Museos y galerías del Reino Unido

44AD Artspace

Galería de arte contemporáneo y estudios de artistas en una casa catalogada Grade II en Abbey Street.

• Abbey & Roman Baths, Bath

Abbey House Museum

Museum in the Grade II* listed former gatehouse of Kirkstall Abbey, across Abbey Road from the ruins.

• Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall, Leeds

Abbey Pumping Station

Victorian pumping station with four restored beam engines beneath a 150-foot chimney; general entry is free except on event days.

• Leicester city centre, Leicester

Aberdeen Art Gallery

The city art gallery on Schoolhill, run by Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums.

• Aberdeen city, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen Maritime Museum

Maritime museum on the historic Shiprow, near the city harbour.

• Aberdeen city, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen Science Centre

Hands-on science centre on Constitution Street.

• Aberdeen city, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

Alexander Keiller Museum

Museum of finds from the Avebury monuments; English Heritage suggests starting here to learn about the sites around the village.

• Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge

American Museum & Gardens

• Bathwick & Widcombe, Bath

Amesbury History Centre

Local history centre on Church Street with exhibitions, talks and family workshops about a town people have visited for 10,000 years.

• Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge

Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum

The 18th-century weaver's cottage where Andrew Carnegie was born, with a memorial hall added in 1928.

• Dunfermline and the Forth, St Andrews and Fife

Apsley House

La residencia londinense del duque de Wellington en Hyde Park Corner, conocida como Number One London, con su colección de arte.

• Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens, Londres

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum

Regimental museum inside Stirling Castle, included in castle admission, telling the story of the 91st and 93rd Highlanders.

• Stirling and Bannockburn, Stirling and the Trossachs

Armitt Museum and Library

Museo, galería y biblioteca en Rydal Road; su sitio web incluye material sobre Beatrix Potter.

• Ambleside & Grasmere, el Distrito de los Lagos

Ashmolean Museum

Museo de arte y arqueología de la Universidad, fundado en 1683, en Beaumont Street.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read 25 Oct 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Radcliffe Square, Broad Street y St Giles, Oxford

Aspex

Contemporary art gallery and charity at Gunwharf Quays, showing new art and ideas.

• Portsmouth Harbour & Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth and Southampton

Bakewell Old House Museum

Casa de un yeoman del siglo 16 con un museo sobre la vivienda y la vida de los habitantes de Bakewell.

• Bakewell, Haddon & Monsal, el Peak District

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art

Contemporary art centre in a converted flour mill on the Gateshead bank, with changing exhibitions and no permanent collection.

• Quayside and Gateshead, Newcastle and Gateshead

Bankside Gallery

Sede de dos sociedades reales de acuarela y grabado, en una pequeña galería junto a la Tate Modern.

• The South Bank, Londres

Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden

Estudio y jardín donde la escultora Barbara Hepworth vivió y trabajó desde 1949 hasta su muerte en 1975, conservados casi tal como ella los dejó.

• St Ives & West Penwith, Cornualles

BayArt

Art gallery and workshop space in Butetown, in the streets behind the waterfront.

• Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

Beck Isle Museum

Rural life museum in Pickering with recreated shops, from barber and chemist to cobbler, and a Victorian pub.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Beckford's Tower

Booking: the venue’s own page advises booking ahead (read 25 Oct 2026). Source

• Georgian Bath, Bath

Bell Pettigrew Museum

University natural history museum of animals and fossils from around the world, including extinct species.

• St Andrews, St Andrews and Fife

Berwick Barracks

Former army barracks, also called Ravensdowne Barracks, with the King's Own Scottish Borderers regimental museum.

• Berwick-upon-Tweed, Lindisfarne (Holy Island)

Bill Douglas Cinema Museum

Museum of cinema history on the university's Streatham Campus, holding over 80,000 objects; open to the public since 1997.

• Exeter, Devon

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

• City Centre & Bullring, Birmingham

Black Cultural Archive

Centro nacional del patrimonio de la historia negra británica, con exposiciones y un archivo en Windrush Square.

• Brixton, Londres

Bonhoga Gallery

Gallery, shop and café in a converted mill beside the Weisdale burn, run by Shetland Arts.

• Scalloway & the West Mainland, Shetland

Bridport Museum

Museo en un edificio del siglo 16 de South Street conocido como the Castle.

• Bridport & West Bay, la Costa Jurásica

Brighton Fishing Museum

Small independent museum in the King's Road arches, run with the local fishing community, on the history of Brighton's fishermen. Admission is free.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

• North Laine & the Royal Pavilion, Brighton & Hove

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read 25 Oct 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Old City, King Street y Park Street, Bristol

British Museum

Uno de los grandes museos del mundo, con la piedra de Rosetta, momias egipcias y las esculturas del Partenón bajo la cubierta de cristal del Great Court.

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• Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia, Londres

Brixham Heritage Museum

Local museum of the fishing town of Brixham.

• Torquay, Paignton & Brixham, Devon

Broadway Museum and Art Gallery

Museo local y galería de arte con exposiciones sobre la historia de Broadway.

• Broadway, los Cotswolds

Burgh House and Hampstead Museum

Casa de principios del siglo 18 (XVIII) en New End Square que alberga el Hampstead Museum.

• Hampstead & Primrose Hill, Londres

Burton at Bideford

Art gallery and museum in Victoria Park, with collections on Bideford's history and changing exhibitions.

• Bideford, Appledore & Westward Ho!, Lundy

Bute Museum

Museum of the Bute Museum and Natural History Society on the archaeology, history and wildlife of Bute; shorter winter opening from October.

• Rothesay and the island, Isle of Bute

Calshot Spit Lightship

Former Trinity House lightvessel LV 78, once anchored off Calshot Spit and now a museum ship beside Solent Sky.

• Southampton Old Town & City Centre, Portsmouth and Southampton

Cambridge Museum of Technology

Museo del patrimonio industrial en una estación de bombeo de aguas residuales de 1894 junto al Cam; el edificio es monumento protegido.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read 25 Oct 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Mill Road y the East, Cambridge

Canterbury Roman Museum

Museum built around the remains of a Roman town house and its mosaics, below the modern street level.

• Canterbury, Canterbury & Kent

Captain Cook Memorial Museum

Walker's House on Grape Lane, where James Cook lodged as an apprentice to the shipowner John Walker from 1746.

• Whitby & Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire

Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum

Museum in Great Ayton about the boyhood of James Cook.

• North York Moors, Yorkshire

Cardiff M.A.D.E.

Gallery and arts space in Roath showing work by local artists and makers.

• Cathays Park and Roath, Cardiff

Carlyle's House

La casa victoriana de los escritores Thomas y Jane Carlyle en Cheyne Row, conservada casi como ellos la conocieron. La gestiona el National Trust.

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• Chelsea, Londres

Castlefield Gallery

Galería de arte contemporáneo gratuita en Hewitt Street, que apoya a los artistas con exposiciones y actividades.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read 25 Oct 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Castlefield & the Canals, Manchester

Centre for Life

Science village and charity next to Central Station that promotes the life sciences.

• Grainger Town, Newcastle and Gateshead

Charles Dickens Museum

La única casa londinense de Charles Dickens que se conserva, donde escribió Oliver Twist, amueblada como en su época.

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• Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia, Londres

Charles Dickens' Birthplace Museum

House museum in Landport, north of the city centre, in the house where Charles Dickens was born.

• Portsmouth Harbour & Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth and Southampton

Christ Church Picture Gallery

Galería con la colección de pinturas y dibujos de antiguos maestros del colegio, en un edificio inaugurado en 1968.

• Christ Church, St Aldate's y Folly Bridge, Oxford

Churchill War Rooms

El búnker subterráneo donde se reunía el gabinete de guerra de Churchill durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, conservado tal cual, con la Sala de Mapas intacta.

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• Westminster & Whitehall, Londres

City Art Centre

Galería municipal en Market Street con la colección de arte de la ciudad y exposiciones temporales.

Entry: according to the venue’s own page, read 25 Oct 2026. Special exhibitions and events may be charged. Source

• Old Town & Royal Mile, Edimburgo

City Observatory

Históricos edificios del observatorio en Calton Hill, hoy sede de la organización de arte contemporáneo Collective.

• Holyrood, Arthur's Seat & Calton Hill, Edimburgo

Clifton Observatory

Antiguo molino de viento y de rapé en Clifton Down, convertido en observatorio con cámara oscura y Giant's Cave.

• Clifton & the Suspension Bridge, Bristol

Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre

Centro de visitantes gratuito en el lado de Leigh Woods del puente, con exposiciones sobre cómo se construyó y se mantiene.

• Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court, Bristol

Clink Prison Museum

Museo en el emplazamiento de la medieval prisión de Clink, con exposiciones sobre presos y castigos medievales.

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• Borough & Bermondsey, Londres

Coffin Works

Newman Brothers' coffin furniture factory, working from 1894 to 1998 and a museum since 2014.

• Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

Corinium Museum

Museo de la Corinium romana y de la historia de los Cotswolds, con más de 90 mosaicos hallados en la ciudad y su entorno.

• Cirencester, los Cotswolds

Cotswold Motoring Museum and Toy Collection

Museo del automovilismo del siglo 20 con coches, motos, caravanas, juguetes y recuerdos en el centro del pueblo.

• Bourton-on-the-Water, los Cotswolds

Court Barn Museum

Museo de artesanía y diseño que cuenta la historia de los artesanos de la zona desde 1900 aproximadamente, empezando por la Guild of Handicraft.

• Chipping Campden, los Cotswolds