List of museums in Cumbria

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This list of museums in Cumbria, 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
Abbot Hall Art Gallery Abbott Hall Art Gallery, Kendal.jpg Kendal ArtCollections include George Romney, J. M. W. Turner, 18th and 19th century watercolours, and modern paintings
Armitt Library Ambleside MultipleLocal history, natural history, features over 450 watercolours by Beatrix Potter of archaeological and zoological subjects
Beacon Museum, Whitehaven The Beacon, Whitehaven - geograph.org.uk - 1347266.jpg Whitehaven Multiple website, local history, art, industry, natural history, maritime heritage
Beatrix Potter Gallery The Gallery - geograph.org.uk - 510315.jpg Hawkshead ArtOperated by the National Trust, original sketches and watercolours by Beatrix Potter for her books
Birdoswald Roman Fort Birdoswald Roman Fort - geograph.org.uk - 17585.jpg Gilsland ArchaeologyExcavated Roman fort
Blackwell Blackwell - The Arts and Crafts House - geograph.org.uk - 7579.jpg Bowness-on-Windermere Historic house Arts and Crafts Movement style house from the turn-of-the-20th century, with period rooms, art exhibits
Brantwood Brantwood.jpg Coniston Historic houseHome and museum of art critic John Ruskin, art displays, gardens and grounds
Brougham Hall Brougham Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1532.jpg Brougham Historic houseRestored country house with local history exhibits
Carlisle Castle CarlisleCastle001.JPG Carlisle MilitaryOperated by English Heritage, historic fortress and museum of the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
Dalemain Estate Dalemain House - geograph.org.uk - 321322.jpg Ullswater Historic houseMedieval, Tudor and early Georgian house and Lake District gardens
Dalton Castle Dalton Castle.jpg Dalton-in-Furness LocalOperated by the National Trust, 14th century peel tower with displays of local history
Derwent Island House Derwent Island House.jpg Keswick Historic houseOperated by the National Trust, 18th-century house on an island, open only a few days a year by timed ticket
Derwent Pencil Museum Keswick Pencil Museum (geograph 5455667).jpg Keswick IndustryPencil making
Dock Museum DockMuseum.jpg Barrow-in-Furness LocalLocal history, shipbuilding, steel industry, World War II bombings
Dove Cottage Dove Cottage.jpg Grasmere Historic houseA home and museum of poet William Wordsworth
Guildhall Museum, Carlisle Guildhall Museum, Carlisle, Cumbria.jpg Carlisle Historic House website, 1407 building with items related to Guilds
Haig Colliery Mining Museum Haigh Mining Museum, Whitehaven, Cumbria - geograph.org.uk - 60040.jpg Whitehaven MiningCoal mining
Hawkshead Grammar School Museum Grammar School, Hawkshead.jpg Hawkshead EducationHistoric school dating back to the 17th century
Helena Thompson Museum Workington Multiple website, period rooms, costumes, decorative arts, local history, industry, culture, agriculture
Heron Corn Mill Heron Corn Mill.jpg Beetham MillWorking 18th-century watermill
Hill Top Potterhome.jpg Near Sawrey Historic houseOperated by the National Trust, home of children's author Beatrix Potter
Holker Hall Holker Hall 02.jpg Grange-over-Sands Historic houseLarge country house and gardens
Hub of the North Pennines Museum The Hub Museum - geograph.org.uk - 1531179.jpg Alston Multiple website, vintage cars, motorbikes, bicycles, local history, agriculture, model railroad
Hutton in the Forest Hutton-in-the-Forest 04.jpg Penrith Historic houseMedieval manor house and gardens
Kendal Museum Kendal Museum (front-3).jpg Kendal MultipleLocal history, culture, archaeology, geology, local and world natural history, Roman Britain, Ancient Egypt
Keswick Museum and Art Gallery Keswick Museum and Art Gallery.jpg Keswick MultipleLocal history, natural history, minerals, art, collection of oddities
Lakeland Motor Museum Lakeland Motor Museum.jpg Backbarrow AutomotiveClassic automobiles and memorabilia
Laurel and Hardy Museum Laurel and hardy autocorrect.JPG Ulverston Biographical website, comedy team Laurel and Hardy
Levens Hall Levens Hall 03.jpg Kendal Historic houseManor house, topiary garden, steam vehicle and engine collection
Maryport Maritime Museum Maryport Maritime Museum - geograph.org.uk - 707640.jpg Maryport Maritime website, Maryport's maritime and painting history, also industry, social and political history
Millom Discovery Centre Millom LocalPeriod store displays, iron mining, rural trades, 19th century miner's cottage, agriculture, archaeology, poet Norman Nicholson, local history
Mirehouse Mirehouse, near Bassenthwaite Lake - geograph.org.uk - 39864.jpg Keswick Historic house17th-century house and gardens with connections to Lord Tennyson, Edward Fitzgerald, Thomas Carlyle and William Wordsworth
Muncaster Castle Muncaster Castle 01.jpg Ravenglass Historic houseDecorated castle, gardens
Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry Museum of Lakeland Life, Abbot Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1245379.jpg Kendal MultipleLocal history, period rooms, agriculture, mining, Arts & Crafts movement, costumes
Nenthead Mines Heritage Centre Nenthead Mines Heritage Centre - geograph.org.uk - 60938.jpg Nenthead Mining website, mineral mining past of the North Pennines, lead and zinc mine, equipment, buildings
Norman Centre Appleby Castle, 2024 (4).jpg Appleby-in-Westmorland History website, castle keep with interactive experience
Penrith and Eden Museum Penrith Museum - panoramio.jpg Penrith Local website, local history, geology, archaeology
Quaker Tapestry Friends' Meeting House, Stramongate - geograph.org.uk - 266078.jpg Kendal Religious77 embroidered panels illustrating the history of the Quakers from the 17th century to the present
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Ravenglass Station, Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway - geograph.org.uk - 1335502.jpg Ravenglass RailwayHeritage railway and museum at the station
Rheged Centre Rheged - 'The Village in The Hill' - geograph.org.uk - 75787.jpg Penrith Art website, attraction with galleries for art and photography, also 3D films, shops, play areas
Rum Story Clock at the Rum Story - geograph.org.uk - 1299701.jpg Whitehaven IndustryStory of the rum trade and the creation of rum, located in an original 1785 trading shop and warehouses
Ruskin Museum Ruskin Museum Donald Campbell Bluebird K7 18-06-2015 14-20-27.jpg Coniston LocalLocal history, copper mining, slate, geology, lace, farming, art critic John Ruskin, car and motorboat racer Donald Campbell
Rydal Mount Rydal Mount.jpg Ambleside Historic houseA home and museum of poet William Wordsworth
Senhouse Roman Museum Senhouse Museum, Maryport - geograph.org.uk - 40522.jpg Maryport Archaeology website, site of the Roman fort Alauna, artifacts
Sir John Barrow Cottage John Barrow Cottage.jpg Ulverston Historic houseBirthplace of statesman Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, currently closed [1]
Sizergh Castle & Garden Sizergh Castle 01.jpg Helsington Historic houseOperated by the National Trust, medieval castle, stately home and garden, woodlands
Solway Aviation Museum Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle Airport, Cumbria - geograph.org.uk - 50887.jpg Carlisle AviationLocated at the Carlisle Lake District Airport, World War II aviation and local aviation history
Solway Coast Discovery Centre Solway Coast Discovery Centre - geograph.org.uk - 40355.jpg Silloth Local website, local history, culture, natural history, art gallery
Stott Park Bobbin Mill Stott Park Bobbin Mill Steam Engine.jpg Newby Bridge IndustryOperated by English Heritage, former bobbin mill with preserved engines
Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum Threlkeld Quarry Museum - geograph.org.uk - 851391.jpg Threlkeld Mining website, former microgranite quarry, exhibits, tools and artifacts from area mines
Townend Townend - geograph.org.uk - 23152.jpg Troutbeck Historic houseOperated by the National Trust, wealthy farming family's house
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Tullie House.jpg Carlisle MultipleContemporary and historic art, decorative art, costumes and textiles, natural history, archaeology, Roman Britain, Carlisle's social history
Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories Windermere Jetty.jpg Windermere MaritimeBoat collection and "the sights, smells and sounds of life on the lake"
Wordsworth House Wordsworth House, Main Street, Cockermouth - geograph.org.uk - 553019.jpg Cockermouth Historic houseOperated by the National Trust, 18th century Georgian townhouse, childhood home of poet William Wordsworth
World in Miniature Museum Houghton Toy website, collection of miniature furnished room displays

Defunct museums

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cumbria</span> Ceremonial county of England

Cumbria is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Carlisle, which is also its county town.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lake District</span> Mountainous region and national park in North West England

The Lake District, also known as the Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region and national park in Cumbria, North West England. It is famous for its landscape, including its lakes, coast, and the Cumbrian mountains, and for its literary associations with Beatrix Potter, John Ruskin, and the Lake Poets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Workington</span> Coastal town in Cumbria, England

Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in Cumbria, England. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keswick, Cumbria</span> Town and Civil Parish in Cumbria, England

Keswick is a market town and civil parish in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. Historically, until 1974, it was part of the county of Cumberland. It lies within the Lake District National Park, just north of Derwentwater and four miles from Bassenthwaite Lake. The parish had a population of 5,243 at the 2011 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grange-over-Sands</span> English Victorian era town

Grange-over-Sands is a town and civil parish on the north side of Morecambe Bay in Cumbria, England, a few miles south of the Lake District National Park. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 4,114, increasing at the 2021 census to 4,279. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the town became administered as an urban district in 1894. Though the town remains part of the Duchy of Lancaster, since 2023 it has been administered as part of the Westmorland and Furness Council area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Egremont, Cumbria</span> Town and parish in England

Egremont is a market town, civil parish and two electoral wards in Cumbria, England, and historically part of Cumberland. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park, five miles south of Whitehaven and on the River Ehen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cars of the Stars Motor Museum</span> Museum of television and film vehicles

The Cars of the Stars Motor Museum was in the English town of Keswick, Cumbria, and owned a collection of celebrity television and film vehicles. The museum opened in 1989 and closed in 2011. The sister site The Bond Museum in Keswick, with its over 30 original screen cars from the James Bond films, also closed at the same time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Herbert Art Gallery and Museum</span> Museum and art gallery in Coventry, England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keswick Museum</span>

Keswick Museum is a local museum based in Keswick in the English Lake District, which exhibits aspects of the landscape, history and culture of the area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rowrah</span> Human settlement in England

Rowrah is a village in Cumbria, England, and spans the civil parishes of Arlecdon and Frizington and Lamplugh. The majority of Rowrah is within Arlecdon and Frizington. The parish boundaries are formed from the Windergill Beck and Colliergate Beck: as such nine properties, Rowrah Hall Farm, Rowrah Hall, Ainsdale House, Rowrah Head, four properties on Pheasants Rise and Rowrah Station technically fall within Lamplugh.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Armathwaite Hall</span>

Armathwaite Hall is a luxury hotel and spa adjacent to Bassenthwaite Lake, in Cumbria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moot Hall, Keswick</span> Municipal building in Keswick, Cumbria, England

The Moot Hall is a prominent historic building situated at the southern end of Main Street in Keswick, Cumbria, England. It is Grade II* listed.

Egremont railway station was built by the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway as the first southern terminus of what would become the Moor Row to Sellafield branch. In 1878 the company was bought out by the LNWR and Furness Railway who operated the line jointly until grouping in 1923.

St Thomas Cross Platform was a railway station used by workmen's trains on the Moor Row to Sellafield line on what is now the southeastern, Cringlethwaite, edge of Egremont, Cumbria, England.

Beckermet Mines railway station was situated at Pit No.1 of the mine of the same name. It was used by workmen's trains which travelled along a branch which curved eastwards off the Moor Row to Sellafield line, primarily to handle the iron ore lifted at the site.

References

  1. ↑ "Sir John Barrow's Cottage". Ulverston Town Council. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Lake District's Bond Museum and Cars of the Stars close". BBC News. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Egremont, Cumbria. UK - Centre of the Western Lakes - Visitors - Florence Mine". Archived from the original on 24 March 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2010. Visit Egremont: Florence Mine Heritage Centre
  4. ↑ "The Bond Museum in Keswick closes its doors, collection moving to Miami". MI6. Retrieved 24 September 2013.

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