This list of museums in Northumberland, 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
Type
Summary
Alnwick Castle
Alnwick
Multiple
Tours of the castle with state rooms, military museum about the Napoleonic Wars, Northumberland Fusiliers Museum, collection of British and Irish archaeology, collection of vehicles from the 19th century
Armstrong's Household and Farming Museum
North Charlton
History
website, antique household and farming items in room displays, including a nursery with toys, World War II memorabilia, milking parlour, washing room, agriculture tools and display, local needlework
Bailiffgate Museum
Alnwick
Local
Local history, culture, fishing, agriculture, railways, mining, art exhibits
Bamburgh Castle
Bamburgh
Historic house
Inhabited castle dating back to the Normans, includes museum with engines, technology and history of industrialist William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
Bellingham Heritage Centre
Bellingham
Local
website, local history, Border Counties Railway, the Border Reivers, mining, farming, recreated smithy, photographs of rural life
Cragside
Rothbury
Historic house
Operated by the National Trust, 19th century country home of Lord Armstrong, features many technological innovations
George Stephenson's Birthplace
Wylam
Historic house
Operated by the National Trust, 18th century stone cottage home of rail pioneer George Stephenson, railway exhibits
Heatherslaw Mill
Etal
Mill
19th century water-driven corn mill
Wylam Railway Museum
Wylam
Railway
information, information, history of are railway development and local railway pioneers George Stephenson, Timothy Hackworth and William Hedley
Woodhorn - Northumberland Museum, Archives and Country Park
Ashington
Mining
Former colliery with original equipment, buildings, exhibits about the mine and the life of a miner, collection of art created by miners, changing exhibits of art, science and history, 2 ft narrow gauge railway
