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Museums & Galleries in Hampshire
From local history to serious collections, here\'s what\'s worth your time around Hampshire — think City Mill, Serle's House and Winchester City Museum — with distances and visitor reviews to choose by.
Museums & Galleries
0.8 mi from Hampshire
City Mill
The Winchester City Mill is a restored water mill situated on the River Itchen in the centre of the ancient English city of Winchester. The mill is owned by the National Trust and... — Wikipedia
1.2 mi from Hampshire
Gurkha Museum
The Gurkha Museum commemorates the service of Gurkha soldiers to the British Crown, a relationship that has endured since 1815. It is located in Winchester in Hampshire, England an... — Wikipedia
1.2 mi from Hampshire
King's Royal Hussars Museum
HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars is a military museum in Winchester, Hampshire, that is dedicated to documenting the King's Royal Hussars, a cavalry regiment of t... — Wikipedia
1.3 mi from Hampshire
The Rifles Museum
The Rifleman's Museum in Winchester tells the story of rifle regiments through displays including a Waterloo diorama containing 30,000 models of soldiers and horses, brought to lif...
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1.3 mi from Hampshire
Royal Green Jackets Museum
The Rifleman's Museum tells the story of the regiments that 'dared to be different', with a centrepiece Waterloo diorama containing 30,000 model soldiers and horses, brought to lif...
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1.3 mi from Hampshire
Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps
The Adjutant General's Corps Museum, also known as The AGC Museum is a visitor attraction at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester. It displays the history of the Adjutant General's Cor... — Wikipedia
4.3 mi from Hampshire
Royal Logistic Corps Museum
The Royal Logistic Corps Museum in Worthy Down, near Winchester, tells the story of military logistics from Waterloo to Kabul through uniforms, medals, ordnance and personal mement...
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10.9 mi from Hampshire
SeaCity Museum
SeaCity Museum tells Southampton's Titanic story through an interactive model of the ship, recorded passenger messages from the night it sank, and original objects brought up from...
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11.3 mi from Hampshire
Solent Sky
Solent Sky is a museum in Southampton celebrating the Spitfire and the Empire flying boats, and it also shares its site with the Hampshire Police & Fire Heritage Trust. It's open a...
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11.4 mi from Hampshire
Bursledon Brickworks
The Brickworks Museum, also known as Bursledon Brickworks, is a volunteer-run museum in Swanwick, Hampshire, England. It is described as the UK's sole surviving Victorian steam-dri... — Wikipedia
11.4 mi from Hampshire
Medieval Merchants House
Tucked away near Southampton's busy city centre is the Medieval Merchant's House, one of the oldest surviving merchant's houses in England. It was begun in about 1290 by John Forti...
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11.4 mi from Hampshire
Tudor House Museum
Tudor House is Southampton's oldest museum, set in a timber-framed building dating from the late 15th century in the heart of the Old Town. Inside, you'll discover over 800 years o...
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12.4 mi from Hampshire
Eling Tide Mill Experience Visitor Centre
Eling Tide Mill Experience is a working tide mill and visitor centre in Totton and Eling, New Forest, where you can see the power of the tide turning the water wheel and powering t...
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12.4 mi from Hampshire
Whitchurch Silk Mill
Whitchurch Silk Mill is an industrial heritage museum in Hampshire that has been weaving silk since 1830, and it continues to train weavers and preserve the critically endangered c...
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12.8 mi from Hampshire
Royal Victoria Hospital Museum
The Royal Victoria Hospital or Netley Hospital was a large military hospital in Netley, near Southampton, Hampshire, England. Construction started in 1856 at the suggestion of Quee... — Wikipedia
13.5 mi from Hampshire
Museum of the Iron Age
The Museum of the Iron Age tells the story of the nearby Danebury hillfort, excavated by Professor Barry Cunliffe between 1969 and 1988, using real artefacts and reconstructions co...
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