The British government recently marked the 10th anniversary of offering free admission to many of the nation’s biggest museums. So, we thought it’d be a good idea to present a list of all those museums to help you in your UK trip planning.
Here’s the full list of Free UK Museums:
Armagh County Museum, National Museums Northern Ireland
Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales
- National Museum Cardiff
- St Fagans: National History Museum
- Big Pit: National Coal Museum
- National Roman Legion Museum
- National Slate Museum
- National Wool Museum
- National Waterfront Museum
British Museum
Geffrye Museum
Horniman Museum
Imperial War Museum London
Imperial War Museum North
Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon
Museum of London
Museum of London Docklands
Museum of Science & Industry Manchester
National Army Museum*
National Coal Mining Museum for England
National Football Museum
National Galleries Scotland
- Scottish National Gallery
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery
- Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
National Gallery*
National Media Museum
National Maritime Museum
National Museums Liverpool
- International Slavery Museum
- Lady Lever Art Gallery
- Merseyside Maritime Museum
- Museum of Liverpool
- Sudley House
- UK Border Agency National Museum
- Walker Art Gallery
- World Museum Liverpool
National Museum of Scotland (became free on 1st April 2001)
National Portrait Gallery
National Railway Museum, York
Natural History Museum, London
Natural History Museum at Tring
Royal Air Force Museum, London
Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford
Royal Armouries, Leeds
Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson
Science Museum, London
Sir John Soane’s Museum
Tate Britain
Tate Liverpool
Tate Modern
Ulster Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
V&A Museum of Childhood
Wallace Collection
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