Musées et galeries du Royaume-Uni

44AD Artspace

Galerie d'art contemporain et ateliers d'artistes dans une maison classée Grade II sur 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 demeure londonienne du duc de Wellington à Hyde Park Corner, surnommée Number One London, avec sa collection d'art.

• 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

Musée, galerie et bibliothèque sur Rydal Road ; son site web présente des documents consacrés à Beatrix Potter.

• Ambleside & Grasmere, le Lake District

Ashmolean Museum

Musée universitaire d'art et d'archéologie, fondé en 1683, sur 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 et 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

Maison de yeoman du 16e siècle abritant un musée consacré à la demeure et à la vie des habitants de Bakewell.

• Bakewell, Haddon & Monsal, le 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

Le siège de deux sociétés royales d'aquarelle et de gravure, dans une petite galerie à côté de la Tate Modern.

• The South Bank, Londres

Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden

Atelier et jardin où la sculptrice Barbara Hepworth a vécu et travaillé de 1949 à sa mort en 1975, conservés presque tels qu’elle les a laissés.

• St Ives & West Penwith, la Cornouailles

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

Un centre national du patrimoine consacré à l'histoire des Noirs britanniques, avec expositions et archives sur 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

Musée installé dans un bâtiment du 16e siècle de South Street, connu sous le nom de Castle.

• Bridport & West Bay, la Côte jurassique

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 & Park Street, Bristol

British Museum

L'un des plus grands musées du monde, avec la pierre de Rosette, des momies égyptiennes et les sculptures du Parthénon sous la verrière de la 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

Musée local et galerie d’art avec des expositions sur l’histoire de Broadway.

• Broadway, les Cotswolds

Burgh House and Hampstead Museum

Maison du début du 18e siècle sur New End Square, qui abrite le 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

Musée du patrimoine industriel installé dans une station de pompage des eaux usées de 1894 au bord de la Cam ; le bâtiment est un monument protégé.

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

• Mill Road et l’Est, 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 maison victorienne des écrivains Thomas et Jane Carlyle, sur Cheyne Row, conservée presque telle qu'ils l'ont connue. Gérée par le National Trust.

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• Chelsea, Londres

Castlefield Gallery

Galerie d’art contemporain gratuite sur Hewitt Street, qui soutient les artistes par des expositions et des événements.

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

• Castlefield & les canaux, 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 seule demeure londonienne de Charles Dickens encore existante, où il écrivit Oliver Twist, meublée comme à son époque.

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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

Galerie de la collection de peintures et de dessins de maîtres anciens du collège, dans un bâtiment ouvert en 1968.

• Christ Church, St Aldate’s et Folly Bridge, Oxford

Churchill War Rooms

Le bunker souterrain où se réunissait le cabinet de guerre de Churchill pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, conservé tel quel, avec sa Map Room intacte.

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• Westminster & Whitehall, Londres

City Art Centre

Galerie municipale sur Market Street, qui présente la collection d'art de la ville et des expositions temporaires.

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

• Old Town & Royal Mile, Édimbourg

City Observatory

Bâtiments historiques de l’observatoire sur Calton Hill, qui abritent aujourd’hui l’organisation d’art contemporain Collective.

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

Clifton Observatory

Ancien moulin à vent et à tabac à priser sur Clifton Down, transformé en observatoire avec une camera obscura et Giant's Cave.

• Clifton & the Suspension Bridge, Bristol

Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre

Centre d'accueil gratuit du côté Leigh Woods du pont, avec des expositions sur sa construction et son entretien.

• Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court, Bristol

Clink Prison Museum

Un musée sur le site de l'ancienne prison médiévale de Clink, avec des expositions sur les détenus et les châtiments de l'époque.

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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

Musée de la Corinium romaine et de l’histoire des Cotswolds, avec plus de 90 mosaïques découvertes en ville et dans la région.

• Cirencester, les Cotswolds

Cotswold Motoring Museum and Toy Collection

Musée de l’automobile du 20e siècle avec voitures, motos, caravanes, jouets et souvenirs, au centre du village.

• Bourton-on-the-Water, les Cotswolds

Court Barn Museum

Musée des arts décoratifs et du design qui retrace l’histoire des artisans de la région depuis 1900 environ, à commencer par la Guild of Handicraft.

• Chipping Campden, les Cotswolds