Looking to experience some of the cultural heritage currently on offer? This directory will guide you to the web sites of the premier museums, galleries and exhibitions.
Comment: These institutions show Scotland to the World and the World to Scotland through extensive collections built up over more than two centuries. Displays of the collections can be seen at six sites, and research collections which contribute to our knowledge of the human and natural world are available for study.
Comment: This site lists the museums, galleries and monuments owned and managed by the City of Edinburgh Council. These range from a series of historic buildings strung along the crowded medieval Royal Mile, to the spacious grounds of Lauriston Castle overlooking the river Forth at Crammond. The permanent collections conserved and interpreted bear witness to Scotland's past.
Comment: The national heritage organisation for the Isle of Man. For over a century manuscripts, plans, maps, photographs, films and printed works have been actively collected and preserved on behalf of the Manx Nation in the Isle of Man. Housed within the highest level of modern archival storage, these now form a rich central resource of information on all aspects of Manx heritage.
Comment: They provide the services and oversee the following museums: Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum, City Museum, Cumberland House Natural History Museum, D-Day Museum, Eastney Beam Engine Museum, Local Search Room Facility, and Southsea Castle. This website provides details, opening times and ticket prices for each museum.
Comment: Their purpose is to care for Jersey's heritage and culture, promote wide access to it, act as advocates on its behalf and bring imagination to telling its stories so that people feel inspired to create a better island for everyone. Their website is here to help you enjoy your visit and take away new information and insights about the heritage of the island of Jersey.
Comment: Wherever you are in Wales, you are near a branch of the National Museums & Galleries. And the special thing about them is that they cover very broad subject areas. Whether it's Degas or dinosaurs, slate quarries or centurions, farm buildings or folklore that appeal to you, you're sure to find something to whet your appetite.
Comment: An index to the Museums and Galleries to be found in Canterbury including The Canterbury Heritage Museum, West Gate Museum, Roman Museum, Royal Museum & Art Gallery, and Buffs Museum and Art Gallery. Find out what's new and what's on. Each index provides information and admission details.
Comment: This is part of Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council and is responsible for Rowley's House, Shrewsbury Castle, Coleham Pumping Station and Clive House museums. Shrewsbury Museums Service also works in partnership with the Shropshire Regimental Museum Trust at Shrewsbury Castle and with Shrewsbury Steam Trust at Coleham Pumping Station.
Comment: Derby Museum and Art Gallery houses a wide range of important and attractive collections, covering porcelain, paintings, archaeology, history, local regiments, geology and wildlife. The Industrial Museum displays tell the story of Derby's industrial heritage. The Pickford House Museum includes room settings of the Georgian period and a formal garden of the period is recreated outside.
Comment: They hold collections built up since the 1880s that tell the story of the archaeology, history and natural history of the region and collections of art works of local painters and sculptors and representative pieces by British artists. Reading Museum Service encompasses the Museum of Reading and Blake's Lock Museum.