Top rated Museums in Bolton, United Kingdom to elevate your visit (Updated February, 2024)

Top rated Museums in Bolton

Experience the best that Bolton has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 862 places from Museum category.

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Morbitorium

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Very cool little place to visit of you like taxidermy and items of the macabre.

5.00 (128 reviews) (~222.05 km from centre)

Marham Aviation Heritage Centre

Museum

👍👍 Much more crammed in than I thought there'd be, but well organised and very knowledgeable & friendly volunteer staff. Even got a cup of coffee & biscuits! Can't wait to go back.

5.00 (49 reviews) (~223.26 km from centre)

Bilsthorpe Heritage Museum

Museum

5.00 (44 reviews) (~104.57 km from centre)

Duxford Airfield

Museum

👍👍 Very big place, lots to see. Friendly and helpful staff. You can hear great stories. Toilets were in each building, lots of benches outside to seat have your lunch. There is a massive gift shop and cafe next to it, which I would rate 3 out of 5, as it was quite messy, didnt see anyone cleaning arou...

4.90 (3.3K reviews) (~238.68 km from centre)

Retro Computer Museum

Museum

Nonprofit museum with computers & gaming consoles from the 1960s onward, plus a library & an arcade.

4.90 (355 reviews) (~135.36 km from centre)

Internal Fire Museum of Power

Museum

👍👍 What a fabulous museum. Eccentric and full of fascinating corners and fun. We loved the fully functional telephone exchange and worked out how to send an SOS at sea. The huge engines are awesome and I struggled which to spend more time with… the engines or the motorbikes! Thank you for an awesome vi...

4.90 (274 reviews) (~213.19 km from centre)

Jet Age Museum

Museum

Vintage planes & aviation artifacts, plus guided cockpit tours of jet fighters & an airliner.

4.90 (239 reviews) (~187.9 km from centre)

Fighter Collection

Museum

👍👍 A fantastic collection of classic fighter aircraft kept in airworthy condition. It's amazing to be able to see the aircraft being worked on, and the standards to which they are maintained.

4.90 (179 reviews) (~238.33 km from centre)

North Norfolk Railway - (Weybourne,Station)

Heritage railroad

👍👍 Great little station to spend an hour or so. Nice little coffee shop and a little room that gives you a bit of a story about tv shows that were filmed at this location. Lovely allotment and bomb shelter and the history of the railway and the local area.

4.90 (173 reviews) (~248.7 km from centre)

Wrinkled Stocking Tea Room

Tea house

👍👍 Nice quirky little place. Friendly staff with quiet relaxed atmosphere. Full Batty breakfast is highly recommended. Unlimited tea/coffee included, fresh orange juice and toast/jam.

$ $$$

4.90 (169 reviews) (~42.32 km from centre)

The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi

Museum

👍👍 Great selection of SF movie/TV props and costumes. If you're a classic Dr Who fan you're in for a treat! The owner/curator is really friendly and had a lot of info to share, not just about the collection, but also about getting the museum up and running. Really fun experience, highly recommended.

4.90 (126 reviews) (~147.05 km from centre)

Dalbeattie Museum Trust

Museum

👍👍 Great place to visit, the curators were really knowledgeable and friendly. We were surprised at how much was actually inside - as it looked very small from the outside. Really glad we popped in with the family as they had a great time. Recommend for a visit .

4.90 (106 reviews) (~175.46 km from centre)

Silloth Motorcycle Museum

Museum

👍👍 Cracking wee place, so much to look at! Jim has some fantastic stories to share. It was an absolute pleasure chatting with him. Definitely worth a visit.

4.90 (103 reviews) (~156.45 km from centre)

David Parr House

Museum

👍👍 My sister and I visited the house on 11 May and found it absolutely fascinating. Our two guides were knowledgable and informative and really brought the house and the past residents to life. It was a very enjoyable tour, with time to ask questions as well. Seeing items from the Leach workshop was...

4.90 (100 reviews) (~230.59 km from centre)

Vintage Motorbike museum

Museum

👍👍 If you like bikes, cars, racing, motor memorabilia and talking to and hearing stories from a top bloke who is so friendly and welcoming the you MUST find time to meet Mike Barry and amazing private collection in his perfect MANCAVE. Thank Mike for your wonderful hospitality. Hope you sorted out the...

4.90 (84 reviews) (~156.8 km from centre)

Northwest Computer Museum

Museum

👍👍 Really cool place and great for the price. You can play loads of games on loads of different consoles. There are many playable consoles including, commodor 64, ZX spectrum, atari, SNES & NES, megadrive and many more. You can play on the vr to it's really great! Definitely worth the price, I'd recomm...

4.90 (84 reviews) (~10.38 km from centre)

Haunted Museum & Spirit Shop Stoke

Museum

👍👍 Had a wonderful visit here today, would highly recommend if you're a fan of the paranormal, horror, ghost stories or anything spooky. We had a guided tour by really lovely staff round a beautiful , creepy, dark museum. They told us all the stories behind the haunted artifacts, it was fascinating !

4.90 (63 reviews) (~66.75 km from centre)

Müllers & The George Müller Museum

Museum

👍👍 We were visiting from the United States and we were on a driving tour of England, and while we were visiting Bath, I checked to see if there were any George Muller sites we could visit in Bristol. The George Muller Museum came up, and we decided to go for it. I'm so glad we did. It's a beautiful mu...

4.90 (53 reviews) (~233.76 km from centre)

Derby Computer Museum

Museum

👍👍 What a fantastic little gem! We really enjoyed our time here this morning. So many retro games and consoles that two adults and a 7 year old enjoyed. Well set up and thought out, clean and tidy. It is obvious the staff enjoy what they do - they are all volunteers and are very knowledgeable and helpf...

4.90 (48 reviews) (~96.53 km from centre)

Llantrisant Guildhall

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Gwyneth's Tea Room was an excellent venue for a family get-together (8 people + 1 baby). The staff (all volunteers) were very helpful and the food (which comes from a nearby bakery) was just as good quality as that of other afternoon tea venues in the area except that it costs a third or half the pr...

4.90 (44 reviews) (~235.27 km from centre)

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Top rated Museums in Bolton, United Kingdom