Most reviewed Historical place museums in Manchester, United Kingdom to visit (Updated February, 2024)

Most reviewed Historical place museums in Manchester

Explore the city's most talked-about destinations, sorted by the number of reviews. The higher the position on the list, the greater the number of reviews for each place. Discover the pulse of Manchester through these extensively reviewed and popular spots. This list contains 33 places from Historical place museum category.

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Bolsover Castle

Castle

Intricately decorated romantic castle with discovery centre and extensive scenic grounds and a cafe.

4.60 (5.6K reviews) (~68.71 km from centre)

York Castle Museum

Historical place museum

Victorian-era cobbled street recreated indoors with costumed guides, plus other exhibits.

4.60 (5.4K reviews) (~93.23 km from centre)

National Trust - Erddig

Historical place museum

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

$$ $$

4.70 (4.4K reviews) (~71.39 km from centre)

Harewood House

Tourist attraction

18th-century stately home with Robert Adam-designed interiors, priceless art and landscaped garden.

4.50 (4.2K reviews) (~66.24 km from centre)

National Trust - Speke Hall, Garden and Estate

Historical place museum

Riverside estate house with over 400 years of history, extensive serene grounds and woodland.

$$ $$

4.70 (4.1K reviews) (~44.63 km from centre)

Shugborough Estate

Tourist attraction

Preserved Georgian mansion and estate with costumed staff, period exhibits, garden trails and farm.

$$ $$

4.60 (3.2K reviews) (~77.99 km from centre)

Creswell Crags

Archaeological site

Archaeological museum in a limestone gorge, caves and fissures, with prehistoric tools and art.

4.60 (2.9K reviews) (~73.78 km from centre)

Wentworth Woodhouse

Historical place museum

Europe's largest privately owned house, combining baroque and Palladian architecture, with tours.

4.60 (2.8K reviews) (~55.62 km from centre)

National Trust - The Workhouse, Southwell

Tourist attraction

The prototypical workhouse, this Victorian building now tells the story of the workhouse program.

4.60 (1.9K reviews) (~97.47 km from centre)

The Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill

Museum

👍👍 Really interesting museum with tons of activities for the kids as well as lots of interesting exhibits for adults. We especially loved the model railway that is still being added to - it features reconstructions of many Derbyshire station buildings and the accuracy is astonishing. There's a lovely...

4.50 (1.4K reviews) (~80.11 km from centre)