There are a number of national museums in the United Kingdom, which are owned and operated by the state. The national museums of the UK are funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) of the British government, and are all located in England. There are 14 national museums, all established by Acts of Parliament, as well as another eight which are sponsored by the DCMS.
In addition, there are national museums in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which are supported by the devolved legislatures. National museums in Scotland are funded by the Scottish Executive Education Department, in Wales by the Welsh Government, and in Northern Ireland by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure of the Northern Ireland Executive.
Free entrance is standard practice in all UK national museums, although some exhibits do require an admission fee to view. Several of the museums have more than one location throughout the UK.
National museums in England National museums established by Act of Parliament British Museum, London Imperial War Museums, London, Cambridge and Manchester Imperial War Museum London Imperial War Museum Duxford HMS Belfast 1938, London Churchill War Rooms, London Imperial War Museum North, Trafford National Gallery, London National Maritime Museum, London National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, Gosport, Yeovilton, Belfast, and Hartlepool National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton HMS Caroline, Belfast National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower, Gosport Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport National Museums Liverpool World Museum, Liverpool Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool Seized! The Border and Customs uncovered, Liverpool International Slavery Museum, Liverpool Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight Sudley House, Liverpool Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool Science Museum Group Science Museum, London Science and Industry Museum, Manchester National Railway Museum, York National Science and Media Museum, Bradford National Collections Centre, Swindon Locomotion, Shildon National Portrait Gallery, London National Army Museum, Chelsea, London Natural History Museum, London Royal Armouries Royal Armouries, Tower of London Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds Fort Nelson, Hampshire Royal Air Force Museum Royal Air Force Museum London Royal Air Force Museum Midlands, Cosford Sir John Soane's Museum, London Tate Tate Britain, London Tate Liverpool Tate St Ives Tate Modern, London Victoria and Albert Museum, London Wallace Collection, London
Sponsored museums Horniman Museum and Gardens, London Museum of the Home, London National Coal Mining Museum for England, Overton, West Yorkshire
National museums in Scotland
National museums in Wales
National museums in Northern Ireland Ulster Museum Ulster Folk Museum Ulster American Folk Park Ulster Transport Museum
See also List of museums in England List of museums in Scotland List of museums in Wales List of museums in Northern Ireland
References
External links Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Museums and galleries National Museums Scotland Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales National Museums Northern Ireland