Best places: National museums in Langley Moor, United Kingdom

Bright, modern museum housing Scottish industrial history relics, natural history displays & a cafe.

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

Massive 18th-century manor offering tours of the family house & its ornate 12,000-acre garden.

Living museum in former Victorian quarry, with original artefacts and educational activities.

Outdoor museum with 4-hangar collection of aircraft, including Concorde and Boeing 707 to board.

Quayside attraction capturing Nelson's time period, with museum, costumed guides and 1817 warship.

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

Part of the 2-venue biggest railway museum in the world, with locomotives and interactive displays.

Canal history and culture on display in Victorian buildings, plus boat collection in former dock.

Grand 18th-century mansion and estate, also available to hire for weddings and corporate events.

Family museum exploring farming history with a 1950s working farm, animals and interactive displays.

Colliery museum with collection of machinery and hands-on exhibits, plus guided tours by ex-miners.

Interactive museum for kids aged 0-11, offering learning through play, with a nursery and a cafe.

The 1920s period home of a grocer's family, with furniture and household objects spanning 100 years.

Ornately crafted 17th-century country manor also housing toys and interactive displays on childhood.

Edinburgh Castle's exhibition tracing Scotland's military history from 17th-century to present day.

Museum dedicated to the 17th-century Civil Wars featuring diverse exhibits & living history events.

National Library digital & moving image archives, plus varied museum exhibits in a 1926 building.

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More than 140,000 football-related items, plus a kids' discovery zone & skills-testing simulators.