Museums and Art Galleries

Greater London

• British Museum
  One of the world's greatest museums
• Madame Tussauds
  World famous wax works museum nearest station baker street
• National Gallery
  This impressive building houses one of the most valuable and comprehensive collections of paintings in the world
• Natural History Museum
  Exhibits cover all aspects of biology and geology
• Science Museum
  A museum built to exhibit science through the ages
• Tate Gallery
  One of London's largest Modern Classical collections of paintings and sculptures
• The Teddy Bear Museum -Strattord-upon-Avon
  The Polka Theatre in Wimbledon now houses the Teddy Bear Museum’s unique collection of teddy bears.

the Southern Region

• Brooklands Museum
  Birthplace of British motorsport, on 30 acres of the 1907 motor racing circuit (Guildford
• Museum of St Albans
  The Museum of St Albans traces the city's history from Roman times (Hemel Hempstead)

the South West

• Avebury Museum
  One of the most important prehistoric sites in Europe (Swindon)
• Museum of Costume
  Bath Devoted to fashions through the centuries (Bristol)
• Royal Navy Museum
  Exclusively devoted to the history of the Royal Navy (Portsmouth/Fareham)
• Southampton Hall of Aviation
  Inspired by the development of the famous Spitfire aeroplane (Fareham/Southampton)
• Tate Gallery, St Ives
  St Ives A unique introduction to Modern art (Plymouth) 'Bygones' Torquay:A life size Victorian exhibition (Plymouth)
• The American Musuem, Bath
  In a beautiful setting above the River Avon (Bristol)
• The Mary Rose Museum
  Henry Vlll's warship, spectacularly recovered in 1982 (Portsmouth/Fareham)

the Northern Home Counties

• Hereford Cider Museum
  The museum tells the story of cider making over the ages (Gloucester)
• National Waterways Museum -Gloucester
  The museum shows the role of Britain's inland waterways through the ages (Gloucester)
• Pittville Pump Room & Museum -Cheltenham
  Built to house the spa fountain, it has a colonnaded facade and a pillared and balconied hall (Gloucester)
• Waddesdon Manor
  A showcase for the Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild collection of works of art, which includes Sevres porcelain and important portraits by Gainsborough and Reynolds

East Anglia

• Ely Stained Glass Museum and Cathedral
  The museum is housed inside the magnificent Ely Cathedral and was established to preserve fine stained glass from around the country (Cambridge)

the West Midlands

• Museum of British Road Transport -Coventry
  Over 400 exhibits - motor cars, commercial vehicles, motor cycles and associated items including die-cast models (Coventry)
• National Motorcycle Museum -Solihull
  Hundreds of perfectly restored British motorcycles from the turn of the century to the 1990's (Birmingham )

the East Midlands

• The Knitting Museum
  William Lee, inventor of the circular knitting machine

Yorkshire

• 'Eureka' Museum for Children -Halifax
  The first 'hands-on' museum in Britain designed especially for children (Brighouse)
• National Media Museum, Bradford
  Here you can see the past, present and future of the media using interactive displays, experience IMAX, the UK's largest cinema screen and become a newsreader for a day (Brighouse)
• Royal Pump Room Museum -Harrogate
  The octagonal Pump Room building houses changing exhibits from the museums collection (Leeds/Bramhope)
• York Dungeon
  The north's most infamous museum, bringing history to life and revealing the real horror of execution and torture. (York/Leeds/Selby)

the North East

• Newcastle upon Tyne Laing Art Gallery
  British paintings and water colours from 18th century to present day including works by Reynolds Turner and others (Newcastle upon Tyne)
• Northumbria Beamish North of England
  Open air museum recreates life early this century (Washington)

Wales

• Cefn Coed Colliery Museum Neath
  The areas rich mining heritage comes alive through attractions which include a Neath Gas Tram, huge steam.winding engine and simulated drift mine (Swansea)
• National Museum and Gallery
  Cardiff From dinosaur skeletons and fossils to silver ceramics and Impressionist masterpieces one of Wales most popular attractions (Cardiff )

the Irish Republic

• James Joyce Centre
  Discover more about this legendary writer (Dublin) Ulster Museum There's no shortage of interest in this large museum which houses everything from early jewelry to dinosaurs.
• National Gallery
  An ideal spot for a relaxing few hours, this intimate gallery has more than 2,000 Irish, British and European paintings from the Renaissance to the present century (Dublin)