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: They operate three important museums dedicated to the industrial and social history of Sheffield. Kelham Island Museum tells the story of Sheffield and its people. Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is a unique 18th Century Scythe Works. Shepherd Wheel is a 16th Century water powered cutlery grinding workshop. Visit the website for details about events at the Sheffield Industrial Museums.
Comment: This organisation runs the Somerset County Museum, Taunton Castle, Somerset Rural Life Museum and the Somerset Brick and Tile Museum. They offer facilities to visitors at the museums in Taunton and Glastonbury and specialist help to members of the public, schools, museums and other organisations.
Comment: They operate from the Acton Scott Historic Working Farm, Ludlow and Much Wenlock museums. They also provide advice, support and displays for other small museums in the County. In these pages you will find information about some of the services they offer. There is further information about their collections and example objects to discover.
Comment: This website provides listings of the UK's Toy Museums with direct links to The Bear Museum, Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood, Blaise Castle House Museum, Chester Toy Museum, Cumberland Toy & Model Museum and many others. The site also features links to UK Toy Associations and magazines.
Comment: An invaluable resource on local history from the 1600s to present day. Find out about the history and local heritage of the Craigavon area, the Lough Neagh basin and the North Armagh and its surroundings. Craigavon Museum Services boast a wide collection of research material and objects which illustrate the history and local heritage of the area.
Comment: Lancashire County Museum Service look after more than 150,000 objects from around the county. These include Natural History, Geology, Furniture, Maritime History, Textile Machinery and works of art by Lancashire artists. These are housed within seven historic and diverse buildings each with a changing programme of temporary exhibitions and events.
Comment: This site features information on the Verulamium Museum, the Clock Tower, the Museum of St Albans and Sopwell. Based in Hertfordshire, Verulamium is on the site of one the major cities in Roman Britain. If you're looking for a historic photograph, you need information about an object, or you fancy doing some voluntary work, St Albans Museums offers a wide range of services.
Comment: This service runs five Museums, and two Museum stores. They collect objects, music, interviews and pictures, and use education, exhibitions, research, and conservation to tell the story of life in Walsall. Find information on the Walsall Inside Out, Walsall Leather Museum, Birchills Canal Museum, Willenhall Museum, Jerome K. Jerome Birthplace Museum and the New Art Gallery.
Comment: Guernsey has three public museum sites. The Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery whose main permanent displays interpret the natural and human history of the island, Castle Cornet - tells the story of Guernsey's relationship with the sea and Fort Grey which houses a museum about Guernsey shipwrecks, with many salvaged artefacts and related illustrations.
Comment: Founded in 1895 the Trust was set up to act as a guardian for the nation in the acquisition and protection of threatened coastline, countryside and buildings. More than a century later, the Trust now cares for over 612,000 acres of beautiful countryside in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, plus almost 600 miles of outstanding coastline and more than 200 buildings and gardens of outstanding interest and importance.