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Acton Scott Historic Working Farm

Wenlock Lodge

Acton Scott

Church Stretton

Shropshire

SY6 6QN

UK

Tel: 01694 781306

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Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings

Redditch Rd

Bromsgrove By-Pass

Stoke Heath

Bromsgrove

Worcestershire

B60 4JR

UK

Tel: 01527 831363

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Bakelite Museum

Orchard Mill

Bridge St

Williton

Taunton

Somerset

TA4 4NS

UK

Tel: 01984 632133

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Bantock House & Park

Bantock Park

Finchfield Rd

Wolverhampton

West Midlands

WV3 9LQ

UK

Tel: 01902 552195

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Barleylands Farm Museum & Visitors Centre

Barleylands Farm

Billericay

Essex

CM11 2UD

UK

Tel: 01268 282090

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Bath Industrial Heritage Centre

Camden Works

Julian Rd

Bath

Avon

BA1 2RH

UK

Tel: 01225 318348

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Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution

16-18 Queen Square

Bath

Avon

BA 1 2HN

UK

Tel: 01225 312084

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Beck Isle Museum of Rural Life

Bridge St

Pickering

North Yorkshire

YO18 8DT

UK

Tel: 01751 473653

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Belgrave Hall & Gardens

Church Rd

Belgrave

Leicester

Leicestershire

LE4 5PE

UK

Tel: 0116 266 6590

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Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood

Cambridge Heath Rd

London

London

E2 9PA

UK

Tel: 0181 980 2415

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Bewdley Museum

Load St

Bewdley

Worcestershire

DY12 2AF

UK

Tel: 01299 403573

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Bexhill Museum of Costume & Social History Association

Manor Gardens

Upper Sea Rd

Bexhill-On-Sea

East Sussex

TN40 1RL

UK

Tel: 01424 210045

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Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Chamberlain Square

Birmingham

West Midlands

B3 3DH

UK

Tel: 0121 235 2834

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Black Country Living Museum

Living recreations of the industrial past of the black country.

Tipton Rd

Dudley

West Midlands

DY1 4SQ

UK

Tel: 0121 557 9643

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Blaise Castle House Museum

Henbury Rd

Henbury

Bristol

Avon

BS10 7QS

UK

Tel: 0117 950 6789

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Blakesley Hall

Blakesley Rd

Yardley

Birmingham

West Midlands

B25 8RN

UK

Tel: 0121 783 2193

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Borough Museum & Art Gallery

Brampton Park

Newcastle

Staffordshire

ST5 0QP

UK

Tel: 01782 619705

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Braintree District Museum

Manor St

Braintree

Essex

CM 7 3HT

UK

Tel: 01376 325266

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Brandon Heritage Centre

George St

Brandon

Suffolk

IP27 0BX

UK

Tel: 01842 813707

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Broadway Bears & Dolls

76 High St

Broadway

Worcestershire

WR12 7AJ

UK

Tel: 01386 858323

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Calbourne Water Mill

Calbourne Mill

Newport

Isle Of Wight

PO30 4JN

UK

Tel: 01983 531227

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Canterbury Roman Museum

Butchery Lane

Canterbury

Kent

CT1 2JR

UK

Tel: 01227 785575

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Castle Figures

A museum of scale model Elastolin figures for collectors and wargamers.

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Cavalcade of Costume

Lime Tree House

The Plocks

Blandford Forum

Dorset

DT11 7AA

UK

Tel: 01258 453006

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Church Farmhouse Museum

Greyhound Hill

Hendon

London

NW 4 4JR

UK

Tel: 0181 203 0130

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Churchill House Museum

Venns Lane,

Aylestone Hill

Hereford

Herefordshire

HR1 1DE

UK

Tel: 01432 267409

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Cider Museum & King Offa Distillery

21, Ryelands St

Hereford

Herefordshire

HR4 0LW

UK

Tel: 01432 354207

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Clive House Museum

College Hill

Shrewsbury

Shropshire

SY1 1LT

UK

Tel: 01743 354811

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Colchester Castle Museum

High St

Colchester

Essex

CO1 1TJ

UK

Tel: 01206 282939

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Coldharbour Mill

Coldharbour Uffculme

Cullompton

Devon

EX15 3EE

UK

Tel: 01884 840960

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Compton Verney Art Museum

Compton Verney

Warwick

Warwickshire

CV35 9HZ

UK

Tel: 01926 645500

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Cumberland Toy & Model Museum, The

Over 100 years of mainly British toys with many visitor operated exhibits including Hornby trains, Scalextric, Meccano, Lego, a 1950’s helicopter and even working card models.

Banks Court

Market Place

Cockermouth

Cumbria

CA13 9NG

UK

Tel: 01900 827606

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Dean Heritage Museum

Camp Mill

Soudley

Cinderford

Gloucestershire

GL14 2UB

UK

Tel: 01594 822170

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Delaware Agricultural Museum

866 North Dupont Highway

Dover

Delaware

DE 19901

USA

Tel: (302) 734 1618

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Dickens House Museum

48, Doughty St

London

London

WC1N 2LF

UK

Tel: 0171 405 2127

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Dickens House Museum

2, Victoria Parade

Broadstairs

Kent

CT10 1QS

UK

Tel: 01843 861232

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Doctor Johnson's House

17, Gough Square

London

EC4A 3DE

UK

Tel: 0171 353 3745

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Doll Museum, The

Oken's House is home to dolls, teddy bears, toys and mechanical toys from yesteryear.

Oken's House

Castle Street

Warwick

Warwickshire

CV34 4BP

UK

Tel: 01926 495546 / 412500

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Dollhouse Museum, The

Station Rd

Petworth

West Sussex

GU28 0BF

UK

Tel: 01798 344044

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Dove Cottage & The Wordsworth Museum

Town End

Grasmere

Ambleside

Cumbria

LA22 9SH

UK

Tel: 015394 35544

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Drapers Museum of Bygones

4 High St

Rochester

Kent

ME 1 1PT

UK

Tel: 01634 830647

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East Anglian Life, Museum of

Museum of industrial and social life, including historic buildings.

Stowmarket

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP14 1DL

UK

Tel: 01449 612229

Fax: 01449 672307

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Elizabethan House Museum

4, South Quay

Great Yarmouth

Norfolk

NR30 2QH

UK

Tel: 01493 855746

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English Rural Life (The Museum of)

Rural history including examples of agricultural equipment.

The University of Reading

Whiteknights

Reading

Berkshire

RG6 6AG

UK

Tel: 0118 931 8660

Fax: 0118 975 1264

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Friends of the V & A

Victoria & Albert Museum

Cromwell Rd

South Kensington

London

SW7 2RL

UK

Tel: 0171 938 8472

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Garden History (Museum of)

A collection of garden tools and equipment along with a replica Knot garden.

Lamberth Palace Rd

London

SE1 7LB

UK

Tel: 0171 401 8865

Fax: 0171 401 8869

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Gladstone Pottery Museum

Uttoxeter Rd

Longton

Stoke-On-Trent

Staffordshire

ST3 1PQ

UK

Tel: 01782 319232

Fax: 01782 598640

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Gower Heritage Centre

Featuring a water powered cornmill.

UK

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Guild of Handicraft Trust The

Silk Mill

Sheep St

Chipping Campden

Gloucestershire

GL55 6DS

UK

Tel: 01386 841417

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Haden Hill House

Haden Hill Park,

Barrs Rd

Cradley Heath

West Midlands

B64 7JX

UK

Tel: 01384 569444

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Heligan Gardens

One of the greatest garden restoration projects in Europe. An Italian garden, Grotto, summerhouse, kitchen garden plus lots more.

Pentewan

St. Austell

Cornwall

PL26 6EN

UK

Tel: 01726 845100

Fax: 01726 845101

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Helmshore Textile Museum

Holcombe Rd

Helmshore

Rossendale

Lancashire

BB4 4NP

UK

Tel: 01706 226459

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Helston Folk Museum

Market Place

Helston

Cornwall

TR13 8TH

UK

Tel: 01326 564027

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Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Jordan Well

Coventry

West Midlands

CV1 5QP

UK

Tel: 01203 832381

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Historical & Technical Societies, Museums & Tourist Lines

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Hogarth's House

Hogarth Lane

Chiswick

London

W4 2QN

UK

Tel: 0181 994 6757

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Holburne Museum & Crafts Study Centre

Great Pulteney St

Bath

Avon

BA 2 4DB

UK

Tel: 01225 466669

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How We Lived Then Museum of Shops

20, Cornfield Terrace

Eastbourne

East Sussex

BN21 4NS

UK

Tel: 01323 737143

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Iceni Village & Museums

Cockley Cley

Swaffham

Norfolk

PE37 8AG

UK

Tel: 01760 721339

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Irish Architectural Archive

Photographs, Drawings, Architectural Models and Literature

73 Merrion Square

Dublin 2

Ireland

Tel: 353 1 676 3430

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Jewellery Quarter Discovery Centre

75-79, Vyse St

Hockley

Birmingham

West Midlands

B18 6HA

UK

Tel: 0121 554 3598

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Kensington Palace State Apartments

Kensington Palace

London

W8 4PX

UK

Tel: 0171 937 9561

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Kingsbury Water Mill Museum

St. Michaels St

St. Albans

Hertfordshire

AL3 4SJ

UK

Tel: 01727 853502

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Lanreath Farm & Folk Museum

Lanreath

Looe

Cornwall

PL13 2NX

UK

Tel: 01503 220321

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Lawrence House Museum

9, Castle St

Launceston

Cornwall

PL15 8BA

UK

Tel: 01566 773277

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Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Musuem

Avenue Rd

Leamington Spa

Warwickshire

CV31 3PP

UK

Tel: 01926 426559

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Leominster Museum

Etnam St

Leominster

Herefordshire

HR6 8

UK

Tel: 01568 615186

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Life In Miniature

8, Sandgate

Whitby

North Yorkshire

YO22 4DB

UK

Tel: 01947 601478

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Lilliput Museum of Antique Dolls & Toys The

High St

Brading

Sandown

Isle Of Wight

PO36 0DJ

UK

Tel: 01983 407231

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London Toy & Model Museum

21-23, Craven Hill

London

London

W2 3EN

UK

Tel: 0171 706 8000

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Ludlow Museum

Castle St

Ludlow

Shropshire

SY8 1AS

UK

Tel: 01584 875384

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Ludlow Museum Store

47, Old St

Ludlow

Shropshire

SY8 1NW

UK

Tel: 01584 873857

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Malvern Museum

Abbey Gateway

Abbey Rd

Malvern

Worcestershire

WR14 3ES

UK

Tel: 01684 567811

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Merwellham Quay

Boats, mines, hydro power and much more to explore for all of the family.

Nr. Tavistock

Cornwall

UK

Tel: 01822 832766

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Much Wenlock Museum

High St

Much Wenlock

Shropshire

TF13 6HR

UK

Tel: 01952 727773

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Museum & Art Gallery

Riversley Park,

Coton Rd

Nuneaton

Warwickshire

CV11 5TU

UK

Tel: 01203 350720

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Museum of Cannock Chase

Valley Rd

Hednesford

Cannock

Staffordshire

WS12 5TD

UK

Tel: 01543 877666

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Museum of Country Bygones Trust

Louisa Ward Close

Marton

Rugby

Warwickshire

UK

Tel: 01926 633361

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Museum Of Local Life

Friar St

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR1 2NA

UK

Tel: 01905 722349

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Newton Abbot Town & Great Western Railway Museum

2A, St. Pauls Rd

Newton Abbot

Devon

TQ12 2HP

UK

Tel: 01626 201121

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Norfolk Rural Life Museum & Union Farm

Beach House

Gressenhall

Dereham

Norfolk

NR20 4DR

UK

Tel: 01362 860563

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Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery

Riversley Park

Nuneaton

Warwickshire

CV11 5TU

UK

Tel: 01203 376473

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Oak House Museum

Oak Rd

West Bromwich

West Midlands

B70 8HJ

UK

Tel: 0121 553 0759

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Rowley's House Museum

Barker St

Shrewsbury

Shropshire

SY1 1QH

UK

Tel: 01743 361196

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Rugby School Museum The

10 Little Church St

Rugby

Warwickshire

CV21 3AW

UK

Tel: 01788 574117

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Samuel Johnson Birthplace Museum

Breadmarket St

Lichfield

Staffordshire

WS13 6LG

UK

Tel: 01543 264972

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Science Museum

A vast catalogue of exhibits that covers all areas of science from genetic engineering to space flight.

Exhibition Road

South Kensington

London

London

SW7 2DD

UK

Tel: 0171 938 8000

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Shrewsbury Castle & Shropshire Regimental Museum

Castle St

Castle Gates

Shrewsbury

Shropshire

SY1 2AT

UK

Tel: 01743 358516

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Smithsonian Institute

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St Albans Organ Museum

Permanent playing exhibition of mechanicla musical instruments

320 Camp Rd

St Albans

UK

Tel: 01727 851557

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The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Four museums celebrate the people, products and landscape of the North Staffordshire Potteries - the only area in Britain to be so completely identified with one industry.

Bethesda St

Hanley

Stoke-On-Trent

Staffordshire

ST1 3DW

UK

Tel: (01782) 23 23 23

email: ian.lawley@stoke.gov.uk

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Wandle Industrial Museum, The

The Museum was established in 1983 by local people concerned by the decline along the banks of the River Wandle in Merton determined to ensure that the history of the valley was no longer neglected but enhanced awareness its heritage for the use and benefits of the community. The tobacco & textile industries, William Morris & Arthur Liberty.

The Vestry Hall Annexe, London Road

Mitcham

London

Surrey

CR4 3UD

UK

Tel: 020 8648 0127

Fax: (0)20 8685-0249

email: curator@wandle.org

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