Museums in the United Kingdom

An interactive museum where visitors can play through the evolution of video games.

An extended zoological collection that doubles as a time capsule.

A Victorian synagogue-turned-museum chronicles centuries of Jewish life.

Once part of a magnificent Tudor palace, this wine cellar is a time capsule underneath the Ministry of Defence.

Tony Blair's garden gnome and a Howitzer shell-turned-flower-pot are on display in this deconsecrated 13th-century church.

A reminder of the dinosaur skeleton discovered in a local quarry.

A Swansea industrial estate hides a sanctuary to that most humble mode of public transport: the bus.

A living lighting fixture.

A tile mosaic displaying a saying from the prophet Muhammad presents the mission of Durham University's Oriental Museum.

Long before Moo Deng, this 17th-century waterfowl was a cultural sensation.

See reconstructed Spitfires and other World War II-era planes in a hangar originally used by the Royal Air Force.

The earliest meteorite ever discovered in Britain was nearly missed.

Documenting the nationalist movement in Northern Ireland, with an emphasis on the history of political prisoners.

Explore the history of mining in this museum, or in a real mine from the 1920s.

This iconic Tudor home-turned-museum offers a unique glimpse into the everyday life of a prosperous family during the early modern period.

The oldest working camera obscura in the world sits on the top floor of an old windmill tower.