Musei e gallerie del Regno Unito

44AD Artspace

Galleria d'arte contemporanea e studi d'artista in una casa tutelata come Grade II su 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 residenza londinese del Duca di Wellington a Hyde Park Corner, nota come Number One London, con la sua collezione d'arte.

• Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens, Londra

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, galleria e biblioteca su Rydal Road; il sito web propone materiali su Beatrix Potter.

• Ambleside & Grasmere, Distretto dei Laghi

Ashmolean Museum

Museo universitario di arte e archeologia, fondato nel 1683, in 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 e 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 di uno yeoman del 16º secolo con un museo dedicato alla dimora e alla vita degli abitanti di Bakewell.

• Bakewell, Haddon & Monsal, 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 di due società reali di acquerello e incisione, in una piccola galleria accanto alla Tate Modern.

• The South Bank, Londra

Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden

Studio e giardino in cui la scultrice Barbara Hepworth visse e lavorò dal 1949 fino alla morte nel 1975, conservati quasi come li lasciò.

• St Ives & West Penwith, Cornovaglia

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 nazionale per il patrimonio storico della comunità nera britannica, con mostre e un archivio su Windrush Square.

• Brixton, Londra

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 in un edificio del 16º secolo in South Street, noto come the Castle.

• Bridport & West Bay, Costa Giurassica

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

Uno dei grandi musei del mondo, con la Stele di Rosetta, le mummie egizie e le sculture del Partenone sotto la Great Court dal tetto di vetro.

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• Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia, Londra

Brixham Heritage Museum

Local museum of the fishing town of Brixham.

• Torquay, Paignton & Brixham, Devon

Broadway Museum and Art Gallery

Museo locale e galleria d'arte con mostre sulla storia di Broadway.

• Broadway, Cotswolds

Burgh House and Hampstead Museum

Casa dell'inizio del 18º secolo in New End Square, sede dell'Hampstead Museum.

• Hampstead & Primrose Hill, Londra

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 industriale in una stazione di pompaggio delle acque reflue del 1894 accanto al Cam; l'edificio è un monumento tutelato.

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

• Mill Road e la zona 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 casa vittoriana degli scrittori Thomas e Jane Carlyle in Cheyne Row, conservata quasi come la conoscevano loro. Gestita dal National Trust.

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• Chelsea, Londra

Castlefield Gallery

Galleria d'arte contemporanea gratuita in Hewitt Street, che sostiene gli artisti con mostre ed eventi.

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

• Castlefield e i canali, 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

L'unica casa londinese di Charles Dickens ancora esistente, dove scrisse Oliver Twist, arredata come ai suoi tempi.

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• Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia, Londra

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

Galleria con la collezione di dipinti e disegni di antichi maestri del college, in un edificio aperto nel 1968.

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

Churchill War Rooms

Il bunker sotterraneo dove si riuniva il gabinetto di guerra di Churchill durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, conservato com'era, con la Map Room intatta.

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• Westminster & Whitehall, Londra

City Art Centre

Galleria comunale su Market Street, con la collezione d'arte della città e mostre temporanee.

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

Storici edifici dell'osservatorio su Calton Hill, oggi sede dell'organizzazione di arte contemporanea Collective.

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

Clifton Observatory

Ex mulino a vento e per il tabacco da fiuto su Clifton Down, trasformato in osservatorio con camera oscura e Giant's Cave.

• Clifton & the Suspension Bridge, Bristol

Clifton Suspension Bridge Visitor Centre

Centro visitatori gratuito sul lato Leigh Woods del ponte, con pannelli su come è stato costruito e viene mantenuto.

• Avon Gorge, Leigh Woods & Ashton Court, Bristol

Clink Prison Museum

Museo sul sito dell'antica prigione medievale di Clink, con esposizioni su detenuti e punizioni dell'epoca.

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• Borough & Bermondsey, Londra

Coffin Works

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

• Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

Corinium Museum

Museo sulla Corinium romana e sulla storia dei Cotswolds, con oltre 90 mosaici noti in città e dintorni.

• Cirencester, Cotswolds

Cotswold Motoring Museum and Toy Collection

Museo dell'automobilismo del 20º secolo con auto, moto, roulotte, giocattoli e cimeli nel centro del villaggio.

• Bourton-on-the-Water, Cotswolds

Court Barn Museum

Museo di artigianato e design che racconta gli artigiani della zona dal 1900 circa, a partire dalla Guild of Handicraft.

• Chipping Campden, Cotswolds