Top rated History museums in Brighouse, United Kingdom to elevate your visit (Updated December, 2023)

Top rated History museums in Brighouse

Experience the best that Brighouse 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 33 places from History museum category.

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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery Heritage Centre - First Saturday Of Month (not restricted buildings)

History museum

👍👍 The guys are really friendly and knowledgeable sharing there own experiences with you. The site is fascinating and fully of history not only about the site but mining In itself. This site is a real gem and it is important to ensure that it is preserved for future generations to learn about the impor...

4.90 (88 reviews) (~73.97 km from centre)

Spitfire Visitor Centre Hangar 42

War museum

👍👍 Amazing place to go and spend some time. The volunteers are all incredible, they really know their stuff and are really friendly and genuinely love their roles. We spent a good 3.5 hours here and still didn't get to see everything (or even visit the Naafi which we are gutted about, looked like good...

4.80 (321 reviews) (~83.41 km from centre)

The Gainsborough Heritage Centre

Heritage museum

👍 A nice little place full of history and news about Gainsborough, especially the old Marshalls tractor factory and Roses packaging company. These two displays take up most of the ground floor and if you were to read and study all the information on display about them you'd need an hour or two. Upstai...

4.80 (66 reviews) (~74.46 km from centre)

Pleasley Pit Coal Mining Museum

Museum

👍👍 This is well worth a visit. Very informative about our mining history. The staff great and its all dog friendly and all they ask for is a small donation because its run by volunteers.

4.80 (51 reviews) (~68.08 km from centre)

National Railway Museum York

Rail museum

Railway history & artefacts, with 300 vehicles including steam world record holder, the Mallard.

4.70 (26K reviews) (~53.56 km from centre)

Wollaton Hall, Gardens and Deer Park

Park

16th-century, English Renaissance style mansion housing natural history museum, set in parkland.

4.70 (12.7K reviews) (~91.53 km from centre)

Royal Armouries Museum

National museum

Modern building for displays including Henry VIII's armour, war histories and experimental weaponry.

4.70 (12.1K reviews) (~19.38 km from centre)

Streetlife Museum

Museum

Transport displays from cycles to cars, horse-drawn carriages, trams and a simulated 1940s street.

4.70 (2.6K reviews) (~95.71 km from centre)

Ryedale Folk Museum

History museum

Open-air museum with collections in historic buildings on rural local life from Iron Age to 1950s.

4.70 (1.1K reviews) (~87.54 km from centre)

National Emergency Services Museum

Museum

Fire-fighting exhibits and 40 emergency service vehicles on display in a 1900 former fire station.

4.70 (1K reviews) (~40.55 km from centre)

Bishops' House

Museum

Educational museum in a half-timbered house with rooms depicting Elizabethan and Jacobean styles.

4.70 (279 reviews) (~43.9 km from centre)

The Circle

Event venue

👍👍 Amazing, atmosphere and food. Wasn't sure what to expect upon entering but once seated soon relaxed and felt at home. Staff are amazingly helpful and friendly. Decor is out of this world .. gothic, rustic fusion, niche style may not appeal to everyone but the fact that it was actually a working c...

4.70 (228 reviews) (~27.65 km from centre)

Quaker Tapestry Museum

Heritage museum

👍👍 The tapestry is amazing; to be able to see it so up close was great. The museum itself has lots of information on Quakers and how they have contributed to society over the years with effects still felt, as well as a video demo on how the tapestry panels were seen. I couldn't resist buying a kit to h...

4.70 (122 reviews) (~93.96 km from centre)