List of museums in Bedfordshire

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This list of museums in Bedfordshire, 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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NameImageTown/CityTypeSummary
Elstow Moot Hall Moot-hall.jpg Elstow Historic house17th century period furnished meeting hall
Glenn Miller Museum RAFTwinwoodControlTower.JPG Bedford MilitaryLocated at the former World War II airfield from which musician Glenn Miller departed before his plane disappeared, includes military aviation and other military and wartime displays
The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum BedfordMuseumEntrance.JPG Bedford MultipleLocal history, art, culture, natural history, geology, archaeology, coins
John Bunyan Museum BunyanMuseumCellModel.JPG Bedford BiographicalLife, times and works of John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress
John Dony Field Centre Luton Local website, local history and natural history
Leighton Buzzard Railway Leighton Buzzard Heritage RailwayTrain rides,industrial narrow gauge railway museum,sand quarrying http://www.buzzrail.co.uk/
Military Intelligence Museum
Military Intelligence Museum.jpg
Shefford Military website 'Sharing the Secrets' of the shadowy world of intelligence, security, espionage and other military intelligence disciplines.
Moggerhanger House Moggerhangerhouse.jpg Moggerhanger Historic houseEarly 19th century home designed by John Soane, gardens
Panacea Museum Bedford BiographicalLife, times and writings of Mable Barltop, Founder of The Panacea Society
RAF Signals Museum Henlow MilitaryRadio and electronics communications history of the RAF
Roman Sandy Story Sandy Archaeology information, information, display of Roman artifacts and artist renderings of the town's past, located in the Council offices
Shuttleworth Collection Hucks.JPG Old Warden TransportAirplanes, automobiles, motorcycles
Stockwood Discovery Centre StockwoodMuseum.jpg Luton MultipleIncludes the Mossman Collection of carriages, geology, archaeology, social history and rural crafts
Stondon Motor Museum Stondon NSU.jpg Lower Stondon Transport website, automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, airplanes, replica of the HM Bark Endeavour of explorer James Cook, tanks
Tempsford Village Museum Tempsford Local & Military website, ephemera associated with the village of Tempsford and RAF Tempsford
Thurleigh Museum Thurleigh MilitaryHistory of RAE Bedford in World War II, also known as the 306th Bombardment Group Museum
Turvey Abbey Turvey Historic houseNeo-classical house featuring 18th and 19th century English and Continental furniture, pictures, porcelain, objets d'art and books
Wardown Park Museum Wardownmuseum.jpg Luton MultipleLocal crafts including lace and hat-making, local history, culture, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, archaeology, art, natural history; formerly the Luton Museum & Art Gallery
Woburn Abbey WoburnAbbey04.JPG Woburn Historic houseEstate of the Duke of Bedford, includes 18th Century French and English furniture, silver and gold collections, porcelain, fine art, gardens, deer park
Woburn Heritage Centre Woburn Local website, local history

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