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The West Country > Places to Visit > Museums
Museums
Westonzoyland Pumping Station
Registered museum on the Somerset Levels, exhibiting many old stationary steam engines and land drainage machinery. In live-steam monthly during the summer
including Bank Holidays.
William Cookworthy Museum
In the Old Grammar School you find an historic building, a collection and a local history archive. Each one of these would be worth visiting on its own, but to experience the three is exceptional.
Wookey Hole Caves
Wookey Hole - spectacular caves in the Mendip hills, Somerset, home to the famous Witch and Victorian papermill where paper is still made by hand.
Allerford Museum
Allerford Museum is home to the West Somerset Rural Life Museum. It displays a wide range of artefacts, mostly from the Exmoor area. There is a photograph archive and an original Victorian schoolroom.
American Museum in Britain
The American Museum in Britain is the only museum in Europe devoted to American Furniture and decorative arts. The collections illustrate thedomesic arts in America from the late seventeenth century to the end of thenineteenth century.
Bath Assembly Rooms
The Ball Room, Octagon, Tea Room and Card Room of the magnificent Assembly Rooms were used in the eighteenth century for dancing, music, card playing, tea drinking and conversation.
Bath Postal Museum
Bath Postal Museum in the West of England covers the history of the post office stamps and biographies of Ralph Allen, Thomas More Musgrave and John Palmer.
Blaise Castle House Museum
Situated in the beautiful parkland of the Blaise Estate at Henbury - the Museum is situated in an 18th century house and holds most of the Museums Service's social history collection.
Bradford on Avon Museum
Bradford on Avon Museum displays the natural and historical heritage of an attractive small town near Bath at the southern end of the Cotswolds, including a reconstructed chemist shop.
Brewers Quay
Situated at the heart of Weymouth's picturesque Old Harbour, Brewers Quay is an imaginative redevelopment of the former Devenish Brewery and an innovative restoration of part of Weymouth's unique heritage.
Bristol Industrial Museum
Bristol Industrial Museum is situated in the Floating Harbour in an old transit shed for goods coming into the city.
British Cycling Museum
Our Museum, the nations foremost museum of cycling history is housed in an old Victorian Railway Station - A history of cycling from 1818.
The British Empire & Commonwealth Museum
The dramatic story of how Britain's overseas empire evolved into the modern Commonwealth is told through exciting, informative displays, using film, video, sound recordings and authentic artefacts
Cobbaton Combat Collection
Hidden in deepest North Devon, at the Cobbaton Combat Collection, one man's magpie collection of items from the 39/45 war.
Dinosaur Museum
Acclaimed as one of Britain’s top hands-on attractions, the Dinosaur Museum is unique. The incredible world of dinosaurs comes alive in a new way that visitors of all ages will love and enjoy.
Frome Museum
The current Exhibition at Frome Museum is the art of JW Singer & Sons Ltd of internationsl remown that originally specialised in church ornaments, plate and memorials.
Helicopter Museum
The Helicopter Museum, the largest dedicated helicopter museum in the world. Located in Weston-super-Mare, on the South West Coast of England.
Holburne Museum of Art
Displays the treasures collected by Sir William Holburne: superb English and continental silver, porcelain, maiolica, glass and Renaissance bronzes.
The Keep Military Museum
A modern military museum housing creative displays telling the stories of the regiments of Devon and Dorset who have served the country for more than 300 years.
Lyn & Exmoor Museum
A charming, rural museum with a collection of agricultural and domestic tools from Lynton and Exmoor.
Museum of Costume
One of the world's finest collections of fashionable dress and accessories.
Museum of East Asian Art
Based in a restored Georgian building, this unique Museum houses a fine collection of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian treasures.
Roman Baths & Pump Room
The Official Roman Baths Museum Web Site in the City of Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom, includes detailed information on Roman Britain, the Thermal Springs and an online Virtual Tour.
Sherborne Museum
Sherborne Museum, with over 15,000 items of local history, is in the heart of the town close to five of the most ancient buildings in its history: the Abbey, Sherborne School, the Almshouse, the Conduit and the Old Church House.
Tintagel Toy Museum
Cornwalls only Toy Museum where you can view three generations of childhood toys.
Topsham Museum
Topsham Museum is housed in one of a group of late 17th century buildings overlooking the Exe Estuary.
Watchet Museum
The museum houses an exhibition of the history of this ancient seaport and the surrounding area from prehistoric times to the present day.
Wayside Folk Museum
Cornwall's oldest private museum, the collection has over 5,000 items in 16 display areas and includes an extensive collection of photographs and information on people who have lived in the area.
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