Museums in England

A secret meeting in this small cottage changed the course of British history.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

One of these two land speed record-breaking vehicles went so fast it shattered the sound barrier.

A clumsy-looking flying locomotive rusts within sight of a busy rail station.

An iconic waterwheel in the Pennine Hills marks the location of one of Britain’s most profitable lead mines.

This British museum hopes to take the taboo out of poo.

A locomotive that was captured as a prisoner of war is now recognized as a WWII memorial.

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

This unusual 7th-century Frankish seal offers more questions than answers about its past.

Great Britain's only hat-making museum.

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.

The "Heroine of Dunkirk" rescued over 7,000 Allied troops during the historic World War II evacuation.