Best places: Technology museums in United Kingdom

Narrow gauge railway, vintage vehicle demos, old buildings and exhibitions in a former chalk quarry.

Modern building for displays including Henry VIII's armour, war histories and experimental weaponry.

Air & space museum featuring exhibits on aviation history, including the last Concorde jet.

Exhibition featuring 42m-high bridge walkway with city views, plus Victorian engine rooms access.

Museum explaining the dawn of wireless science in the former global hub of cable communications.

Modern motor sport museum with immersive shows, technical exhibits & replica vintage race cars.

Industrial history museum with a massive, working 1920s steam engine & miniature railway rides.

Secondhand camera shop beside the British Museum serving tea, coffee and sandwiches.

Museum with a collection of old cars, buses & other vehicles, plus transportation memorabilia.

World's leading museum of urban transport with galleries of vintage London trams, trains & buses.

👍👍 After watching RMC on YouTube, it was amazing to visit the Cave for coffee and tea. The setup is great and there are so many systems to try. Start slow! Hit up the equipment your familiar with while having a cup and work your way around the Cave. Literally everything you could think of playing i...

National Library digital & moving image archives, plus varied museum exhibits in a 1926 building.

👍👍 The museum is run as a registered charity, by a dedicated & enthusiastic team of volunteers. Excellent museum, with a great range of vintage buses, cars & other vehicles. You can also see some of the vehicles attending local vintage & classic events, as well as when the museum run various special ev...

Exhibits on local industries, housed in 17th-century stables, plus working diesel and steam engines.

Museum housed in a former pumping station with exhibits on the history of power technology.

👍 Fascinating glimpse of mechanical engineering testing from the past! The museum may only be open once a month, but its space is full of machines that can make physics live for those interested in engineering, and give a fascinating insight into niche Victorian and Edwardian industry for those leanin...