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  • Bath Postal Museum [pick] [read review]
    Explores the history of world and British postal services, from Ancient Rome to pigeon post, the King's post, and on to the present day.
    www.bathpostalmuseum.org
  • Bath Spa Project
    Bath's naturally occurring thermal springs will be home to a new spa, and public bathing will be available again in 2001.
    www.bathspa.co.uk
  • Beck Isle Museum Of Rural Life
    Discusses the history of English rural life.
    www.beckislemuseum.co.uk
  • Bede's World
    Monastery at Jarrow was home to the Venerable Bede, where Bede's World explains the archaeological, religious and cultural setting of his life and times.
    www.bedesworld.co.uk
  • Black Country Living Museum
    About the history of the Black country and how it is today.
    www.bclm.co.uk
  • Brantwood: John Ruskin's Home (1872-1900)
    Visitor information for the house on Coniston Water where the British writer, artist, art and social critic, amateur geologist, and philosopher lived.
    www.brantwood.org.uk
  • Bygones Victorian Museum
    Offers a life-size Victorian street, cafe, a multisensory World War I trench experience, railwayana, and period rooms.
    www.bygones.co.uk
  • Charleston Farmhouse Trust, The
    Home of Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, and country meeting place of the Bloomsbury Group. Also exhibits contemporary art.
    www.charleston.org.uk
  • Colchester Museums
    Includes information on the castle, Hollytrees, Natural History, and Tymperleys Clock museums.
    www.colchestermuseums.org.uk
  • Crime Through Time
    Museum in Newent, U.K., looking at criminals and warfare through the ages, including serial killers, the Holocaust, fetishism, prison, and more.
    www.crimethroughtime.com
  • Cumberland Pencil Museum
    Tells the story of pencils and pencil making, with information on the history of graphite mining in the area and machinery displays.
    www.pencils.co.uk
  • Durham Mining Museum
    Features the history and culture of coal mining in the North East of England.
    www.dmm.org.uk
  • Eden Valley Museum
    Centre of learning and research into the history of the Eden Valley and its people.
    www.evmt.org.uk
  • Edward Jenner Museum
    Dedicated to the discoverer of vaccination.
    www.dursley-cotswolds-uk.com/Jenner%20museum.html
  • Glenfinnan Monument@
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  • Haig Colliery Mining Museum
    Tells the history of 700 years of coal mining history, which ended in 1986 when Haig Pit closed.
    www.haig1.freeserve.co.uk
  • Ironbridge Gorge Museum
    www.ironbridge.org.uk
  • John Muir Birthplace Trust
    Interpretive center located in Dunbar, Scotland, highlighting the achievements of environmentalist John Muir.
    www.jmbt.org.uk
  • Jorvik Viking Centre
    Housed in the restored medieval church of St. Saviour in the center of York. Offers tours where visitors dig in the dirt to piece together history.
    www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk
  • Kendal Museum
    Founded in 1796 and tells the story of Kendal and the Lake District including local archaeology, history, geology, and natural history.
    www.kendalmuseum.org.uk
  • Museum of Cannock Chase
    Listings of events and exhibitions, plus details of the galleries, educational tours, conference facilities, and more.
    www.museumofcannockchase.co.uk
  • Museum of Kent Life
    Open air museum of historic buildings, including a traditional Oast, a thatched barn and granary, and Ma Larkin's kitchen and lounge.
    www.museum-kentlife.co.uk
  • National Coal Mining Museum for England
    Includes a real coal mine. Visitors do down 140 metres with a local miner and learn about mining conditions from early days through to the present.
    www.ncm.org.uk
  • National Waterways Museum at Gloucester
    Contains 200 years of British waterways history.
    www.nwm.org.uk
  • New Lanark Conservation Trust
    Information about this world heritage village and its hotel, visitor centre and educational services.
    www.newlanark.org
  • Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum
    Preserving a collection of early 20th-century engines used to prevent Fenland flooding. Includes map and opening times.
    www.prickwillow-engine-museum.co.uk
  • Ragged School Museum
    Experience how Victorian children were taught. There are also displays on local history, industry, and life in the East End.
    www.raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk
  • Ragged School Museum, The
    Specialises in exhibits relating to local history, including that of the education system through the years.
    www.raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk
  • Regency Town House Heritage Centre
    Focuses on the history of the Brighton area between the 1780s and the 1850s.
    www.regency-town-house.org.uk
  • Richard III Museum
    Provides information about museum exhibitions, theater productions, school trips, and gift shop.
    www.richard3museum.co.uk
  • Robert Owen Museum, The
    Devoted to the man who inspired the Co-operative movement.
    robert-owen.midwales.com
  • Sheffield Fire & Police Museum
    Volunteer-run museum that includes Victorian fire brigade memorabilia.
    www.hedgepig.freeserve.co.uk/front.htm
  • Sutton Hoo@
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  • Sutton Wind Mill & Broads Museum
    Offers information on the wind mill, Tobacco Museum, the 1800s pharmacy, and the Broads museum.
    www.broadsmuseum.com
  • Tank Museum
    Houses a collection of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles in the world and owns an archive of war diaries, photographs, and memorabilia.
    www.tankmuseum.org
  • Tiverton Museum
    Featuring a social history collection.
    www.tivertonmuseum.org.uk
  • Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum
    Tells the story of the arrest, trial, and punishment of the six Martyrs, which resulted in the foundation of modern trade unionism.
    www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk
  • Tower of London@
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  • Wallace National Monument@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Stirling/Community
  • Whitby Museum
    Information on the eclectic collections of the Victorian/Edwardian museum, as well as hours, programs, and services.
    www.durain.demon.co.uk
  • Winston Churchill's Britain at War Experience
    Discover how Britain lived during World War II.
    www.britainatwar.co.uk
  • York Castle Museum
    Offers a journey through four hundred years of British history. Contains details about educational programs, events, and corporate hospitality.
    www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk
 

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