Best Museums in Oxton, United Kingdom to visit (UPDATED May, 2024)

Best places: Museums in Oxton

Discover the best places in Oxton, curated using our unique algorithm blending 'Top Rated' and 'Most Reviewed' establishments. Uncover the city's gems and must-visit locales for an unforgettable experience. This list contains 878 places from Museum category.

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Beamish, the Living Museum of the North

Open air museum

A recreation of Georgian, Victorian & Edwardian life with costumed staff, plus trams & buses.

4.80 (22.1K reviews) (~190.15 km from centre)

Royal Air Force Museum Midlands

Museum

Aviation history seen through decommissioned planes housed in wartime hangers, plus tech exhibits.

4.80 (14.2K reviews) (~95.36 km from centre)

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Natural history museum

Immense university museum of zoology, entomology and geology set in a grand neo-Gothic building.

4.80 (10.3K reviews) (~217.27 km from centre)

Brunel's SS Great Britain

Maritime museum

Museum on Brunel's restored 1843 passenger liner with tours below deck & views of the propeller.

4.80 (8.9K reviews) (~216.86 km from centre)

Big Pit National Coal Museum

Historical place museum

Former colliery with interactive displays on mining life and trips underground guided by ex-miners.

4.80 (5K reviews) (~178.89 km from centre)

National Coal Mining Museum for England

Museum

Coal mining museum with a restored colliery, underground tours, pit ponies, a cafe and gift shop.

4.80 (3.9K reviews) (~98.85 km from centre)

Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre

Museum

Exhibits about WW2 Bomber Command, including a Lancaster bomber, plus flying events and taxy rides.

4.80 (3.7K reviews) (~204.4 km from centre)

International Bomber Command Centre

Museum

Memorial with interactive displays, gardens, spire & a wall of names dedicated to Bomber Command.

4.80 (2.8K reviews) (~168.4 km from centre)

The World Of James Herriot

Tourist attraction

One-time home and surgery of TV/writer vet, including a re-created World War II air-raid shelter.

4.80 (2K reviews) (~146.57 km from centre)

Winterbourne House & Garden

Botanical garden

Antiques and botanical gardens with 6,000 plants in Edwardian industrialist's grand country house.

4.80 (1.7K reviews) (~127.81 km from centre)

Shibden Hall

Museum

Timber-framed manor with period rooms, restored gardens, a mini-railway, a boating lake and woods.

4.80 (1.6K reviews) (~88.64 km from centre)

Triumph Factory Visitor Experience

Museum

👍👍 A birthday present from two years ago. We finally made it and well worth the wait? I'll say. Our guide, Pete, was very knowledgeable about the bikes and building them but also about casting, machining, tolerances and processes. He talked about Triumph with great enthusiasm, not just as an employee....

4.80 (1.6K reviews) (~144.09 km from centre)

Vindolanda Museum and Archaeological Site

Museum

👍👍 Absolutely love this place. The warm, enthusiastic welcome you get is incredible. You really get the vibe that the people there love what they do. The site itself is incredible. A must see for any history geek. The indoor museum bit is incredible too...lots to see, all in different varieties of disp...

4.80 (1.6K reviews) (~184.62 km from centre)