List of museums in Lancashire

This list of museums in Lancashire, 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.

Name Image Town/City District Type Summary
Astley Hall Museum and Art GalleryChorleyChorleyMultipleHistoric house with exhibits of local history, art gallery, period rooms
Bacup Natural History Society MuseumBacupRossendaleLocalwebsite, local history, culture
Bancroft Mill EngineBarnoldswickPendleTechnologyWorking steam mill engine for a textile mill
Blackburn Museum and Art GalleryBlackburnBlackburn with DarwenMultipleLocal and social history, fine art, decorative arts, South Asian culture, beetle collection, textile industry
British Commercial Vehicle MuseumLeylandSouth RibbleTransportationAutomobiles, buses, lorries
British In India MuseumNelsonPendleHistoryinformation, history of the British in India, includes photographs, uniforms, swords, model soldiers, paintings, Indian army cap badges and buttons
Brooks Collectables Toy MuseumBlackpoolBlackpoolToywebsite, YouTube article, die-cast model cars and vehicles, toys, model trains, cameras, toy soldiers
Carnforth Station Heritage CentreCarnforthCity of LancasterLocalwebsite, local history, area railroad heritage, located in Carnforth railway station
Chapel GalleryOrmskirkWest LancashireArtwebsite, local public art gallery, contemporary art and craft from across the UK
Clitheroe CastleClitheroeRibble ValleyMultiple12th-century motte and bailey castle with museum of local and social history, art, history of the castle, geology, archaeology, natural history, folklore and industry
Colne Heritage CentreColnePendleLocalinformation, local history
Cottage Museum, LancasterLancasterCity of LancasterHistoric housewebsite, early Victorian period cottage
Fleetwood MuseumFleetwoodWyreLocalLocal history, culture, maritime heritage, fishing industry
Fylde GalleryLythamFyldeArtinformation, Friends site, local art collection and exhibits gallery, located in Booths Supermarket
Gawthorpe HallPadihamBurnleyHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, Elizabethan house with 19th-century interiors, international collection of needlework, lace and costume
Grundy Art GalleryBlackpoolBlackpoolArtContemporary art exhibits, collections include Victorian oils and watercolours, modern British paintings, contemporary prints, jewellery, Asian ivories, ceramics, photographs and souvenirs of Blackpool
Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Preston Free Public LibraryPrestonPrestonMultipleLocal history, archaeology, fine art, decorative art including ceramics and glass, costumes, scent bottles
Haworth Art GalleryAccringtonHyndburnArtFeatures collection of Art Nouveau Tiffany glass
Helmshore Mills Textile MuseumHelmshoreRossendaleIndustryFormer textile mills for wool then cloth
Heysham Heritage CentreHeyshamCity of LancasterLocalwebsite, local history, located in a 17th-century long house
Hoghton TowerHoghtonChorleyHistoric houseFortified Tudor manor house, features galleried banqueting hall, period furniture and a doll house collection
Judges Lodgings, LancasterLancasterCity of LancasterHistoric houseAdjacent to Lancaster Castle, Georgian house with Gillow furniture displayed in Regency period room settings, fine art, and the Museum of Childhood with toys, dolls, games and playthings from the 18th century to the present
King's Own Royal Regiment MuseumLancasterCity of LancasterMilitaryLocated in the Lancaster City Museum
Lancashire Infantry MuseumPrestonPrestonMilitaryLocated in Fulwood, regimental history and memorabilia
Lancaster CastleLancasterCity of LancasterHistoryMedieval castle, court and prison
Lancaster City MuseumLancasterCity of LancasterLocalCity's history, social history, King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, fine art
Lancaster Maritime MuseumLancasterCity of LancasterMaritimeShipbuilding, harbour trades, merchant trading, fishing, social and natural history of the bay, local ports
Leighton HallYealand ConyersCity of LancasterHistoric house18th-century Georgian house with 19th-century Gothic exterior, Gillow furniture, gardens
Lytham HallLythamFyldeHistoric house18th-century Georgian country house and 78-acre parklands
Lytham Heritage CentreLythamFyldeLocalwebsite, local history and art exhibits, operated by Lytham Heritage Group
Lytham Windmill MuseumLythamFyldeMill19th-century windmill with exhibits about the mill, millers, local history and culture
Madame Tussauds BlackpoolBlackpoolBlackpoolWax
Museum of LancashirePrestonPrestonHistoryCounty history, culture, life in World War II, military history
Pendle Heritage CentreBarrowfordPendleLocalLocal and social history, culture, art, visitor centre
Peter Scott GalleryLancasterCity of LancasterArtwebsite, art gallery of Lancaster University's Lancaster Institute for The Contemporary Arts, collections include 20th-century art, Pilkington's Tile and Pottery Company works, Chinese and Japanese art, and antiquities
Platform GalleryClitheroeRibble ValleyArtwebsite, contemporary crafts gallery
Queen Street Mill Textile MuseumBurnleyBurnleyIndustryOperational 19th-century steam-powered weaving mill
Ribble Discovery CentreLythamFyldeNatural historywebsite, ecology and natural history of the Ribble and Alt Estuaries, operated by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Ribble Steam RailwayPrestonPrestonRailwayHeritage railway, museum open on operating days
Ribchester Roman MuseumRibchesterRibble ValleyArchaeologywebsite, area Romano-British history and artifacts
Ripley's Believe It or Not!#United KingdomBlackpoolBlackpoolAmusementLocated at Pleasure Beach Blackpool
Rufford Old HallRuffordWest LancashireHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, 16th-century Tudor great hall where young William Shakespeare once performed; collections of furniture, arms, armour and tapestries; gardens
Ruskin LibraryLancasterCity of LancasterBiographicalPart of the University of Lancaster, exhibits from its collections of pictures, books, manuscripts and photographs relating to the Victorian writer and artist John Ruskin
Samlesbury HallSamlesburySouth RibbleHistoric houseRestored medieval manor house
South Ribble Museum and Exhibition CentreLeylandSouth RibbleLocalwebsite, local history, culture, art exhibits, textile, rubber and motor industries
Towneley HallBurnleyBurnleyMultipleExhibits include natural history, Egyptology, local history, textiles, decorative art and regional furniture, and an art gallery
Turton TowerChapeltownBlackburn with DarwenHistoric houseTudor house reflecting Tudor and Victorian eras
Weaver's CottageRawtenstallRossendaleHistoric housewebsite, 18th-century weaver's cottage with working hand looms, Victorian kitchen, operated by the Rossendale Civic Trust
Weavers' TriangleBurnleyBurnleyIndustryIncludes the visitor center with Victorian schoolroom and weaver's dwelling, canal toll house, and Oak Mount Mill Engine House
The WhitakerRawtenstallRossendaleMultiplewebsite, local history, fine art, natural history, period Victorian rooms, fashion and furniture, art exhibits; formerly the Rossendale Museum & Art Gallery
Whitworth MuseumWhitworthRossendaleLocalwebsite, local history, operated by the Whitworth Historical Society
Woodend Mining MuseumReedley HallowsPendleMiningwebsite, information, area coal mining
Yorkshire Dales Mining Museum - EarbyEarbyPendleMiningwebsite, lead mining artifacts

Defunct museums

See also
  • Category:Tourist attractions in Lancashire

References
  1. "Gallery & Exhibitions". Mid Pennine Arts. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015. The Mid Pennine Gallery operated in Yorke Street, Burnley, until March 2010.
  2. "Official site". STEAMTOWN @ CARNFORTH, Lancashire, UK. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. "Facebook site". Steamtown Railway Museum Carnforth Steamtown Railway Museum Carnforth. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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