- Bath Postal Museum
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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@
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- 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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