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A great collection of UK Museum websites

MUSEUM Websites  www.museumwebsites.co.uk

Museum: n. A building, place, or institution devoted to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, or artistic value.

• The Cabinet War Rooms 

  A fascinating look at the war time HQ which have been maintained as they were then.

  http://www.iwm.org.uk/cabinet/index.htm

• Royal Navy Submarine Museum 

  This unique museum in Gosport offers the chance to walk on board a real submarine, discover tales of heroism, relive life under the sea through the personal belongings of the crew and it has a detailed virtual tour.

  http://www.rnsubmus.co.uk

• The Geffrye Museum 

  Specialist collection of English furniture and decorative arts (London).

  http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk

• The Bletchley Park Trust 

  The home of World War 2 code breaking.

  http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk

• Freud Museum 

  Home of Sigmund Freud and his family (London).

  http://www.freud.org.uk

• Portsmouth Historic Dockyard 

  The world's greatest historic ships.

  http://www.flagship.org.uk

• Dover Museum 

  Local history museum (Dover).

  http://www.dover.gov.uk/museum

• The Horniman Museum & Gardens 

  Ethnography, Natural History and Musical Instruments (London). Victorian tea trader Frederick John Horniman began collecting specimens and artefacts from around the World in the 1860's.

  http://www.horniman.ac.uk

• The Jewish Museum 

  Life of the Jewish community in Britain and beyond (London).

  http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk

• Sir John Soane's Museum 

  House and museum of Sir John Soane, R.A., architect (London).

  http://www.soane.org

• The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu 

  A virtual version of the museum which is open daily throughout the year.

  http://www.beaulieu.co.uk

• National Museum of Photography, Film & Television 

  Museum of Photography, Film & Television (Bradford).

  http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/nmpft

• Bowes Railway Co. Ltd 

  Ancient monument of an early colliery railway in Springwell Village, Gateshead.

  http://www.bowesrailway.co.uk

• National Coal Mining Museum for England 

  The history of Coal Mining in England (Wakefield).

  http://www.ncm.org.uk

• Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery 

  Range of topics form the Romans to Captain Cook (Glasgow).

  http://www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk

• Museum of HMS Belfast 

  History of HMS Belfast (London).

  http://www.iwm.org.uk/belfast/index.htm

• The Museum of Costume 

  18th century collection of men and women’s fashionable dress. (Bath)

  http://www.museumofcostume.co.uk

• The British Library Philatelic Collections 

  The London library of the national philatelic collections of the U.K.

  http://www.bl.uk/collections/stamps.html

• The National Tramway Museum 

  The history of our National Tramway (Crick).

  http://www.tramway.co.uk

• Yorkshire Air Museum 

  A rapidly expanding collection of historical aircraft depicts aviation from its earliest days, to World War Two with the awesome and unique Halifax rebuild through to post war jets.

  http://www.yorkshireairmuseum.co.uk

• The National Motorcycle Museum  

  Recognised as the finest and largest motorcycle museum in the world.

  http://www.nationalmotorcyclemuseum.co.uk

• National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside 

  Museums & Galleries on Merseyside.

  http://www.nmgm.org.uk

• Shetland Museum 

  Safe storage and display of Shetland relics.

  http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk

• The Wordsworth Trust 

  Centre for British Romanticism (Cumbria).

  http://www.wordsworth.org.uk

• National Museums of Scotland 

  The National Scottish museums (Edinburgh).

  http://www.nms.ac.uk
 

• UK Museum Directory

  Great links in a directory format

  http://www.uk-museumdirectory.co.uk

• UK Websites Directory

  A new directory site well worth a look! Tell all your friends.

  http://www.uk-websitesdirectory.co.uk