Hidden gems - Museums in Trafford, United Kingdom not to miss (Updated January, 2024)

Hidden gems: Museums in Trafford

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Trafford. This list contains 57 places from Museum category.

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Blast from the Past Arcade

Video arcade

👍👍 I visited this arcade today, and it’s so special. The person who runs it is lovely, and clearly knows their stuff. They were happy to chat and help with the machines when we had questions. The arcade is small, but has some lovely, hard to find experiences on offer. Everything has a vintage feel to...

5.00 (23 reviews) (~47.32 km from centre)

Tornado Heritage Centre

Museum

👍👍 Most Excellent! Booked a flight simulation for my son, Chris, his birthday present. Stuart, (His enthusiasm is infectious!) took him through realistic preparations, aircraft familiarisation, safety briefing and flight briefing, followed by a sit in the real deal, parked just outside. Then a half hou...

5.00 (13 reviews) (~48.32 km from centre)

Dunham Massey Hall - Stables

Museum

5.00 (9 reviews) (~4.95 km from centre)

Winter Hill Mass Trespass Monument

Museum

👍👍 Pick a clear dry day to visit. Unfortunately it was cloudy when I got to the top. An easier less steep 10km linear route from Horrocks Wood Car park.

5.00 (8 reviews) (~23.49 km from centre)

Hurst Cross

Museum

👍👍 Local landmark

5.00 (6 reviews) (~20.69 km from centre)

Burnley's Art Gallery & Museum

Art gallery

5.00 (5 reviews) (~40.5 km from centre)

Spasms and Chasms

War museum

👍👍 I vested spasms and chasms war museum yesterday, the staff is very friendly and helpful. The museum is a bit small (takes around 35 mins to complete the tour) but apart from that its very good!

5.00 (5 reviews) (~23.7 km from centre)

Northwest Computer Museum

Museum

👍👍 Really cool place and great for the price. You can play loads of games on loads of different consoles. There are many playable consoles including, commodor 64, ZX spectrum, atari, SNES & NES, megadrive and many more. You can play on the vr to it's really great! Definitely worth the price, I'd recomm...

4.90 (84 reviews) (~12.13 km from centre)

Haunted Museum & Spirit Shop Stoke

Museum

👍👍 Had a wonderful visit here today, would highly recommend if you're a fan of the paranormal, horror, ghost stories or anything spooky. We had a guided tour by really lovely staff round a beautiful , creepy, dark museum. They told us all the stories behind the haunted artifacts, it was fascinating !

4.90 (84 reviews) (~48.42 km from centre)

Spitfire gallery

Museum

👍👍 Saw the spitfire after looking at the knife angel. The museum was lovely, will go again to see the Titanic exhibition.

4.90 (37 reviews) (~45.69 km from centre)

SMALLWOOD VINTAGE STEAM RALLY

Museum

4.90 (21 reviews) (~32.11 km from centre)

Holocaust Centre North

Museum

👍👍 A masterly, compact, easy to assimilate, multi dimensional, evidence based exposition of the holocaust in historical context, brought to life by the still vivid memories of a handful of living survivors. Every serious teacher of the holocaust will find it Immensely valuable as an educational too...

4.90 (15 reviews) (~45.9 km from centre)

Merseyside Transport Trust

Museum

👍👍 Its been an amazing day here again @Mtt,Burscough.love traveling on classic buses brought back happy memories of The Mersey buses I traveled on as a child. And bringing my own children today I was able to tell them some past stories. Thank you to your friendly staff. Look forward to September for ne...

4.90 (15 reviews) (~38.49 km from centre)

Colne Valley Museum

Museum

👍👍 Colne Valley Museum is a fascinating visit. It has working looms, a cobbler, artist installation and amazingly passionate volunteers. Definitely worth a visit . All the volunteers are a wealth of knowledge.

4.80 (144 reviews) (~41.25 km from centre)

Paradise Mill

Museum

Museum devoted to early-20th-century silk weaving, featuring looms & other items in a former mill.

4.80 (60 reviews) (~23.92 km from centre)

The Dudson Centre

Office space rental agency

😠 I went to mind at the dudson venture and it went really badly the councillor she really bad and nasty (HB) she push me in to taking my own life.at the duson venture and now I have thousands of scars been told I have trauma thanks to north staffs mind never go here it's not safe And the ceo (kW) cond...

4.80 (40 reviews) (~44.96 km from centre)

The Lancastrian Theatre Organ Trust

Museum

👍 It was an unexpected find. The gents in attendance were friendly, knowledgeable and interesting. I spent a pleasant half hour and will definitely be going back for one of the afternoon performances.

4.80 (29 reviews) (~6.63 km from centre)

The Museum of Policing in Cheshire

Museum

👍👍 Me and my 8yr son had a great time visiting this museum. Very interesting place and amazing staff, everybody was so involved in explaining lots of things to us. One of the best things I really appreciated was that we had a guided tour. We've been told lovely stories about the police history and my s...

4.80 (28 reviews) (~16.41 km from centre)

Bacup Museum ( Home of Bacup Natural History Society)

Museum

👍👍 I have good times visiting Bacup Natural History Society.

4.80 (26 reviews) (~33.39 km from centre)

Knutsford Heritage Centre

Museum

👍👍 Go and see the 'tapestry' made for the millennium. Most of Knutsford seems to have stitched a bit! And take time to watch the video and absorb a part of the history that is England. Find out why King Canute threw sand down for a wedding party. The staff are always lovely, and even sport an Iowan acc...

4.80 (18 reviews) (~12.68 km from centre)

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Hidden gems: Museums in Trafford, United Kingdom