This category lists sites which present the history of an era or region through collections in museums composed of historic artifacts located in the United Kingdom.
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Located in the historic County Hall building in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Describes future and past exhibitions, a history of the building, and the tradition of throwing buns for special events.
Provides artifacts of the area and a collection of lace, located in Honiton.
Contains the 4,000 years old Beaker burial found near Chilbolton, and includes pottery, a copper dagger, shale beads and two pairs of gold earrings and other exhibits.
A collection of engines in running order ranging from very early Crossley gas engines through modern diesels covering the entire life of the internal combustion engine located on the site of the old Anson Colliery at Poynton, near Stockport, Cheshire.
Created at the site of Staffordshire's Apedale Mine, offering an underground mine experience, with informative museum, café and gift shop.
Industrial museum looking at the history of coal mining in Lancashire dating from 1907 to 1970.
Includes a brief history, opening times, a diary of special events, details of educational and school trip provision, and information about volunteer work at the museum.
The history of Alnwick and District located in the former St. Mary's Church, dating from 1836 with displays and exhibits.
Visitor and membership information, postal history timeline, exhibit guide, school activities overview, and shop. Bath, England.
Housed in the old Sir John Leman School in Ballygate. Includes virtual tour, photos, staff, history of the building, clockmakers and hours.
A resource for the historical study of cinema and popular culture at the University of Exeter. Presenting 60,000 items available for academic research.
The location and opening hours for its six museums and historic sites with details of their collections and exhibitions.
Houses over 200 vintage lawnmowers. Includes photos from exhibits, a staff directory, services provided, special exhibits, and a gift shop. Located in Lancashire, UK.
Dedicated to the history of chocolate and the Cadbury family of Birmingham.
Museum for the borough of Runnymede documenting and illustrating life there from prehistory to the present.
Facilities include an interactive visitor centre, nature trails complete with children’s woodland play area and adventure course, and a unique view of a modern China Clay pit at work with monitor jets and giant machinery.
Local history.
Local history facility housed in former 15th century rectory farmhouse.
Collection of local history and landscape.
Displays include prehistoric tools, Roman pottery reconstruction, Saxon burials, and the Gallery of Childhood packed with toys, children's books and dolls dating back to the 18th century.
Journey through the history of pencils and pencil making.
Explore Roman, Saxon and Medieval remains buried beneath Chester and participate in hands-on activities. Includes virtual tour, opening times, prices, educational programs and directions.
Centre of learning and research into the history of the area and its people, with meeting rooms to hire. Pictures from the museum.
Local community history for the Elmbridge Borough area covering the history of the seventeen towns and villages that make up the area.
Local history center about the Isle of Ely and the Fens. Lists events, hours, admission fees, educational resources for teachers, and details of facilities.
Collection comprises over 9,000 artifacts that include cobblers and blacksmiths' tools, obsolete machinery, photographs and documents. Includes a photo gallery, opening times and a map.
A museum of local heritage in the town of Forres in the North of Scotland.
Provides essential visitor information and brief description of main exhibits which cover Scottish people's history and culture over a period of many hundreds of years. Located in Glencoe Village, Scotland.
Community-based museum in Grantown-on-Spey presenting the heritage and culture of the region from 1765 to the present. Includes services, calendar of events, and membership form. Located in Morayshire, UK.
Early 18th century mill in Nottinghamshire. Information on other museums and heritage sites in city of Nottingham.
A complete listing.
Preserves and displays the heritage of the Upper North Tyne and Redewater area of Northumberland, England that includes relics and photographs of all aspects of local history and tradition.
Local history.
Explores both the historical and contemporary aspects of slavery, addressing the many legacies of the slave trade and telling stories of bravery and rebellion amongst the enslaved people.
The Shropshire site of the birth of the Industrial Revolution has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Visitor information and a virtual tour.
Open air heritage farm in Sandling, Kent, housing a collection of historic buildings with both static and interactive exhibitions. Includes visitor information, events and photographic gallery.
Guide to heritage sites including New Walk Museum, Jewry Wall, Newarke Houses, The Guildhall, Abbey Pumping Station, Belgrave Hall and Gardens, Wygston's House, The Great Hall of Leicester Castle, and The Magazine.
Restored 19th century salt works captures Cheshire's industrial heritage.
A rich local history is represented here including famous writers, events and fossil displays.
Local history.
Many pictures from the centre, which offers a multi-media exhibition providing an interactive journey through the history of Motherwell and the surrounding area.
A Norman motte and bailey castle and village that has been faithfully reconstructed on its original site in Essex. History, virtual tour, news and visitor information.
A site for those visiting or working with the museums. 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.
Two and one-half centuries of crime and punishment, justice and jurisprudence at this museum in Nottingham.
Victorian waterworks located in the Midlands. Provides visitor information.
Features Victorian education, history and culture of the East End, including a re-created Victorian classroom. Provides history, details of the collections and exhibitions, educational programmes and activities for children.
Displays locally relevant items of interest. Provides information about the exhibits, vintage photographs of the town and visitor information.
Changing exhibitions for both adults and children. A map showing the location.
RAMM cares for a diverse collection consisting of over one million individual objects and specimens from all over the globe.
Showcasing the medieval Cathederal town of Salisbury and ancient wonders of Stone Henge.
Fishing from the earliest times and comprises many galleries of paintings and artifacts, including full sized boats.
Containing displays on the local history of this important canal transhipment port.
Profile and history with information on the collection, news, events, and a tour of the museum based in Sherborne, Dorset.
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.
A museum dedicated to the local and natural history of Southwold. The collection includes archaeological finds, paintings, photographs, models and wildlife.
Collections and services including the Roman Verulamium Museum, 3rd largest city in Roman Britain and Museum of St Albans with new exhibitions every few months.
Colourful and interactive displays on the history and culture of Lymington and the New Forest area.
Celebrating the history of the local area, Bramber and Beeding and surrounding parishes in Sussex. Includes news, descriptions and photos of the exhibits, hours, a small library and gift shop details. Located in Steyning, West Sussex.
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.
Focuses on the social history of the town and surrounding villages. Includes details of exhibits, Friends of the Museum information, genealogy and research records, a photo gallery, hours and admissions. Located in Norfolk.
Exhibits objects and archives connected with the local area. Includes events, details of the Friends of the Museum group, hours, and directions.
Houses one of the largest social history collections in Southwest England, including agriculture, industry and transport.
Tells the tale of six labourers' arrest, trial and deportation for unionising, leading to the foundation of modern trade unionism.
Exhibits crime memorabilia in underground caves in Hastings, East Sussex. Provides upcoming events, FAQs, admission details and information about what they display.
An Edwardian pumping station in Hampshire.
Includes information for visitors, news, and events.
Preserving the history of the Wandle river. Background information on the museum, visitors' information, archive and news are provided.
Museum of stationary steam engines and land drainage history of the Somerset Levels, at the county's oldest surviving pumping station. Includes details of location, opening times, exhibited engines and how to support their work.
Run by volunteers committed to researching and recording information about the village, its people, customs, traditions, skills and trades.
The last 200 years in Basingstoke.
Explore Roman, Saxon and Medieval remains buried beneath Chester and participate in hands-on activities. Includes virtual tour, opening times, prices, educational programs and directions.
Local history.
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.
Located in the historic County Hall building in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Describes future and past exhibitions, a history of the building, and the tradition of throwing buns for special events.
Containing displays on the local history of this important canal transhipment port.
Run by volunteers committed to researching and recording information about the village, its people, customs, traditions, skills and trades.
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.
RAMM cares for a diverse collection consisting of over one million individual objects and specimens from all over the globe.
Includes information for visitors, news, and events.
The last 200 years in Basingstoke.
Provides artifacts of the area and a collection of lace, located in Honiton.
Contains the 4,000 years old Beaker burial found near Chilbolton, and includes pottery, a copper dagger, shale beads and two pairs of gold earrings and other exhibits.
Displays include prehistoric tools, Roman pottery reconstruction, Saxon burials, and the Gallery of Childhood packed with toys, children's books and dolls dating back to the 18th century.
Two and one-half centuries of crime and punishment, justice and jurisprudence at this museum in Nottingham.
Industrial museum looking at the history of coal mining in Lancashire dating from 1907 to 1970.
Journey through the history of pencils and pencil making.
Visitor and membership information, postal history timeline, exhibit guide, school activities overview, and shop. Bath, England.
Provides essential visitor information and brief description of main exhibits which cover Scottish people's history and culture over a period of many hundreds of years. Located in Glencoe Village, Scotland.
Displays locally relevant items of interest. Provides information about the exhibits, vintage photographs of the town and visitor information.
Exhibits crime memorabilia in underground caves in Hastings, East Sussex. Provides upcoming events, FAQs, admission details and information about what they display.
Victorian waterworks located in the Midlands. Provides visitor information.
A complete listing.
Guide to heritage sites including New Walk Museum, Jewry Wall, Newarke Houses, The Guildhall, Abbey Pumping Station, Belgrave Hall and Gardens, Wygston's House, The Great Hall of Leicester Castle, and The Magazine.
Collection comprises over 9,000 artifacts that include cobblers and blacksmiths' tools, obsolete machinery, photographs and documents. Includes a photo gallery, opening times and a map.
Local community history for the Elmbridge Borough area covering the history of the seventeen towns and villages that make up the area.
Restored 19th century salt works captures Cheshire's industrial heritage.
Fishing from the earliest times and comprises many galleries of paintings and artifacts, including full sized boats.
A rich local history is represented here including famous writers, events and fossil displays.
An Edwardian pumping station in Hampshire.
The location and opening hours for its six museums and historic sites with details of their collections and exhibitions.
Museum for the borough of Runnymede documenting and illustrating life there from prehistory to the present.
Early 18th century mill in Nottinghamshire. Information on other museums and heritage sites in city of Nottingham.
A resource for the historical study of cinema and popular culture at the University of Exeter. Presenting 60,000 items available for academic research.
Features Victorian education, history and culture of the East End, including a re-created Victorian classroom. Provides history, details of the collections and exhibitions, educational programmes and activities for children.
Explores both the historical and contemporary aspects of slavery, addressing the many legacies of the slave trade and telling stories of bravery and rebellion amongst the enslaved people.
Profile and history with information on the collection, news, events, and a tour of the museum based in Sherborne, Dorset.
Open air heritage farm in Sandling, Kent, housing a collection of historic buildings with both static and interactive exhibitions. Includes visitor information, events and photographic gallery.
Created at the site of Staffordshire's Apedale Mine, offering an underground mine experience, with informative museum, café and gift shop.
The Shropshire site of the birth of the Industrial Revolution has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Visitor information and a virtual tour.
Many pictures from the centre, which offers a multi-media exhibition providing an interactive journey through the history of Motherwell and the surrounding area.
A site for those visiting or working with the museums. 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.
Collections and services including the Roman Verulamium Museum, 3rd largest city in Roman Britain and Museum of St Albans with new exhibitions every few months.
A museum of local heritage in the town of Forres in the North of Scotland.
Local history.
Facilities include an interactive visitor centre, nature trails complete with children’s woodland play area and adventure course, and a unique view of a modern China Clay pit at work with monitor jets and giant machinery.
Exhibits objects and archives connected with the local area. Includes events, details of the Friends of the Museum group, hours, and directions.
Preserves and displays the heritage of the Upper North Tyne and Redewater area of Northumberland, England that includes relics and photographs of all aspects of local history and tradition.
Includes a brief history, opening times, a diary of special events, details of educational and school trip provision, and information about volunteer work at the museum.
Housed in the old Sir John Leman School in Ballygate. Includes virtual tour, photos, staff, history of the building, clockmakers and hours.
Showcasing the medieval Cathederal town of Salisbury and ancient wonders of Stone Henge.
A Norman motte and bailey castle and village that has been faithfully reconstructed on its original site in Essex. History, virtual tour, news and visitor information.
Colourful and interactive displays on the history and culture of Lymington and the New Forest area.
Local history center about the Isle of Ely and the Fens. Lists events, hours, admission fees, educational resources for teachers, and details of facilities.
Collection of local history and landscape.
Centre of learning and research into the history of the area and its people, with meeting rooms to hire. Pictures from the museum.
Dedicated to the history of chocolate and the Cadbury family of Birmingham.
Museum of stationary steam engines and land drainage history of the Somerset Levels, at the county's oldest surviving pumping station. Includes details of location, opening times, exhibited engines and how to support their work.
Tells the tale of six labourers' arrest, trial and deportation for unionising, leading to the foundation of modern trade unionism.
Preserving the history of the Wandle river. Background information on the museum, visitors' information, archive and news are provided.
The history of Alnwick and District located in the former St. Mary's Church, dating from 1836 with displays and exhibits.
Local history.
Focuses on the social history of the town and surrounding villages. Includes details of exhibits, Friends of the Museum information, genealogy and research records, a photo gallery, hours and admissions. Located in Norfolk.
Changing exhibitions for both adults and children. A map showing the location.
Community-based museum in Grantown-on-Spey presenting the heritage and culture of the region from 1765 to the present. Includes services, calendar of events, and membership form. Located in Morayshire, UK.
Houses one of the largest social history collections in Southwest England, including agriculture, industry and transport.
Celebrating the history of the local area, Bramber and Beeding and surrounding parishes in Sussex. Includes news, descriptions and photos of the exhibits, hours, a small library and gift shop details. Located in Steyning, West Sussex.
A collection of engines in running order ranging from very early Crossley gas engines through modern diesels covering the entire life of the internal combustion engine located on the site of the old Anson Colliery at Poynton, near Stockport, Cheshire.
Local history facility housed in former 15th century rectory farmhouse.
A museum dedicated to the local and natural history of Southwold. The collection includes archaeological finds, paintings, photographs, models and wildlife.
Houses over 200 vintage lawnmowers. Includes photos from exhibits, a staff directory, services provided, special exhibits, and a gift shop. Located in Lancashire, UK.
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