List of museums in Northumberland
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This list of museums in Northumberland, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
Museums
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| Name | Image | Town/City | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alnwick Castle |  |
Alnwick | Multiple | Tours of the castle with state rooms, military museum about the Napoleonic Wars, Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland, collection of British and Irish archaeology, collection of vehicles from the 19th century |
| Armstrong's Household and Farming Museum | North Charlton | History | website, antique household and farming items in room displays, including a nursery with toys, World War II memorabilia, milking parlour, washing room, agriculture tools and display, local needlework | |
| Aydon Castle |  |
Aydon | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, 13th-century manor house castle |
| Bailiffgate Museum | .jpg) |
Alnwick | Local | Local history, culture, fishing, agriculture, railways, mining, art exhibits |
| Bamburgh Castle |  |
Bamburgh | Historic house | Inhabited castle dating back to the Normans, includes museum with engines, technology and history of industrialist William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong |
| Bellingham Heritage Centre | .jpg) |
Bellingham | Local | website, local history, Border Counties Railway, the Border Reivers, mining, farming, recreated smithy, photographs of rural life |
| Belsay Castle |  |
Belsay | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, 14th century medieval castle |
| Belsay Hall |  |
Belsay | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, 19th century unfurnished country mansion, gardens and park |
| Berwick Gymnasium Gallery | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Art | website, contemporary art installations by Berwick Visual Arts, located in Berwick Barracks | |
| Berwick Museum & Art Gallery | .jpg) |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | Multiple | website, fine art, Asian porcelain and historic glass, medieval Berwick and the castle, local and social history, trades, mining, fishing, located in Berwick Barracks |
| Blyth Battery | Blyth | Military | website, World War I and II coastal defence buildings, military and local history exhibits | |
| Cherryburn |  |
Mickley | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, birthplace of artist and ornithologist Thomas Bewick, exhibits on his life and engravings |
| Chillingham Castle |  |
Chillingham | Historic house | Medieval castle with state rooms |
| Chesters Roman Fort |  |
Walwick | Archaeology | Operated by English Heritage, preserved Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall and museum of artifacts |
| Corbridge Roman Site |  |
Corbridge | Archaeology | Operated by English Heritage, preserved Roman fort south of Hadrian's Wall and museum of artifacts |
| Cragside |  |
Rothbury | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 19th-century country home of Lord Armstrong, features many technological innovations |
| Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland |  |
Alnwick | Military | Located in Alnwick Castle |
| George Stephenson's Birthplace |  |
Wylam | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 18th century stone cottage home of rail pioneer George Stephenson, railway exhibits |
| Grace Darling Museum |  |
Bamburgh | Biographical | website, operated by the RNLI, history and memorabilia of Grace Darling, a Victorian heroine who, along with her father, saved 13 people from the SS Forfarshire in 1838 |
| Heatherslaw Mill |  |
Etal | Mill | 19th century water-driven corn mill |
| Hexham Old Gaol |  |
Hexham | Prison | Medieval prison, crimes and punishment, Border Reivers |
| Housesteads Roman Fort |  |
Housesteads | Archaeology | Operated by English Heritage, excavated Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall and museum of artifacts |
| Kielder Castle Visitor Centre |  |
Kielder | Multiple | Management of Kielder Forest, its natural history and wildlife including red squirrels, history of Kielder castle, art gallery |
| Kielder Salmon Centre | Kielder | Natural history | website, salmon fish hatchery and visitor centre | |
| King’s Own Scottish Borderers Regimental Museum | |
Berwick-upon-Tweed | Military | Regimental history and memorabilia, located in Berwick Barracks |
| Lady Waterford Hall |  |
Ford | Art | website, collection of 19th century watercolour murals depicting biblical scenes painted by Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford, exhibits about her life |
| Lindisfarne Castle |  |
Holy Island | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 16th-century castle with early 20th-century interiors by Edwin Lutyens, walled garden planned by Gertrude Jekyll |
| Lindisfarne Centre | Holy Island | Local | website, island's history and culture, facsimile of the Lindisfarne Gospels, Viking contact | |
| Lindisfarne Priory |  |
Holy Island | Religious | Operated by English Heritage, ruins of the 7th century monastery and museum about its history as a center of early Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England |
| Longstone Lighthouse |  |
Farne Islands | Maritime | Lighthouse museum, accessible by boat |
| Museum of Classic Sci-Fi | .jpg) |
Allendale | Media | Collection includes artefacts from Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Star Trek, Flash Gordon, Thunderbirds and the Marvel universe.[1][2] |
| Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum |  |
Morpeth | Music | Historic bagpipes |
| Preston Tower |  |
Chathill | Military | Medieval pele tower with period guard room and prison |
| Seaton Delaval Hall |  |
Seaton Sluice | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 18th-century great house with gardens |
| Vindolanda |  |
Hexham | Archaeology | Roman auxiliary fort south of Hadrian's Wall and museum of artifacts and the Roman army |
| Wallington Hall |  |
Cambo | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Palladian house with fine furnished interior, collection of dollhouses |
| Warkworth Castle |  |
Warkworth | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, remains of a medieval castle with some preserved rooms, summer visitation to Warkworth Hermitage |
| Watch House Museum | Seaton Sluice | Local | website | |
| Wylam Railway Museum | Wylam | Railway | information, history of are railway development and local railway pioneers George Stephenson, Timothy Hackworth and William Hedley | |
| Woodhorn Museum |  |
Ashington | Mining | Former colliery with original equipment, buildings, exhibits about the mine and the life of a miner, collection of art created by miners, changing exhibits of art, science and history, 2 ft narrow gauge railway |
Defunct museums
[edit]- Dilston Castle, Corbridge, no longer open to the public
- Norham Station Museum, Norham, closed in 2010, listed for sale in 2013[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Brown, Mark (6 January 2022). "The Doctor Who treasure trove in a Northumberland village cellar". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ Grant, Katie (24 January 2019). "Family-run sci-fi museum faces closure over shed housing Dalek display". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Norham Station sale offers rail enthusiasts a piece of history". BBC News. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2020.