its English Civil
War connections.
http://www.nantwichmuseum.org.uk
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Macclesfield Silk Museums
Four museums. A silk museum, a restored silk factory, a local heritage museum, and the West Park
Museum. The West Park Museum displays decorative art and has an Egyptian collection.
http://www.silk-macclesfield.org
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Lion Salt Works
Restored 19th century salt works captures Cheshire's industrial heritage.
http://www.lionsaltworkstrust.co.uk
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Haxted Watermill Museum
A working watermill and museum of mill machinery with emphasis on the history, development and uses
of water power. Lists wind and watermills across Sussex and Surrey.
http://www.mistral.co.uk/hammerwood/haxtmill.htm
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Grantown Museum and Heritage Trust
Community based museum in Grantown-on-Spey presenting the heritage and culture of the region from
1765 to the present.
http://www.grantown-on-spey.co.uk/museum.htm
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The Mary Rose
A favourite of King Henry VIII, the Mary Rose sank in 1545. The 16th century warship was in
recovered in 1982. Includes schools home page.
http://www.compulink.co.uk/~mary-rose
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The Bill Douglas Centre
A comprehensive resource for the historical study of cinema and popular culture at the University
of Exeter. Presenting 60,000 items available for academic research.
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/bill.douglas
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Tiverton Museum
Houses one of the largest social history collections in Southwest England. Located in county Devon.
http://www.tivertonmuseum.org.uk
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Ilford Hospital Chapel
The Friends of The Hospital Chapel Ilford Essex are dedicated to preserving this historic 12th
century hospice for future generations.
http://www.ilfordhospitalchapel.co.uk
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Leicester City Museums
Guide to heritage sites including the Jewry Wall Museum, dedicated to local Roman ruins and the
Abbey Pumping Station, a historic sewage treatment plant with famous talking toilet.
http://www.leicestermuseums.ac.uk/museums/museframe.html
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Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre
Set in Faversham, the Centre traces 1,000 years of life, industry and architecture in the 'Medieval
Gem of Kent.'
http://www.daysout.co.uk/colourapore/IA174.html
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Seaford Martello Tower
Eighteenth century stronghold built to repel French troops during the Napoleonic Wars has been
restored to its original condition.
http://www.seaford.museum.btinternet.co.uk/twr2-pic.htm
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Whitstable Museum
Maritime museum and art gallery reflecting the traditions of a harbour town in Kent. Featuring
exhibits on wildlife, diving and shipping.
http://www.whitstable-museum.co.uk/
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St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery
Offers colourful, interactive, displays on Lymington (New Forest) history and culture. Two art
galleries provide changing, high quality, exhibitions.
http://www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/
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Ballymoney Museum
An account of the 1798 United Irish Rebellion and the events in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim.
http://www.1798ballymoney.org.uk
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Museum of Kent Life
Open air museum with over 100 years of history.
http://www.museum-kentlife.co.uk
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Bestwood Winding Engine House
History of Bestwood Winding Engine House, Bestwood village, Nottinghamshire.
http://bestwoodweh.tripod.com
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Bath Postal Museum
Visitor and membership information, postal history timeline, exhibit guide, school activities
overview, and shop. Bath, England.
http://www.bathpostalmuseum.org/
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Lichfield Heritage Centre
Exhibits include a civil war audio-visual presentation, when Lichfield was almost destroyed.
Located in Staffordshire.
http://www.lichfield.gov.uk/heritage
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Sheffield Museums
Listings for The Bishop's House Museum, Kelham Island Industrial Museum, City Museum and Abbeydale
Hamlet, an 18th century steel and scythe works.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/city/museums.html
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Hampshire Museums
City Council network of 18 museums and historic sites across the southern county. Comprehensive
listings and searchable database.
http://www.hants.gov.uk/museums
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Vale and Downland Museum
Cultural heritage of Wantage, Oxfordshire.
http://www.wantage.com/museum
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Bede's World
The Museum of Early Medieval Northumbria at Jarrow. Looks at the life and times of the Venerable
Bede (AD 673-735,) one of the greatest scholars of the Early Middle Ages.
http://www.bedesworld.co.uk/
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South Somerset Museums
District Council site with heritage listings.
http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk
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St Albans Museums
Details of museums in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Contains information on the Roman Verulamium
museum, 3rd largest city in Roman Britain and Museum of St Albans.
http://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/
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Kent Museums
Listing of heritage museums in Folkestone, Ramsgate and Sevenoaks. Contains links to other local
museums in Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells, Dover, Maidstone, Swale, Dartford, Ashford, Shepway, Thanet
and Medway Towns.
http://www.kent.gov.uk/e&l/artslib/MUSEUMS/Home.html
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Meadow Colliery
Historically preserved area in the former coal mining town of Madely.
http://shropshiremining.org.uk
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Swaledale Folk Museum
Interprets the cultural history of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale through their farming and lead
mining tools, their pastimes and the impact of the lead mines upon their lives.
http://www.yorkshirenet.co.uk/visinfo/swlfolkm/
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Lowewood Museum
Borough of Broxbourne Museum, covering Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Goffs Oak, Broxbourne and
Hoddesdon.
http://homepages.tesco.net/~hdp
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Croft House Museum
A Shetland croft of the 19th century, comprised of a house, steading and watermill.
http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/crofthouse/
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The Bod of Gremista
Eighteenth century Shetland booth nearby fish drying beach. Birthplace of Arthur Anderson
co-founder of what is now P & O Ferries.
http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/bod/
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Tom Brown's School Museum
A source of information about the history of Uffington and the Vale of White Horse.
http://www.uffington.net/museum
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Axe Valley Heritage Museum
Historical Roman site at Seaton with a wide collection of historical photographs of Seaton, Beer,
Axmouth and Colyton.
http://www.seatonmuseum.co.uk/
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St Barbe Museum
Colourful and interactive displays on the history and culture of Lymington and the New Forest area.
http://www.st-barbe-museum.demon.co.uk/
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Gosport Museum
Cultural heritage in Hampshire, with virtual tour of the museum.
http://www.hants.gov.uk/museum/gosport/
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Wheal Martyn China Clay Discovery Centre
26 acres of Cornwall's china clay industry at Wheal Martyn in St Austell.
http://www.wheal-martyn.com/
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Dingles Steam Village
Collection of industrial steam engines, vintage machinery and early fairground ephemera. Includes
guide to local West Devon attractions.
http://www.steam-heritage.co.uk/
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
Showcasing the medieval Cathederal town of Salisbury and ancient wonders of Stone Henge.
http://www.salisburymuseum.org.uk
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The Wandle Industrial Museum
The secrets of the powerful River Wandle, and its industrial past.
http://www.wandle.org
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Surrey Museums
A site for those visiting or working for museums in Surrey. Includes a listing of museums, with
links to their sites, the findings of a recent Access Audit and Training Audit, plus links and
reference materials.
http://surreymuseums.org
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Chertsey Museum
Museum for the borough of Runnymede documenting and illustrating life there from prehistory to the
present.
http://www.chertseymuseum.org.uk/
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Dover Museum
Local history museum situated in famous port, county Kent. Collections include sections on Cross
Channel Swimming, and the Dover Bronze Age Boat at Dover Museum.
http://www.dover.gov.uk/museum/
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Buckinghamshire County Museum
Restored buildings showcase the heritage alongside a changing programme of exhibitions in the
Buckinghamshire Art Gallery and the interactive fun of the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery.
http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/tourism/museum
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Herefordshire Heritage Services
Dedicated to the collection and conservation of local history. Educational services include a
mobile museum exhibition.
http://www.museums.herefordshire.gov.uk
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Abingdon Museum Friends
Dedicated to promoting public awareness and enjoyment of Abingdon Museum, located in the historic
County Hall building in Oxfordshire.
http://www.geocities.com/abingdonmuseumfriends/index.html
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North Somerset Museum Service
Manages the North Somerset Museum, based in Weston-super-Mare. History of the museum, galleries and
displays, collections.
http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/museum
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The Galleries Of Justice
Two and one-half centuries of crime and punishment, justice and jurisprudence at this museum in
Nottingham.
http://www.galleriesofjustice.org.uk/
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Ultra Designs
From Roman to Victorian Britain and beyond, unique historical colouring book souvenirs make
education fun. Based in Gloucester.
http://www.ultradesigns.co.uk
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Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections
Explore this pilot website to discover the pre-eminent designated museum collections in England.
http://www.cornucopia.org.uk/
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The Regency Town House Heritage Centre
Focused on the history of the Brighton area between the 1780s and 1850s and British society during
this period.
http://www.regency-town-house.org.uk/
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Ulster American Folk Park
An outdoor museum which tells the story of emigration from Ulster to America in the 18th and 19th
centuries. Located in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
http://www.folkpark.com/
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Roman Baths Museum
Discover early Roman Britain life with detailed information on Roman Britain, the Thermal Springs
and an online Virtual Tour. In the city of Bath, Somerset.
http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/
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Heritage Museum
Museum of the Ulverston Heritage Centre exhibits Cumbrian history from the Neolithic to the
Post-War period.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukuhc/museum.html
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Shardlow Heritage Centre
Containing displays on the local history of this important canal transhipment port. Located in
Derbyshire.
http://homepages.which.net/~shardlow.heritage/
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Cadbury World
Dedicated to the history of chocolate and the Cadbury family of Birmingham.
http://www.cadburyworld.co.uk
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