Best places: History museums in North West Leicestershire

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Imperial War Museum
Museum
Recreations of WWI trenches and the Blitz, many tanks and planes and revolving military exhibitions.
4.70 (27.6K reviews) (~166.77 km from centre)
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National Railway Museum York
Rail museum
Railway history & artefacts, with 300 vehicles including steam world record holder, the Mallard.
4.70 (26K reviews) (~133.83 km from centre)
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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Maritime museum
Historic area with iconic attractions like Nelson's HMS Victory, HMS Warrior & the Mary Rose Museum.
4.70 (14.9K reviews) (~219.93 km from centre)
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Wollaton Hall, Gardens and Deer Park
Park
16th-century, English Renaissance style mansion housing natural history museum, set in parkland.
4.70 (12.8K reviews) (~23.78 km from centre)
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HMS Belfast
Museum
9-deck WWII warship-turned-museum with naval guns, permanently moored on the Thames.
4.70 (12.2K reviews) (~166.74 km from centre)
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Royal Armouries Museum
National museum
Modern building for displays including Henry VIII's armour, war histories and experimental weaponry.
4.70 (12.1K reviews) (~113.93 km from centre)
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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 (11.5K reviews) (~53.61 km from centre)
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St. Fagans National Museum of History
History museum
Open-air history of Welsh life with ancient buildings re-erected and traditional crafters at work.
4.70 (10.8K reviews) (~191.84 km from centre)
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Winchester Cathedral
Cathedral
Medieval Anglican cathedral with a 15th-century screen and a Norman crypt holding modern sculpture.
4.70 (9K reviews) (~190.2 km from centre)
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Royal Armouries: Fort Nelson
National museum
Restored Victorian fortress housing a big gun collection and displays tracing artillery development.
4.70 (3.5K reviews) (~213.07 km from centre)
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Streetlife Museum
Museum
Transport displays from cycles to cars, horse-drawn carriages, trams and a simulated 1940s street.
4.70 (2.6K reviews) (~129.44 km from centre)
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Home of Charles Darwin - Down House
Museum
Famous naturalist's restored home, with the study where he wrote On the Origin of Species.
4.70 (1.9K reviews) (~188.24 km from centre)
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Dorset Heavy Horse Farm Park
Tourist attraction
Conservation center with rare-breed heavy horses, blacksmith displays, petting zoo & vintage trucks.
4.70 (1.1K reviews) (~210.99 km from centre)
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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) (~173.1 km from centre)
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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) (~68.58 km from centre)
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Hunterian Museum
Museum
Grisly history of surgery and medicine with gruesome instruments and preserved specimens.
4.70 (923 reviews) (~164.65 km from centre)
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Fonmon Castle
Castle
800-year-old fortress open for seasonal public visits and for hire as a wedding/events venue.
4.70 (844 reviews) (~203.18 km from centre)
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Churchill War Rooms
History museum
Secret underground headquarters where Prime Minister Winston Churchill lived and worked during WWII.
4.60 (12.9K reviews) (~165.42 km from centre)
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National Maritime Museum
Museum
Exploring British naval history, with a ship simulator, nautical oddities and interactive games.
4.60 (12.4K reviews) (~171.97 km from centre)
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JORVIK Viking Centre
History museum
A fully reconstructed Viking village complete with the sights and smells, and an adjoining museum.
4.60 (9.6K reviews) (~133.64 km from centre)
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