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• - Cultural heritage of Wantage, Oxfordshire.
  
• - Exhibits with artifacts, audio and video presentations tell the story of the Stewart kings of Scotland, trades and life of the people of the town. Includes hours, admission, events, membership and location.
  
• - Colourful and interactive displays on the history and culture of Lymington and the New Forest area.
  
• - Changing exhibitions for both adults and children. A map showing the location.
  
• - A Complete Edwardian Waterworks. Original architecturally interesting buildings and old machinery.
  
• - 26 acres of Cornwall's china clay industry at Wheal Martyn in St Austell.
  
• - City Council network of 18 museums and historic sites across the southern county. Comprehensive listings and searchable database.
  
• - Local history center about the Isle of Ely and the Fens. Lists events, hours, admission fees, educational resources for teachers, and details of facilities.
  
• - Listing of heritage museums in Folkestone, Ramsgate and Sevenoaks. Contains links to other local museums in Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells, Dover, Maidstone, Swale, Dartford, Ashford, Shepway, Thanet and Medway Towns.
  
• - Manages the North Somerset Museum, based in Weston-super-Mare. History of the museum, galleries and displays, collections.
  
• - Open air museum with over 100 years of history.
  
• - Displays of the local history, including haunting and superstition.
  
• - A favourite of King Henry VIII, the Mary Rose sank in 1545. The 16th century warship was in recovered in 1982. Includes schools home page.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Featuring entomology, geology, mineralogy and zoology collections. Oxford dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles.
  
• - Located in Shropshire, the site of the birth of the Industrial Revolution, Ironbridge Gorge has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
  
• - Many pictures from the centre, which offers an multi-media exhibition providing an interactive journey through the history of Motherwell and the surrounding area.
  
• - Dedicated to the collection and conservation of local history. Educational services include a mobile museum exhibition.
  
• - A comprehensive resource for the historical study of cinema and popular culture at the University of Exeter. Presenting 60,000 items available for academic research.
  
• - The Carpetbagger Aviation Museum and Northants Aviation Society Museum are located at the WW2 USAAF Station 179, Harrington, Northamptonshire. Themes include Operation Carpetbagger,Thor Rocket and Royal Observer Corps.
  
• - An outdoor museum which tells the story of emigration from Ulster to America in the 18th and 19th centuries. Located in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
  
• - History of Bestwood Winding Engine House, Bestwood village, Nottinghamshire.
  
• - Explore this pilot website to discover the pre-eminent designated museum collections in England.
  
• - The secrets of the powerful River Wandle, and its industrial past.
  
• - Historical Roman site at Seaton with a wide collection of historical photographs of Seaton, Beer, Axmouth and Colyton.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Local history museum situated in famous port, county Kent. Collections include sections on Cross Channel Swimming, and the Dover Bronze Age Boat at Dover Museum.
  
• - Features the Cheshire market town's history in salt, shoe making, clothing, and its English Civil War connections.
  
• - Originally a 12th century monastery it later became the seat of the Byron family in 1540 until it was sold by the poet Lord Byron in 1818. Abbey and gardens are open to the public.
  
• - The Museums Service, which is part of Gwynedd Council in North Wales, UK, includes the Bangor, Lloyd George and the Quaker Heritage Centre Museums.
  
• - Visitor and membership information, postal history timeline, exhibit guide, school activities overview, and shop. Bath, England.
  
• - Eighteenth century stronghold built to repel French troops during the Napoleonic Wars has been restored to its original condition.
  
• - Cultural heritage in Hampshire, with virtual tour of the museum.
  
• - One of the oldest buildings in Norwich, this museum exhibits the social history of Britain through collections representing domestic life, costumes and textiles, dolls and toys, and children's books.
  
• - Eighteenth century Shetland booth nearby fish drying beach. Birthplace of Arthur Anderson co-founder of what is now P & O Ferries.
  
• - 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.
  
• - The Friends of The Hospital Chapel Ilford Essex are dedicated to preserving this historic 12th century hospice for future generations.
  
• - Early 18th century mill in Nottinghamshire. Information on other museums and heritage sites in city of Nottingham.
  
• - Two and one-half centuries of crime and punishment, justice and jurisprudence at this museum in Nottingham.
  
• - Historically preserved area in the former coal mining town of Madely.
  
• - Four museums. A silk museum, a restored silk factory, a local heritage museum, and the West Park Museum. The West Park Museum displays decorative art and has an Egyptian collection.
  
• - Eighteenth century water mill restored to working condition, with museum which exhibits items of local history.
  
• - Set in Faversham, the Centre traces 1,000 years of life, industry and architecture in the 'Medieval Gem of Kent.'
  
• - 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.
  
• - Houses one of the largest social history collections in Southwest England. Located in county Devon.
  
• - From Roman to Victorian Britain and beyond, unique historical colouring book souvenirs make education fun. Based in Gloucester.
  
• - 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.
  
• - A guide to the history of the perambulator, that carriage you push around a child or doll in. Photos and information.
  
• - Dedicated to the history of chocolate and the Cadbury family of Birmingham.
  
• - The museum of the traditional fishing quarter in King's Lynn, Norfolk.
  
• - A 17th century house.
  
• - Guide to heritage sites including the Jewry Wall Museum, dedicated to local Roman ruins and the Abbey Pumping Station, a historic sewage treatment plant with famous talking toilet.
  
• - Details of museums in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Contains information on the Roman Verulamium museum, 3rd largest city in Roman Britain and Museum of St Albans.
  
• - Collection of industrial steam engines, vintage machinery and early fairground ephemera. Includes guide to local West Devon attractions.
  
• - Tells the tale of six labourers' arrest, trial and deportation for unionising, leading to the foundation of modern trade unionism.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Exhibits include a civil war audio-visual presentation, when Lichfield was almost destroyed. Located in Staffordshire.
  
• - Containing displays on the local history of this important canal transhipment port. Located in Derbyshire.
  
• - Built during the Iron Age, Mountfitchet Castle is known as "the castle time forgot" and is now a national historic monument in Essex. Guided tours include The Prison, The Stores and The Viking Raiders. Online booking form.
  
• - Stationary steam engines and land drainage machinery. Events calendar.
  
• - Museum for the borough of Runnymede documenting and illustrating life there from prehistory to the present.
  
• - Exhibits objects and archives connected with the local area. Includes events, details of the Friends of the Museum group, hours, and directions.
  
• - Housed in the old Sir John Leman School in Ballygate. Includes virtual tour, photos, staff, history of the building, clockmakers and hours.
  
• - A Shetland croft of the 19th century, comprised of a house, steading and watermill.
  
• - 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.
  
• - A Heritaga Center run by volunteers committed to researching and recording information about the village, its people, customs, traditions, skills and trades.
  
• - Focused on the history of the Brighton area between the 1780s and 1850s and British society during this period.
  
• - A site for those visiting or working for museums in Surrey. Includes a listing of museums, with links to their sites, the findings of a recent Access Audit and Training Audit, plus links and reference materials.
  
• - Discover early Roman Britain life with detailed information on Roman Britain, the Thermal Springs and an online Virtual Tour. In the city of Bath, Somerset.
  
• - 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, FAQs, gift shop, dir
  
• - Borough of Broxbourne Museum, covering Waltham Cross, Cheshunt, Goffs Oak, Broxbourne and Hoddesdon.
  
• - Maritime museum and art gallery reflecting the traditions of a harbour town in Kent. Featuring exhibits on wildlife, diving and shipping.
  
• - Restored 19th century salt works captures Cheshire's industrial heritage.
  
• - A museum of local heritage in the town of Forres in the North of Scotland.
  
• - Two museums, the Memorial Pegasus at Ranville and the landing museum at Arromanches, covering the Battle of Normandy 1944
  
• - 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.
  
• - A source of information about the history of Uffington and the Vale of White Horse.
  
• - Museum of the Ulverston Heritage Centre exhibits Cumbrian history from the Neolithic to the Post-War period.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Showcasing the medieval Cathederal town of Salisbury and ancient wonders of Stone Henge.
  
• - District Council site with heritage listings.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Includes The City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol Industrial Museum and historic sites The Georgian House, Blaise Castle House and The Red Lodge.
  
• - Dedicated to promoting public awareness and enjoyment of Abingdon Museum, located in the historic County Hall building in Oxfordshire.
  
• - Displays objects from past history of the area, Wales and the rest of the world in 6 galleries. Includes photos and details of the themes displayed, hours, educational programs and directions.
  
• - A museum dedicated to the local and natural history of Southwold. The collection includes archaeological finds, paintings, photographs, models and wildlife.
  
• - Listings for The Bishop's House Museum, Kelham Island Industrial Museum, City Museum and Abbeydale Hamlet, an 18th century steel and scythe works.
  
• - Presenting the local history of woven carpets in Kidderminster.