Top rated Local history museums in Chelsea, United Kingdom to elevate your visit (Updated December, 2023)

Top rated Local history museums in Chelsea

Experience the best that Chelsea 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 77 places from Local history museum category.

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Jet Age Museum

Museum

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

4.90 (239 reviews) (~145.44 km from centre)

Hammerwood Park

Historical landmark

1792 Greek Revival mansion open for guided tours, offering afternoon tea plus regular music events.

4.90 (41 reviews) (~42.71 km from centre)

D-Day Centre & WW2 Museum - Portland, Dorset

War museum

👍👍 What an amazing museum, absolutely fantastic. Extremely informative with guides willing to answer any questions you may have. Stunning displays of military equipment most of which you can sit in, guns and weapons you can hold. The tank, the spitfire, the hospital truck, all the vehicles, truly amazi...

4.80 (745 reviews) (~188.98 km from centre)

Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre

Local history museum

👍 I had no idea this museum existed , we were driving by when the Electric Lightning caught my eye , it’s a fiver to get in whilst some people could think of it has small , their is a lot of local history to get through the volunteers go the extra mile to be super helpful also , if your passing & you...

4.80 (267 reviews) (~181.69 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) (~201.57 km from centre)

The Museum of Carpet

Museum

Museum with history exhibits on the town's carpet industry, plus workshops, events & a gift shop.

4.80 (41 reviews) (~173.81 km from centre)

Granary Crafts

Local history museum

👍 Only open the first two weekends of the month and only in summer, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10.30-4pm. which I wish I had known before I drove all the way over there after being told it was open online. Shame as we were looking forward to our visit after hearing so much about it

4.80 (36 reviews) (~108.57 km from centre)

Black Country Living Museum

Open air museum

Exploration of life in an 1850s iron-working town, with a coal seam, forge, steam engine & shops.

4.70 (11.3K reviews) (~173.79 km from centre)

Avro Heritage Museum

Heritage museum

👍👍 A superb little museum packed with loads of interest. I did the Lancaster and Vulcan cockpit tours, as well as the VR Lancaster bombing run. Clean and tidy, well laid out and exceptionally helpful staff and volunteers... well worth a visit!

4.70 (883 reviews) (~245.55 km from centre)

Stanford Hall

Wedding venue

👍👍 Visited The Lord Taverners Vintage motorcycle show on Sunday 24th July. A great variety of motorbikes from the early 1900's up to current models. Great main ring action of mini trials course and afternoon parades of a lot of the bikes present. Vast Auto Jumble of bike bits. Well organised and a tr...

4.70 (545 reviews) (~122.05 km from centre)

St Mary's Guildhall

Tourist attraction

Historic guildhall & event venue featuring monumental art & architecture from the medieval era.

4.70 (384 reviews) (~137.42 km from centre)

Bishops' House

Museum

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

4.70 (279 reviews) (~225.27 km from centre)

Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

Museum

👍👍 Terrific eclectic museum, run entirely by enthusiastic volunteers, tucked away in the backstreets of Walthamstow. Model railway, couple of tube trains, pumping engines, local history, and cafe. Has a great vibe. I've no idea how it's kept going for free. Very much a labour of love.

4.70 (275 reviews) (~13.7 km from centre)

Sheringham Museum

Local history museum

👍👍 A superb museum, beautifully laid out with lots of interesting exhibits from, old shop windows, local artists work, wind farm information, fishing industry, lifeboats and much more. Will definitely be back for another visit. Amazing what they have packed in to such a small space.

4.70 (273 reviews) (~187.55 km from centre)

Red House Museum and Gardens

Museum

18th-century workhouse featuring art exhibitions & cultural events, plus a cafe, a shop & gardens.

4.70 (228 reviews) (~140.04 km from centre)

RNLI Poole Old Lifeboat Museum

Museum

👍👍 What would we do without them! A very informative little museum that tells such a story of bravery and human compassion, please if you visit don't forget to leave a donation just a swipe of a credit card leaves just £3 we all need to contribute. A little piece of maritime history...... 👍 A must vis...

4.70 (147 reviews) (~153.08 km from centre)

RNLI Chatham Museum

Museum

4.70 (122 reviews) (~49.41 km from centre)

Burwell Museum and Windmill

Museum

🫤 A very comprehensive collection of local historic objects but sadly lacking in meta data to explain their context (with the exception of the historic transport collection which was excellent). These comments shouldn't undermine the dedication that has gone into gathering and curating the museum. Oth...

4.70 (118 reviews) (~93.89 km from centre)

Wind Energy Museum Norfolk

Local history museum

👍👍 Really interest hidden gem! Well worth finding, and don't forget the iconic white windmill at Thurne, 2 miles up the riverbank.

4.70 (50 reviews) (~179.78 km from centre)

Sandringham Estate

Historical landmark

Country house with museum showing displays of royal life and 400 acres of country park and gardens.

4.60 (9K reviews) (~156.4 km from centre)

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Top rated Local history museums in Chelsea, United Kingdom