Discover UK Museums

National collections, contemporary galleries, Old Masters, sculpture, and regional art museums across the UK.

• 2 Willow Road London
• 575 Wandsworth Road (Khadambi Asalache House) Clapham
• 78 Derngate Northampton
• Abbot Hall Art Gallery Kendal
• Aberdeen Art Gallery Aberdeen Free
• Aberystwyth Arts Centre Aberystwyth Free
• Allen Gallery Alton Free
• Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture Berriew
• Arbroath Art Gallery Arbroath Free
• Arnolfini Bristol Free

National stories, social history, and the everyday lives of people from prehistoric times to the present day.

• 18 Stafford Terrace London
• Aberdeenshire Farming Museum Mintlaw Free
• Aberdour Castle Aberdour
• Aberystwyth Castle Aberystwyth Free
• Aberlemno Sculptured Stones Angus Free
• Abertillery and District Museum Abertillery Free
• Abington Park Museum Northampton Free
• Acton Burnell Castle Shrewsbury Free
• Ad Gefrin Wooler
• Aylesford Priory Aylesford

Every community has a story — local museums preserve the people, places and events that shaped each town and city.

• Ayscoughfee Hall Museum Spalding Free
• Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life Thetford Free
• Auchindrain Museum Auchindrain
• Auld Kirk Museum Kirkintilloch Free
• Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery Alnwick
• Bassetlaw Museum Retford Free
• Bedford Museum Bedford Free
• Bewdley Museum Bewdley Free
• Bexhill Museum Bexhill-On-Sea
• Bishops Stortford Museum Bishops Stortford Free

Regimental museums, wartime stories, aircraft, and the extraordinary lives of those who served in Britain's armed forces.

• 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum Diss Free
• Airborne Assault Museum Duxford
• Aldershot Military Museum Aldershot
• Arctic Convoy Museum Loch Ewe
• Arctic Corsair Hull Free
• Bayard's Cove Fort Dartmouth Free
• Barnton Bunker Edinburgh
• Battle of Britain Bunker London
• Bawdsey Radar Museum Woodbridge
• Bentley Priory Museum Stanmore

From the birth of computing to space exploration — celebrating human ingenuity, medicine, and scientific discovery.

• Abbey Pumping Station Leicester Free
• Aberdeen Science Centre Aberdeen
• Anaesthesia Heritage Centre London Free
• Anatomical Museum Edinburgh Free
• Anson Engine Museum Poynton
• Armagh Observatory and Planetarium Armagh
• Ashworth Laboratories Natural History Collections (Aubrey Manning Gallery) Edinburgh Free
• Bell Pettigrew Museum St-Andrews Free
• Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre Reading Free
• Blaenavon Ironworks Blaenavon Free

Steam railways, vintage cars, aviation pioneers, historic ships, and the machines that connected the world.

• Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet Sheffield
• Aberdeen Maritime Museum Aberdeen Free
• Aerospace Bristol Bristol
• Aycliffe Bus Museum Newton Aycliffe Free
• Aldridge Transport Museum Walsall
• Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre Arundel
• Armadale Community Museum Armadale Free
• Aston Martin Heritage Trust Museum Oxford
• Avro Heritage Museum Woodford
• Axminster Heritage Centre Axminster

Dinosaurs, geology, botany, and the natural world — from local wildlife to the deep history of life on Earth.

• Ashworth Laboratories Natural History Collections (Aubrey Manning Gallery) Edinburgh Free
• Bell Pettigrew Museum St-Andrews Free
• Booth Museum of Natural History Brighton Free
• Camborne School of Mines Geological Museum Penryn Free
• Cambridge University Botanic Garden Cambridge
• Chelsea Physic Garden London
• Cockburn Geological Museum Edinburgh Free
• Cumberland House Natural History Museum Portsmouth Free
• D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum Dundee Free
• Dinosaur Isle Sandown

Roman villas, Viking longships, Anglo-Saxon villages, and the deep layers of Britain's past uncovered by excavation.

• 18 Stafford Terrace London
• Aberdeenshire Farming Museum Mintlaw Free
• Aberdour Castle Aberdour
• Aberystwyth Castle Aberystwyth Free
• Aberlemno Sculptured Stones Angus Free
• Abertillery and District Museum Abertillery Free
• Abington Park Museum Northampton Free
• Acton Burnell Castle Shrewsbury Free
• Ad Gefrin Wooler
• Aylesford Priory Aylesford

Stately homes, National Trust properties, and the domestic lives of Britain from medieval manors to Victorian country houses.

• 1620s House And Garden Coalville Free
• A La Ronde Exmouth
• Abbotsford Melrose
• Aberconwy House Conwy
• Alloa Tower Alloa
• Ancient High House Stafford Free
• Anne Hathaway's Cottage Stratford-Upon-Avon
• Arlington Court and the National Trust Carriage Museum Barnstaple
• Astley Hall Museum And Art Gallery Chorley Free
• Aston Hall Birmingham

Mills, mines, foundries and factories — the places that forged the Industrial Revolution and shaped the modern world.

• Beer Quarry Caves Seaton
• Belper North Mill Belper
• Borders Textile Towerhouse Hawick
• Cadbury World Birmingham
• Calderdale Industrial Museum Halifax
• Electric Mountain Llanberis
• Hat Works Museum Stockport Free
• Helmshore Mills Textile Museum Rossendale
• Killhope, The North of England Lead Mining Museum Cowshill
• Lion Salt Works Museum Northwich

Historic costume, couture, lace, embroidery, silk and the rich history of cloth from medieval workshops to modern fashion.

• Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum Dunfermline Free
• Bankfield Museum Halifax Free
• Bishop's Waltham Palace Bishop's Waltham Free
• Blandford Fashion Museum Blandford Forum
• Blenheim Palace Woodstock
• Borders Textile Towerhouse Hawick
• Buckingham Palace London
• Captain Cook Birthplace Museum Middlesbrough Free
• Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum Portsmouth
• Crystal Palace Museum London Free

Historic ships, lighthouse keepers, fishing communities, and the seafaring heritage that made Britain a global power.

• Aberdeen Maritime Museum Aberdeen Free
• Amgueddfa Forwrol Llŷn Maritime Museum Nefyn Free
• British Motor Museum Gaydon
• Captain Cook Memorial Museum Whitby
• Cowes Maritime Museum Cowes Free
• Explosion! The Museum of Naval Firepower Gosport
• Gloucester Waterways Museum Gloucester
• Golden Hinde II London
• Harwich Maritime Museum Harwich
• Hastings Fishermen's Museum Hastings Free

World-class collections with no admission charge — from the British Museum and National Gallery to hundreds of regional and local museums across the UK.

Historic houses, gardens and landscapes cared for by the National Trust — from medieval manor houses to Victorian country estates. Members enter free.

Castles, abbeys, Roman forts, and historic sites managed by English Heritage across England. Members enter free.

Step outside — historic buildings, reconstructed villages, and living history in the open air. Great for families and fine weather visits.

Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, and more — university collections are often free, always exceptional, and span every subject from ancient art to zoology.

Interactive galleries, hands-on exhibits, and museums designed with children and families in mind — from dinosaurs and spacecraft to Vikings and steam engines.