Top rated History museums in United Kingdom

Experience the best that United Kingdom 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 164 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)
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Bath Walking Tours
Tour agency
👍👍 Fantastic walking tour! Fred was my tour guide, and he is a consummate professional. Punctual, funny, knowledgeable, you can tell he absolutely knows everything about, and loves everything about, this fantastic city. I didn't want this tour to end, it was that good.
4.90 (133 reviews)
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery Heritage Centre - First Saturday Of Month (not restricted buildings)
History museum
👍👍 The guys are really friendly and knowledgeable sharing there own experiences with you. The site is fascinating and fully of history not only about the site but mining In itself. This site is a real gem and it is important to ensure that it is preserved for future generations to learn about the impor...
4.90 (88 reviews)
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The WW1 Remembrance Centre
History museum
👍👍 Amazing experience for anyone wanting to learn more about WWI. Built in the casemates of a Victorian eta fort, we were shown around by two passionate enthusiasts who have amassed a huge collection of memorabilia, and who exhibited an encyclopedic knowledge of everything in there. It takes some findi...
4.90 (57 reviews)
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Peterhead Prison Museum
History museum
Visitors can see cells, court room & hospital on a self-guided audio tour of a 19th-century prison.
4.80 (1.6K reviews)
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D-Day Centre & WW2 Museum - Portland, Dorset
War museum
👍👍 What an amazing museum, absolutely fantastic. Extremely informative with guides willing to answer any questions you may have. Stunning displays of military equipment most of which you can sit in, guns and weapons you can hold. The tank, the spitfire, the hospital truck, all the vehicles, truly amazi...
4.80 (745 reviews)
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RAF Manston History Museum
History museum
RAF base active from 1916 to 1996, now housing exhibits on military & civilian aviation.
4.80 (368 reviews)
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Migration Museum
Museum
👍 Migration Museum Is located in Lewisham Shopping Centre, London SE13 7HB, UK. Impressive visit a small Museum for Migration living in London.
4.80 (331 reviews)
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Spitfire Visitor Centre Hangar 42
War museum
👍👍 Amazing place to go and spend some time. The volunteers are all incredible, they really know their stuff and are really friendly and genuinely love their roles. We spent a good 3.5 hours here and still didn't get to see everything (or even visit the Naafi which we are gutted about, looked like good...
4.80 (321 reviews)
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RNLI Henry Blogg Museum
History museum
Compact museum with interactive exhibits telling the story of decorated RNLI volunteer Henry Blogg.
4.80 (319 reviews)
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Blessingbourne Country Estate
Self-catering accommodation
👍👍 Wonderful log cabin in nice private location with everything you could want and pet friendly hosts were very friendly and helpful would highly recommend
4.80 (205 reviews)
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The Gainsborough Heritage Centre
Heritage museum
👍 A nice little place full of history and news about Gainsborough, especially the old Marshalls tractor factory and Roses packaging company. These two displays take up most of the ground floor and if you were to read and study all the information on display about them you'd need an hour or two. Upstai...
4.80 (66 reviews)
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Moorforge Viking Settlement
History museum
👍👍 Moorforge Viking Settlement is a rare place where you can experience the Viking way of living through events, like minded people and through visiting the traditionally built longhouse and blacksmiths forge. The owner is a very friendly and knowledgeable guy who is more than happy to help with any qu...
4.80 (65 reviews)
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Pleasley Pit Coal Mining Museum
Museum
👍👍 This is well worth a visit. Very informative about our mining history. The staff great and its all dog friendly and all they ask for is a small donation because its run by volunteers.
4.80 (51 reviews)
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The Merchant's House
History museum
👍👍 This tour is extremely detailed and well worth the fee. It took about 1.5 hrs but really that depends on questions and discussion. The painted details are amazing. Enjoy the gardens at the end as well.
4.80 (47 reviews)
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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 (27.2K reviews)
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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)
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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 (14.5K reviews)
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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 (12.7K reviews)
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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)
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