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List of museums in Warwickshire

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This list of museums in Warwickshire, 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 Region Type Summary
Anne Hathaway's Cottage Shottery Stratford-on-Avon Historic house Tudor thatched farmhouse, childhood home of Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare, gardens
Arbury Hall Nuneaton Nuneaton and Bedworth Historic house Mixture of Tudor and 18th-century Gothic architecture
Baddesley Clinton Lapworth Warwick Historic house Operated by the National Trust, Elizabethan manor house
Bedworth Heritage Centre Bedworth Nuneaton and Bedworth Local website, local history, culture
British Motor Museum
formerly Heritage Motor Centre
Gaydon Stratford-on-Avon Automotive British cars, manufacturing history
Charlecote Park Wellesbourne Stratford-on-Avon Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 16th-century country house in a deer park, Victorian interior
Chilvers Coton Heritage Centre Nuneaton Nuneaton and Bedworth Local website, local history, culture, Victorian schoolroom
Compton Verney House Compton Verney Stratford-on-Avon Art Art gallery located in a Robert Adam mansion set in 120 acres (0.49 km2) of parkland, collections include Neapolitan art from 1600 to 1800, Northern European medieval art, British portraits, Chinese bronzes, British folk art, and 20th-century textiles
Coughton Court Alcester Stratford-on-Avon Historic house Operated by the National Trust, grand Tudor country house reflecting six centuries of ownership
Hall's Croft Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-on-Avon Historic house 17th-century home of William Shakespeare's eldest daughter Susannah, and her husband Dr John Hall, features period rooms, furnishings, paintings, period doctor's consulting room with artefacts
Harvard House and the Museum of British Pewter Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-on-Avon Art Elizabethan town house with exhibits of pewter dating back to the Roman era
Henley-in-Arden Heritage Centre Henley-in-Arden Stratford-on-Avon Local website, local history, social, business and domestic life
Kenilworth Abbey Barn Museum Kenilworth Warwick Local History of St Mary's Abbey, Kenilworth and local history, operated by the Kenilworth History and Archaeology Society[1][2]
Kenilworth Castle & Elizabethan Garden Kenilworth Warwick Historic house Operated by English Heritage, ruins of a large medieval fortress, Elizabethan gatehouse with exhibits about Robert Dudley and Queen Elizabeth I, recreated Elizabethan garden
Lunt Roman Fort Baginton Warwick Archaeology Remains and artifacts of a Roman fort
Market Hall, Warwick Warwick Warwick Multiple Archaeology, geology, natural history, exhibits of art, history and culture
Mary Arden's Farm / Palmer's Farm Wilmcote Stratford-on-Avon Historic house 16th-century period working Tudor farm and farmhouse, childhood home of William Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden
Midland Air Museum Baginton Warwick Aviation Historic military and civilian aircraft, Sir Frank Whittle Jet Heritage Centre with jet engines, area aviation history
Nash's House Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-on-Avon Historic house Local history up to William Shakespeare's time, located in the house next door to the ruins and gardens of Shakespeare's final residence, New Place
Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery Nuneaton Nuneaton and Bedworth Multiple Reconstruction of George Eliot's London drawing room of 1870 and personal items, social history, industry, art exhibits
Packwood House Lapworth Warwick Historic house Operated by the National Trust, timber-framed Tudor manor house with tapestries and fine furniture, topiary yew garden
Queen's Own Hussars Museum Warwick Warwick Military Regimental uniforms, history and memorabilia
Ragley Hall Alcester Stratford-on-Avon Historic house 18th-century great house with fine paintings, ceramics and antique furniture, gardens, 400 acre (1.6 km2) grounds
Roman Alcester Alcester Stratford-on-Avon Archaeology website, area Roman artefacts, interpretations of life in Roman Britain
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) Warwick Warwick Military Memorabilia and history of the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers to today's Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Rugby Rugby Multiple Local history, art, Roman artefacts, social and industrial history, home to the World Rugby Hall of Fame
Rugby School Museum Rugby Rugby Education website, history and memorabilia of the Rugby School
Shakespeare's Birthplace Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-on-Avon Historic house Restored 16th-century half-timbered house believed to be the childhood home of William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Schoolroom and Guildhall Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-on-Avon Historic guild building website, restored 13th-century guild building where, in the 1570s, William Shakespeare would have received the grammar school education observable in his plays
St John's House Warwick Warwick History Town's social history, including costume and textiles, dolls and toys, domestic and working life artifacts, Victorian schoolroom and kitchen
Stoneleigh Abbey Stoneleigh Warwick Historic house 16th-century large country mansion
Stratford Armouries Pathlow Stratford-on-Avon Military Arms and armour from around the world
Tudor World Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-on-Avon History website, 16th-century period building with ties to William Shakespeare, demonstrations of Tudor life
Upton House Upton Stratford-on-Avon Historic house Operated by the National Trust, late 17th-century country house with 1930s interior, important art and porcelain collections, 1930s period garden
Warwick Castle Warwick Warwick Historic house Medieval castle built by William the Conqueror, castle tours, artillery fort, recreated siege weaponry, separate dungeon themed experience
Webb Ellis Rugby Football Museum Rugby Rugby Sports Also known as "The Rugby Museum", history and artefacts of rugby football
Wellesbourne Wartime Museum Wellesbourne Stratford-on-Avon Aviation History of aviation at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford, now Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield
Witchcraft and Wizardology Museum Stratford-upon-Avon Stratford-on-Avon Historic house 16th-century Elizabethan inn with collection of about the history of witchcraft from pre-Christian times to the present day. Including the Bombay Manor Museum website

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kenilworth Abbey Barn Museum". Visit Heart of England. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Official site". Kenilworth History and Archaeology Society. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Local Attractions". Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2010. Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough - Local attractions