| Art & Culture: Art & Antiques: Museums |
| Website |
Description |
| 24 Hour Museum |
The 24 Hour Museum is an extremely well organized guide it tells you about exhibitions, events and shows on in UK galleries, museums and historic buildings. Funded by Department for Culture, Media and Sport. |
| Aerospace Museum |
The Aerospace Museum at Cosford comprises five collections of international importance, with over eighty aircraft on display including war planes from World War II to the present day. |
| Althorp House |
Althorp has been home to the Spencer family for nearly 500 years, and contains a fascinating variety of pictures, furntiure and ceramics, as well as boasting some fine interiors. It also houses the award winning exibition depicting the life and work of Diana, The Princess of Wales. |
| Museum of Costume |
The museum of costume houses examples from as early as 1660 through to more modern times. Take the virtual tour or browse through the museum collection, women of style, the assemly room or the research centre. |
| Black Country Living Museum |
Since 1975 the Black Country Living Museum has combined attention to detail and high standards with local enthusiasm to develop a living museum. People are dressed in period custume and portray daily life as it was around the cusp of the 19th Century / early 20th Century. |
| Bronte |
Haworth Parsonage was the lifelong home of the Brontes and is kept as a wonderful tribute to their work. If your unable to visit take a look at the informative and fascinating website, it gives an excellent insight into the lives of this talented family. |
| Flagship Portsmouth |
Flagship Portsmouth is home to three of the most important warships ever built - King Henry VIII's pioneering Mary Rose, Lord Nelson's flagship HMS Victory, and the first iron battleship, mighty HMS Warrior 860. Their website provides information about the ships, opening times, prices and how an excellent virtual tour. |
| Imperial War |
The Imperial War Museum offers an unique detailed coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present day. |
| Ironbridge |
There are nine sites of historical importance in the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Group. Ranging from the Ironbridge itself and the Coalport Chinaworks, to the Jackfield Tile Museum and Blists Hill Victorian Town, any information you may need is featured on their website. |
| Madame Tussauds |
As a World renowned Wax exhibition with lots of history, Madame Tussauds does not disapoint. Take the tour or book online. |
| Natural History Museum |
The Natural History Museum is the United Kingdom's national museum of natural history, and a centre of scientific excellence in taxonomy and biodiversity. |
| NMPFT |
Explore the stories behind photography, film and television with the National photography, Film & TV Museum. |
| Ashmolean |
One of the oldest public museums in the world, the Ashmolean has world class collections of Old Masters, antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Rome, British art, Asian art including Islamic and Japanese ceramics, metalware, scuplture etc. New Potweb section shows history of ceramics. |
| Exploratorium |
Online museum of science, art & human perception. This site is based around the 650 exhibits that are on display within the wall's of San Francisco's Palace of fine arts. It is a site designed not only to help people learn, but also to nurture their curiosity about the world around them. |
| Maritime |
The Maritime Museum promotes the importance of the sea, ships, time and the stars and their relationship with people. An excellent resource for checking out exhibitions or planning your visit. And a great picture gallery! |
| Victoria and Albert Museum |
The Victoria and Albert Museum is the largest and most influential museum of decorative arts in the world. Its 145 galleries reflect centuries of achievement in such varied fields as ceramics, sculpture, furniture, jewellery, metalwork, textiles and dress, from Britain, Europe and Asia. |