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Dedicated to promoting public awareness and enjoyment of Abingdon Museum, located in the historic County Hall building. Includes events, membership fees, location map, and contact details.
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Provides artifacts of the area and a collection of lace, located in Honiton.
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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.
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Covering the history of Ash, Ash Vale, Ash Green and Tongham. Open 3rd Sunday each month.
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Industrial museum looking at the history of coal mining in Lancashire dating from 1907 to 1970.
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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.
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The history of Alnwick and District located in the former St. Mary's Church, dating from 1836 with displays and exhibits.
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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, FAQ, gift shop, directions, free admission. Located in London.
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Visitor and membership information, postal history timeline, exhibit guide, school activities overview, and shop.
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Housed in the old Sir John Leman School in Ballygate. Includes virtual tour, photos, staff, history of the building, clockmakers and hours.
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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.
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History of the house, Bestwood village, Nottinghamshire.
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Local history.
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History of tea and coffee, a tea room, exhibition programme and visitor information.
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The location and opening hours for its six museums and historic sites with details of their collections and exhibitions.
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One of the world's leading authorities on vintage lawnmowers and the largest import and export specialists in antique garden machinery. From Ransomes' horse and pony mowers to racing mowers and the world's first mower designed in 1830 by engineer Mr. Edwin Beard Budding of Stroud in Gloucester. Site has music.
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Restored buildings showcase the heritage alongside a changing program of exhibitions in the Buckinghamshire Art Gallery and the interactive fun of the Roald Dahl Children's Gallery. Includes hours, admission fees and directions. Located in the UK.
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Dedicated to the history of chocolate and the Cadbury family of Birmingham.
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Museum for the borough of Runnymede documenting and illustrating life there from prehistory to the present.
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Local history.
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Local history.
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An online database of information about more than 6,000 collections in the UK's museums, galleries, archives and libraries.
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Local history museum housed in former 15th century rectory farmhouse. Opening hours, admission charges and exhibition information.
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Collection of local history and landscape.
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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.
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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.
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Local history museum situated in famous port, county Kent. Collections include sections on Cross Channel Swimming, and the bronze age boat.
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Exhibitions and video presentations about local industries, businesses, buildings, people and traditions.
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Contains visitor information, hours and location to the current exhibitions on display. Located in Caterham.
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Centre of learning and research into the history of the area and its people, with meeting rooms to hire. Pictures from the museum.
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Local community history for the Elmbridge Borough area covering the history of the seventeen towns and villages that make up the area.
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Local history centre about the Isle of Ely and the Fens. Events, resources for teachers and details of facilities.
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Set in Faversham, the Centre traces 1,000 years of life, industry and architecture in the Medieval Gem of Kent.
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Two and one-half centuries of crime and punishment, justice and jurisprudence at this museum in Nottingham.
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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.
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Early 18th century windmill in Sneinton. History for the building, information about the mathematician George Green, news, and details of the education programme.
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City Council network of 18 museums and historic sites across the southern county. Includes listings and searchable database.
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Displays include former industries, transport, shops and commerce, tourism, leisure, entertainment, famous people, local government, law and order, welfare and education, religion, and local buildings.
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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.
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A complete listing.
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Focuses on local history. Events, newsletters, directions and contact details.
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The Friends of The Hospital Chapel Ilford Essex are dedicated to preserving this historic 12th century hospice for future generations.
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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.
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Exhibits include a civil war audio-visual presentation, when Lichfield was almost destroyed. Located in Staffordshire.
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Restored 19th century salt works captures Cheshire's industrial heritage.
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A collection of photographs and memorabilia depicting town life in the 19th Century, including exhibited artifacts, photographs and moving film of the local area.
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Collection features clothing from the late 18th century through the 20th century, handlooms, machinery and ancillary equipment and tools, and a pattern book archive. Includes hours, rates and directions. Located in Macclesfield, UK.
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Housed in Elizabethan Manor House, the museum has collections including ancient Egyptian, Japanese art and carriages. Details of exhibitions, workshops, lectures and children's activities. Free admission.
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Historically preserved area in the former coal mining town of Madely.
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Eighteenth century water mill restored to working condition, with museum which exhibits items of local history.
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An interactive journey into the history of Motherwell from Victorian times to the present day.
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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.
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Open air museum with over 100 years of history.
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A complete community listing.
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Features the Cheshire market town's history in salt, shoe making, clothing, and its English Civil War connections.
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Manages the North Somerset Museum. History of the museum, exhibitions, galleries, opening hours and collection catalogue. School offers and packs for projects.
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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.
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Changing exhibitions for both adults and children. A map showing the location.
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Scheduled to reopen in 2005 and will focus on the town's local history and links with the story of Cecil Rhodes, Empire and Africa. Located in Hertfordshire.
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Showcasing the medieval Cathederal town of Salisbury and ancient wonders of Stone Henge.
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Eighteenth century stronghold built to repel French troops during the Napoleonic Wars has been restored to its original condition.
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Local museum concentrating on the lower Axe Valley and including the adjacent villages of Beer, Axmouth, Branscombe, Colyton and Colyford. Details of opening times, location and exhibits.
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Containing displays on the local history of this important canal transshipment port.
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Listings for The Bishop's House Museum, Kelham Island Industrial Museum, City Museum and Abbeydale Hamlet, an 18th century steel and scythe works.
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Local history, and includes information on the collection, news, events, and a tour of the museum based in Sherborne, Dorset.
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A Shetland croft of the 19th century, comprised of a house, steading and watermill. Lerwick, Shetland.
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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.
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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.
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Colourful and interactive displays on the history and culture of Lymington and the New Forest area.
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The local history of the town.
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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.
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This museum exhibits the social history of Britain through collections representing domestic life, costumes and textiles, dolls and toys, and children's books. Includes opening times.
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A site for visitors to museums in Surrey, and for those who work in or for museums in Surrey.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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History and life of the city with exhibits.
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Restored working Victorian pumping station, housing a large collection of steam engines. History, education programs.
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Eighteenth century Shetland booth nearby fish drying beach. Birthplace of Arthur Anderson co-founder of what is now P and O Ferries.
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Journey through the history of pencils and pencil making at this museum that tells the story of the world famous Derwent pencils and artists materials.
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Displays of the local history, including haunting and superstition.
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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.
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A museum of local heritage in the town of Forres in the North of Scotland.
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Preserves and displays the heritage of the Upper North Tyne and Redewater area of Northumberland that includes relics and photographs of all aspects of local history and tradition.
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Official guide to the museums. Contains visitor information, virtual tour, news, and photographs.
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Presents through exhibits and displays the living and working conditions of a lock maker's family around the turn of the century. Includes history, schedule, and news. Located in Willenhall, West Midlands.
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A rich local history is represented here, including famous writers, events and fossil displays.
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A museum dedicated to the local and natural history of Southwold. The collection includes archaeological finds, paintings, photographs, models and wildlife.
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Preserving the history of the Wandle river. Background information on the museum, visitors' information, archive and news are provided.
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Exhibits objects and archives connected with the local area. Includes events, details of the Friends of the Museum group, hours, and directions.
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Houses one of the largest social history collections in Southwest England, including Agriculture, Industry and Transport.
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Tells the tale of six labourers' arrest, trial and deportation for unionising, leading to the foundation of modern trade unionism.
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Housed in a 380 year-old schoolroom featured in "Tom Brown's School Days" published in 1857, and includes displays of local history, archaeology, and archives of the surrounding villages.
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Features traditional fishing quarter in King's Lynn, Norfolk. Includes educational services, history and directions.
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An Edwardian pumping station in Hampshire.
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Includes galleries, friends, local history, newspaper, book shop, coffee shop, opening hours and contact information.
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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.
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Facilities and visitor details plus information on the history of the china clay industry and the China Clay History Society.
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A Heritage Center run by volunteers committed to researching and recording information about the village, its people, customs, traditions, skills and trades.
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Museum of Basingstoke town and country life through the ages.
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Children's site devoted the history of films, cinema and the moving image, with general information, movie trivia, games and quizzes.
