List of museums in Berkshire
This list of museums in Berkshire, 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.
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Name |
Image |
Town/City |
Type |
Summary |
Basildon Park | | Basildon | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 18th century Georgian mansion, gardens, park |
Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre | | Reading | Medical | In the 1881 built laundry building of the Royal Berkshire Hospital |
Cole Museum of Zoology | | Reading | Natural history | Part of the University of Reading, complete tour of the diversity of the animal kingdom |
Eton College Natural History Museum | | Eton | Natural history | Part of Eton College, mounted animals, fossils, fish |
Frogmore House | | Windsor | Historic house | Royal country residence |
Look Out Discovery Centre | | Bracknell | Science | website, hands-on science and nature exhibits |
Maidenhead Heritage Centre | | Maidenhead | Local | Local history, culture |
Museum of Berkshire Aviation | | Woodley | Aviation | Locally-made aircraft |
Museum of English Rural Life | | Reading | Agriculture | Part of the University of Reading, rural history, crafts, farming |
Museum of Eton Life | | Eton | Education | Part of Eton College, school history, traditions and graduates |
Museum of Reading | | Reading | Multiple | Local history, culture, art, Roman artifacts |
REME Museum of Technology | | Arborfield Cross | Military | Technological artifacts used by the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers including communications equipment, computers, vehicles, weapons |
Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock | | Reading | Multiple | Turbine machinery, gypsy life, art, mill wheel |
Shaw House | | Shaw | Historic house | Elizabethan grand house with five unfurnished rooms, exhibits about the house |
Slough Museum | | Slough | Local | Local history, culture |
South Hill Park Arts Centre | | Birch Hill | Art | |
Stanley Spencer Gallery | | Cookham | Art | Works by English painter Sir Stanley Spencer |
Thames Valley Police Museum | | Sulhamstead | Law enforcement | Open by appointment |
Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology | | Reading | Archaeology | Part of the University of Reading, Greek and Etruscan ceramics and terracottas, Egyptian artifacts |
West Berkshire Museum | | Newbury | Local | Local history, culture |
Windsor and Royal Borough Museum | | Windsor | Local | Local history, culture, formerly the Royal Borough Museum Collection |
Windsor Castle | | Windsor | Historic house | One of the official residences of the British monarch, includes significant art collection |
See also
- Category:Visitor attractions in Berkshire
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