Category
Museums
From the British Museum to a Cornish village curiosity-shop. Britain takes its museums seriously.
5,765 places in this category.
Museums by region
- 938 museums in South East England
- 897 museums in South West England
- 640 museums in East of England
- 543 museums in East Midlands
- 409 museums in North West England
- 395 museums in West Midlands
- 389 museums in London
- 378 museums in Yorkshire & the Humber
- 239 museums in Central Scotland
- 177 museums in North East England
Highlights
Flagship📷 10Museums · London
Kenwood House
Kenwood House — art museum and historic house in Hampstead, London.
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Tower of London
Tower of London — castle in central London, United Kingdom.
Flagship📷 10Museums · London
Young V&A
V&A's children's museum in Bethnal Green — reopened 2023, free entry.
Flagship📷 10Museums · London
Museum of London
London's history from prehistory to present — relocating to Smithfield in 2026.
★ Iconic📷 10Museums · London
Sir John Soane's Museum
The architect's own preserved house — Hogarth, the Sarcophagus of Seti I, kept since 1833.
★ Iconic📷 10Museums · London
The Royal Mews
Buckingham Palace's working royal stables — home of the Gold State Coach (1762).
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Amora London
Amora London — European touring exhibition dedicated to love, relationships and sexual wellbeing.
📷 5Museums · London
Antique Breadboard Museum
Antique Breadboard Museum — small museum in Putney, London, England, UK.
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Arsenal Football Club Museum
Arsenal Football Club Museum — sports museum in London.
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Bethlem Museum of the Mind
Bethlem Museum of the Mind — re-sited and relaunched art and medical museum, sited at the Bethlam Royal Hospital, Beckenham, London Borough of Bromley, United Kingdom.
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British Museum
British Museum — national museum in London, United Kingdom.
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Brunel Museum
Brunel Museum — museum in Rotherhithe, London, England, United Kingdom.
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Cell Project Space
Cell Project Space — non-profit art gallery in Cambridge Heath Road, London.
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Church Farmhouse Museum
Church Farmhouse Museum — former museum in Barnet, London.
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Church of St Mary, Lambeth
Church of St Mary, Lambeth — former church in Lambeth, London. Currently part of Garden Museum.
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Clockmakers' Museum
Clockmakers' Museum — Museum of the Clockmakers' Company, London, United Kingdom.
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Clowns Gallery-Museum
Clowns Gallery-Museum — clowning Museum in Dalston, England.
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Crofton Roman Villa
Crofton Roman Villa — Roman villa in Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley.
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Crystal Palace Museum
Crystal Palace Museum — museum in London, England, United Kingdom.
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Dana Library and Research Centre
Dana Library and Research Centre — part of the Science Museum in London.
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Dartford Library
Dartford Library — public library and museum in Dartford, Kent, England, UK.
📷 5Museums · London
Dennis Severs' House
Dennis Severs' House — museum in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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East End Women's Museum
East End Women's Museum — women's Museum in London Barking, United Kingdom.
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East Surrey Museum
East Surrey Museum — museum in Caterham, United Kingdom.
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Edith Cavell Memorial
Edith Cavell Memorial — Public artwork (statue) by George Frampton.
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Eel Pie Island Museum
Eel Pie Island Museum — music museum in Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, London, England, UK.
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Equestrian statue "Physical Energy"
Equestrian statue "Physical Energy" — Public artwork (statue) by George Frederic Watts.
★ Iconic📷 5Museums · London
Fan Museum
Fan Museum — museum in London, England, United Kingdom.
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Fashion and Textile Museum
Fashion and Textile Museum — building in the United Kingdom.
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Florence Nightingale Museum
Florence Nightingale Museum — museum in London, United Kingdom, about life of Florence Nightingale and modern nursing.
📷 5Museums · London
Foundling Museum
Foundling Museum — museum in Bloomsbury, London, England, United Kingdom.
📷 5Museums · London
Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum
Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Museums · London
Fulcrum
Fulcrum — Public artwork (sculpture) by Richard Serra.
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Garden Museum
Garden Museum — museum in London, United Kingdom, formerly the church of St Mary-at-Lambeth.
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Gunnersbury Park House - Large Mansion
Gunnersbury Park House - Large Mansion — museum in Gunnersbury Park, London.
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Heath Robinson Museum
Heath Robinson Museum — museum in northwest London, United Kingdom, about W. Heath Robinson.
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Heralds' Museum
Heralds' Museum — former museum in the Tower of London.
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Hertfordshire Fire Brigade Museum
Hertfordshire Fire Brigade Museum — museum in Watford, England, UK.
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Honeywood Museum
Honeywood Museum — museum in Carshalton, England, UK.
📷 5Museums · London
Honourable Artillery Company Museum
Honourable Artillery Company Museum — Regimental museum in London, England.
📷 5Museums · London
Horniman Museum and Gardens
Horniman Museum and Gardens — museum in Forest Hill, London, England, United Kingdom.
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House of Dreams Museum
House of Dreams Museum — art museum of tiles and sculpture in East Dulwich, London.
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Hunterian Museum
Hunterian Museum — medical museum in London, United Kingdom.
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Jack the Ripper Museum
Jack the Ripper Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom.
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Jewel Tower
Jewel Tower — medieval tower in Westminster, London, England, UK.
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Kempton Steam Museum
Kempton Steam Museum — history museum in London.
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Kirkaldy Testing Museum
Kirkaldy Testing Museum — museum in Southwark, London, England, UK.
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Leverian collection
Leverian collection — natural history and ethnographic collection assembled by Ashton Lever.
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London Mithraeum
London Mithraeum — mithraeum discovered at Walbrook, London, United Kingdom.
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London Museum and Institute of Natural History
London Museum and Institute of Natural History is a museum in the United Kingdom.
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London Museum of Water and Steam
London Museum of Water and Steam — museum in London, United Kingdom.
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London Toy and Model Museum
London Toy and Model Museum — former museum in London opened in 1982, closed in 1999.
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London Transport Museum Depot
London Transport Museum Depot — museum store, workshops and visitor attraction in London, England.
📷 5Museums · London
Maiden Lane Estate
Maiden Lane Estate — housing estate in London.
📷 5Museums · London
Markfield Beam Engine and Museum
Markfield Beam Engine and Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom.
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📷 5Museums · London
Metropolitan Police Museum
Metropolitan Police Museum — Law enforcement museum in London, England.
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Museum of Comedy
Museum of Comedy — Museum of comedic history and venue.
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Museum of Freemasonry
Museum of Freemasonry — Masonic museum located in Freemasons' Hall in London, United Kingdom.
📷 5Museums · London
Museum of Immigration and Diversity
Museum of Immigration and Diversity is a museum in the United Kingdom.
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Frequently asked questions
- Are UK museums free?
- Almost every national museum and gallery in England, Scotland and Wales is free, thanks to a Treasury subsidy that survives every parliament. Special exhibitions and a handful of independent museums charge.
- What's the largest museum in the UK?
- The British Museum in London is the largest by collection size and visitor numbers, with around 8 million objects and 6 million visitors a year.
- Are these places free to visit?
- Many places in the guide are free to enter — almost every national museum, every public park and garden, every parish church and cathedral. Castles, historic houses and theme parks usually charge admission; National Trust and English Heritage members visit those properties free.
- Where does the data come from?
- Every entry is built from open data: OpenStreetMap (locations, tags, opening hours), Wikipedia (descriptions), Wikidata (structured facts and operator information), Wikimedia Commons (images), ONS open data (population). The site never makes runtime API calls — everything is fetched at build time and committed.
- How often is this updated?
- A weekly automated job re-fetches the upstream sources and rebuilds the site. Manual editorial corrections are applied as overlays on top of the open data.