Top rated Historical place museums in Chesham, United Kingdom to elevate your visit (Updated November, 2023)

Top rated Historical place museums in Chesham

Experience the best that Chesham 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 19 places from Historical place museum category.

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Bletchley Park

Historical landmark

Large Victorian mansion with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.

4.70 (13.8K reviews) (~27.5 km from centre)

Ashmolean Museum

Museum

Ancient & modern art & antiquities covering world civilisations, plus fine & applied arts.

4.70 (8.4K reviews) (~35.12 km from centre)

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery

Art gallery

Modern art exhibitions venue in Pitzhanger Manor, a house designed by Sir John Soane in 1800.

4.70 (461 reviews) (~40.52 km from centre)

Kenwood House

Heritage building

A 17th-century country house within Hampstead Heath with restored interiors and notable artworks.

4.60 (5.2K reviews) (~44.82 km from centre)

Wrest Park

Historical landmark

Historically important landscape with a French-style mansion, sculpture gallery and walking paths.

4.60 (4.4K reviews) (~36.86 km from centre)

Chiswick House and Gardens

Manor house

Mansion inspired by Earl of Burlington's grand tours of Italy, with restored gardens & statuary.

4.60 (1.4K reviews) (~45.02 km from centre)

Strawberry Hill House & Garden

Historical place museum

Restored Gothic castle, once home to Horace Walpole, with a landscaped garden, tours & a cafe.

4.60 (620 reviews) (~45 km from centre)

The Mill Coffee Shop

Coffee shop

👍👍 If you haven’t paid a visit to the Mill Cafe recently….you’re missing out. This has become a real favourite hang out of mine. Working from home and seeing the same four walls day in day out, the Mill Cafe offers a welcome change of scenery and with great Wi-Fi, friendly staff, good food and drinks -...

4.60 (411 reviews) (~46.59 km from centre)

Marble Hill

Historical place museum

Palladian villa in riverside parkland, with hand-painted Chinese wallpaper & Georgian artworks.

4.60 (400 reviews) (~45.02 km from centre)

Sambourne House

History museum

Edward L. Sambourne's 19th-century house, with Aesthetic Movement period interiors.

4.60 (245 reviews) (~47.19 km from centre)

Fulham Palace

Museum

Paintings, archaeology and artefacts tracing the history of the Palace site from prehistoric times.

4.50 (1.7K reviews) (~48.21 km from centre)

Handel Hendrix House

Historical place museum

Handel's home from 1723-1759, with period Georgian features, instruments and scores, plus recitals.

4.50 (583 reviews) (~49.32 km from centre)

Abingdon County Hall Museum

Local history museum

A restored 17th-century Baroque building overlooking the market, with exhibitions on local history.

4.50 (271 reviews) (~37.69 km from centre)

Turner's House (Sandycombe Lodge)

Historical place museum

👍👍 My name is Marc A Turner and on my recent visit to Turner’s house I was greeted with, “Welcome back Mr Turner, I knew then how J M W Turner would have felt when his Farther said those same words, it made me feel at home, our tour guide was perfect and was so enthusiastic, I was lucky enough to meet...

4.50 (196 reviews) (~44.52 km from centre)

Hertford Museum

Historical place museum

Local museum telling the story of the town through archaeological, social and historical exhibits.

4.50 (151 reviews) (~46.54 km from centre)

Frogmore Paper Mill

Visitor center

World's oldest mechanised paper mill, with machines and other exhibits plus children's activities.

4.50 (108 reviews) (~19.44 km from centre)

Priory House Heritage Centre

Tea house

👍👍 Had a lovely afternoon tea at the Priory. My first visit but won't be my last. Entered through the front and saw a few tables in an area where sold and displayed lots of different eye-catching things from jewelry to small sculptured pieces. It looked really cosy and thought that was it, but kept goi...

4.40 (254 reviews) (~21.84 km from centre)

National Trust - 2 Willow Road

Tourist attraction

Erno Goldfinger's innovative 1939 Modernist house includes his modern art and furniture collections.

$$ $$

4.40 (155 reviews) (~45.45 km from centre)

Riverside Museum

Historical place museum

Old industrial buildings with displays on the Kennet and Thames, including a medieval mill wheel.

4.00 (65 reviews) (~35.71 km from centre)

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Top rated Historical place museums in Chesham, United Kingdom