List of museums in Cumbria
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This list of museums in Cumbria , England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations , government entities, and private businesses ) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums ) are not included.
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Abbot Hall Art Gallery |
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Kendal | Art | Collections include George Romney , J. M. W. Turner , 18th and 19th century watercolours, and modern paintings |
Armitt Library | Ambleside | Multiple | Local history, natural history, features over 450 watercolours by Beatrix Potter of archaeological and zoological subjects | |
Beacon Museum, Whitehaven |
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Whitehaven | Multiple | website , local history, art, industry, natural history, maritime heritage |
Beatrix Potter Gallery |
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Hawkshead | Art | Operated by the National Trust , original sketches and watercolours by Beatrix Potter for her books |
Birdoswald Roman Fort |
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Gilsland | Archaeology | Excavated Roman fort |
Blackwell |
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Bowness-on-Windermere | Historic house | Arts and Crafts Movement style house from the turn-of-the-20th century, with period rooms, art exhibits |
Brantwood |
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Coniston | Historic house | Home and museum of art critic John Ruskin , art displays, gardens and grounds |
Brougham Hall |
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Brougham | Historic house | Restored country house with local history exhibits |
Carlisle Castle |
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Carlisle | Military | Operated by English Heritage , historic fortress and museum of the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment |
Dalemain Estate |
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Ullswater | Historic house | Medieval, Tudor and early Georgian house and Lake District gardens |
Dalton Castle |
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Dalton-in-Furness | Local | Operated by the National Trust , 14th century peel tower with displays of local history |
Derwent Island House |
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Keswick | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust , 18th-century house on an island, open only a few days a year by timed ticket |
Derwent Pencil Museum |
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Keswick | Industry | Pencil making |
Dock Museum |
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Barrow-in-Furness | Local | Local history, shipbuilding, steel industry, World War II bombings |
Dove Cottage |
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Grasmere | Historic house | A home and museum of poet William Wordsworth |
Guildhall Museum, Carlisle |
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Carlisle | Historic House | website , 1407 building with items related to Guilds |
Haig Colliery Mining Museum |
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Whitehaven | Mining | Coal mining |
Hawkshead Grammar School Museum |
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Hawkshead | Education | Historic school dating back to the 17th century |
Helena Thompson Museum | Workington | Multiple | website , period rooms, costumes, decorative arts, local history, industry, culture, agriculture | |
Heron Corn Mill |
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Beetham | Mill | Working 18th-century watermill |
Hill Top |
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Near Sawrey | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust , home of children's author Beatrix Potter |
Holker Hall |
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Grange-over-Sands | Historic house | Large country house and gardens |
Hub of the North Pennines Museum |
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Alston | Multiple | website , vintage cars, motorbikes, bicycles, local history, agriculture, model railroad |
Hutton in the Forest |
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Penrith | Historic house | Medieval manor house and gardens |
Kendal Museum |
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Kendal | Multiple | Local history, culture, archaeology, geology, local and world natural history, Roman Britain, Ancient Egypt |
Keswick Museum and Art Gallery |
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Keswick | Multiple | Local history, natural history, minerals, art, collection of oddities |
Lakeland Motor Museum |
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Backbarrow | Automotive | Classic automobiles and memorabilia |
Laurel and Hardy Museum |
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Ulverston | Biographical | website , comedy team Laurel and Hardy |
Levens Hall |
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Kendal | Historic house | Manor house, topiary garden, steam vehicle and engine collection |
Maryport Maritime Museum |
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Maryport | Maritime | website , Maryport's maritime and painting history, also industry, social and political history |
Millom Discovery Centre | Millom | Local | Period store displays, iron mining, rural trades, 19th century miner's cottage, agriculture, archaeology, poet Norman Nicholson , local history | |
Mirehouse |
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Keswick | Historic house | 17th-century house and gardens with connections to Lord Tennyson , Edward Fitzgerald , Thomas Carlyle and William Wordsworth |
Muncaster Castle |
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Ravenglass | Historic house | Decorated castle, gardens |
Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry |
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Kendal | Multiple | Local history, period rooms, agriculture, mining, Arts & Crafts movement, costumes |
Nenthead Mines Heritage Centre |
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Nenthead | Mining | website , mineral mining past of the North Pennines, lead and zinc mine, equipment, buildings |
Norman Centre |
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Appleby-in-Westmorland | History | website , castle keep with interactive experience |
Penrith and Eden Museum |
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Penrith | Local | website , local history, geology, archaeology |
Quaker Tapestry |
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Kendal | Religious | 77 embroidered panels illustrating the history of the Quakers from the 17th century to the present |
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway |
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Ravenglass | Railway | Heritage railway and museum at the station |
Rheged Centre |
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Penrith | Art | website , attraction with galleries for art and photography, also 3D films, shops, play areas |
Rum Story |
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Whitehaven | Industry | Story of the rum trade and the creation of rum, located in an original 1785 trading shop and warehouses |
Ruskin Museum |
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Coniston | Local | Local history, copper mining, slate, geology, lace, farming, art critic John Ruskin , car and motorboat racer Donald Campbell |
Rydal Mount |
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Ambleside | Historic house | A home and museum of poet William Wordsworth |
Senhouse Roman Museum |
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Maryport | Archaeology | website , site of the Roman fort Alauna , artifacts |
Sir John Barrow Cottage |
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Ulverston | Historic house | Birthplace of statesman Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet , currently closed [1] |
Sizergh Castle & Garden |
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Helsington | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust , medieval castle, stately home and garden, woodlands |
Solway Aviation Museum |
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Carlisle | Aviation | Located at the Carlisle Lake District Airport , World War II aviation and local aviation history |
Solway Coast Discovery Centre |
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Silloth | Local | website , local history, culture, natural history, art gallery |
Stott Park Bobbin Mill |
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Newby Bridge | Industry | Operated by English Heritage , former bobbin mill with preserved engines |
Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum |
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Threlkeld | Mining | website , former microgranite quarry, exhibits, tools and artifacts from area mines |
Townend |
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Troutbeck | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust , wealthy farming family's house |
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery |
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Carlisle | Multiple | Contemporary and historic art, decorative art, costumes and textiles, natural history, archaeology, Roman Britain, Carlisle's social history |
Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories |
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Windermere | Maritime | Boat collection and "the sights, smells and sounds of life on the lake" |
Wordsworth House |
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Cockermouth | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust , 18th century Georgian townhouse, childhood home of poet William Wordsworth |
World in Miniature Museum | Houghton | Toy | website , collection of miniature furnished room displays | |
Defunct museums
- Cars of the Stars Motor Museum , Keswick , closed in 2011 [2]
- Cumberland Toy and Model Museum, Cockermouth , website
- Florence Mine Heritage Centre, [3] Egremont
- James Bond Museum, Keswick, closed in 2011 [4]
- Keswick Mining Museum, Cotehill, website
- Lanternhouse International, Ulverston, website
- RAF Millom Museum , closed in 2010
References
- ↑ "Sir John Barrow's Cottage" . Ulverston Town Council . Retrieved 8 March 2015 .
- ↑ "Lake District's Bond Museum and Cars of the Stars close" . BBC News. 10 May 2011 . Retrieved 24 September 2013 .
- ↑ "Egremont, Cumbria. UK - Centre of the Western Lakes - Visitors - Florence Mine" . Archived from the original on 24 March 2010 . Retrieved 22 March 2010 . Visit Egremont: Florence Mine Heritage Centre
- ↑ "The Bond Museum in Keswick closes its doors, collection moving to Miami" . MI6 . Retrieved 24 September 2013 .
See also
Museums in the United Kingdom
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