Top rated History museums in Northampton

Experience the best that Northampton 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 30 places from History museum category.

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Grant WW2 Museum
History museum
👍👍 EXCELLENT!! We booked ahead and visited whilst on holiday from North Wales with our 7 year old, a friendly family man who is an expert at WW2 knowledge with an incredible room FULL of breathtaking equipment, clothes, old weapons and countless other historic items. Truly learnt a great deal through...
5.00 (35 reviews) (~43.08 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) (~81.77 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) (~80.13 km from centre)
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Hunterian Museum
Museum
Grisly history of surgery and medicine with gruesome instruments and preserved specimens.
4.70 (908 reviews) (~99.62 km from centre)
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The Staffordshire Regiment Museum and Mercian Regiment Archive
Museum
Local museum featuring historical military objects, a replica WWI trench & armored vehicles.
4.70 (533 reviews) (~71.5 km from centre)
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The Coffin Works
Museum
Unique museum about coffin making, with tours & stories of the funerals of famous people in history.
4.70 (511 reviews) (~68.02 km from centre)
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St Mary's Guildhall
Tourist attraction
Historic guildhall & event venue featuring monumental art & architecture from the medieval era.
4.70 (384 reviews) (~40.09 km from centre)
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78 Derngate
History museum
Restaurant, shop and art gallery in a Georgian house with interiors by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
4.70 (336 reviews) (~7.33 km from centre)
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Kempton Steam Museum
Technology museum
Industrial history museum with a massive, working 1920s steam engine & miniature railway rides.
4.70 (325 reviews) (~97.98 km from centre)
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Silverstone Museum
Museum
Modern motor sport museum with immersive shows, technical exhibits & replica vintage race cars.
4.60 (2.4K reviews) (~17.1 km from centre)
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Tamworth Castle
Castle
Medieval, motte-and-bailey fortress with pleasure grounds, re-enactments and children's workshops.
4.60 (1.8K reviews) (~65.14 km from centre)
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Bewdley Museum
History museum
Galleries on local history, natural history & art, with onsite artisans, a cafe & gardens.
4.60 (758 reviews) (~91.15 km from centre)
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Hartlebury Castle
Heritage building
Housed in a wing of a historic castle, this museum displays artifacts, costumes, toys & crafts.
4.60 (712 reviews) (~85.62 km from centre)
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Middleton Hall & Gardens
Museum
Wedding/performance/party venue with a Tudor Great Hall, plus grounds sometimes open to the public.
4.60 (552 reviews) (~62.7 km from centre)
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Sambourne House
History museum
Edward L. Sambourne's 19th-century house, with Aesthetic Movement period interiors.
4.60 (245 reviews) (~97.71 km from centre)
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Sulgrave Manor
History museum
Guided tours are available of this Tudor house and furnishings, plus formal gardens and estate.
4.60 (217 reviews) (~18.57 km from centre)
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Shakespeare's Birthplace
Historical place museum
Half-timbered shrine to the Bard, with memorabilia, period furnishings and changing exhibitions.
4.50 (16.2K reviews) (~48.61 km from centre)
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Anne Hathaway's Cottage
Historical place museum
A wattle-and-daub cottage, family home of Shakespeare's wife, with original items of furniture.
4.50 (3.4K reviews) (~50.26 km from centre)
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Charles Dickens Museum
History museum
Manuscripts and personal items displayed in author's former home, where he wrote Oliver Twist.
4.50 (2K reviews) (~98.88 km from centre)
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Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre
History museum
15th-century battle site museum with hands-on gallery, kids activities and guided battlefield walks.
4.50 (1.8K reviews) (~49.59 km from centre)
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