Museums in the United Kingdom

Over 300 historical instruments from around the world can be found in the Royal Northern College of Music's basement.

Learn about the history of mining and making salt at this Cheshire museum.

One of the city's oldest pubs displays a skull said to belong to the country's last witch burned at the stake.

A local museum dedicated to the history of village life in Darfield.

Once believed to be a sacred Roman legionary symbol, this bronze figure inspired the 1954 novel 'The Eagle of the Ninth.'

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

A museum dedicated to firefighting in a city that was crucial to the modern history of the profession.

A quartet of tiled art pieces adorn the floors of this prestigious art museum.

The former home of one of the U.K.’s most notable families of suffragettes is now a museum dedicated to women’s rights.

A tiny museum dedicated to the world’s tallest true giant sits on an island he never set foot on.

This now museum began supplying water to Sunderland during the mid-19th century.

The Devil’s Porridge tells the story of HM Factory Gretna and the munitions girls who mixed deadly chemicals.

Two minuscule windows are tucked inside this medieval building.

Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.

This Edwardian workhouse tells a harrowing story of those who were forced to trade hard labor for lodging.

Dedicated to preserving railway history from across Ireland.