List of museums in Shropshire

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Museums in Shropshire

This list of museums in Shropshire, 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
Acton Scott Historic Working Farm		Acton Scott	Shropshire	Farm	website, Victorian period working farm
Bishop’s Castle Railway and Transport Museum		Bishop's Castle	Shropshire	Transportation	History of the Bishop's Castle Railway
Blists Hill Victorian Town		Madeley	Telford and Wrekin	Living	Late 19th century period Victorian town, includes steam-operated pithead, chemist, squatters cottage, schoolhouse and a bank, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Broseley Pipeworks		Broseley	Telford and Wrekin	Industry	website, former clay tobacco pipe making factory, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Cambrian Railway Museum		Oswestry	Shropshire	Railway	Heritage railway and museum
Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron		Coalbrookdale	Telford and Wrekin	Industry	website, 17th century ironworks, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums, includes museum of steel sculpture
Coalport China Museum		Coalport	Telford and Wrekin	Industry	History and production of Coalport chinaware, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Coleham Pumping Station		Coleham	Shropshire	Technology	Victorian pumping station with preserved steam engines
Daniels Mill		Bridgnorth	Shropshire	Mill	18th century working water mill
Darby Houses		Coalbrookdale	Telford and Wrekin	Historic house	website, 17th century period homes of the Quaker managers of the Coalbrookdale Ironworks; one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Engine House		Highley	Shropshire	Railway	Severn Valley Railway visitor center with steam locomotives and railway exhibits, located at the Highley railway station
Enginuity		Coalbrookdale	Telford and Wrekin	Science	Principles of design and technology in industry and manufacturing, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
House on Crutches Museum		Bishop's Castle	Shropshire	Local	website, timber-framed house with local history, domestic and agriculture exhibits
Iron Bridge and Toll House		Ironbridge	Telford and Wrekin	Technology	First arch bridge in the world to be made out of cast iron in 1779, toll house features exhibits on the bridge's construction, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Jackfield Tile Museum		Jackfield	Telford and Wrekin	Art	Decorative tile factory, galleries showing tiles and period rooms decorated with tiles, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Museum of the Gorge		Ironbridge	Telford and Wrekin	Local	website, history of the Ironbridge Gorge, coal mining and local history, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Royal Air Force Museum Cosford		Cosford	Shropshire	Aviation	History of aviation and the Royal Air Force, features war planes, transport and training aircraft, engines, missiles and rocket-powered weapons, exhibits on changes in air technology, Cold War history. Host of the RAF Cosford Air Show
Tar Tunnel		Coalport	Telford and Wrekin	Industry	Tunnel where bitumen seeps through, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums

See also

• Category:Visitor attractions in Shropshire

References

• Shropshire's Museum Service
• Shropshire Tourism: Museums