This list contains the museums in Northamptonshire, England, defined 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.
Name Image Town/City Type Summary 78 Derngate Northampton Historic house Renovated house with interiors by architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, contemporary craft gallery Abington Park Museum Northampton Multiple Local history, costumes, leather, Northamptonshire Regiment Althorp Althorp Historic house Country estate with gardens and grounds, owned by Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, girlhood home of Diana, Princess of Wales Boughton House Kettering Historic house Estate home of the Duke of Buccleuch, with fine art, gardens Burton Latimer Heritage Museum Burton Latimer Local operated by the Burton Latimer Heritage Society The Canal Museum Stoke Bruerne Canal History of canals in Britain Canons Ashby House Canons Ashby Historic house Operated by the National Trust, Elizabethan manor house Carpetbagger Aviation Museum Harrington Aviation History of RAF Harrington and the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) Corby Heritage Centre Corby Local Cottesbrooke Hall Creaton Historic house 18th-century Queen Anne-style house, gardens and park Daventry Museum Daventry Local Deene Park Corby Historic house Medieval manor house with rooms from many periods, gardens Desborough Heritage Centre Desborough Local East Carlton Park Steel Heritage Centre East Carlton Local history Features displays about local history and the development of the iron and steel industry in the town Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Irchester Railway Steam and diesel locomotives, lifesize diorama of a quarry, industrial and railroad artefacts Jeyes of Earls Barton Museums Earls Barton Multiple gift, teddy bear and doll house shop with coffee shop and several museums: Earls Barton Museum of Village Life, Jeyes Heritage & Pharmacy Museum, and a model funfair Kelmarsh Hall Kelmarsh Historic house 18th-century manor house and gardens Kettering Museum and Art Gallery Kettering Multiple includes the Manor House Museum with exhibits of local history and culture, and the Alfred East Art Gallery for local art Kirby Hall Northampton Historic house Operated by English Heritage, Elizabethan country house in a semi-ruined state with gardens Lamport Hall Lamport Historic house Tudor home and gardens; also includes Hannington Vintage Tractor Club and Museum with farm equipment Long Buckby Museum Long Buckby Local Museum of Leathercraft Northampton Fashion located in the Grosvenor shopping centre, development of leathercraft Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Northampton Multiple Shoe collection, art, decorative arts, local history Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust Hunsbury Hill Railway Heritage railway and museum Oundle Museum Oundle Local history Piddington Villa Museum Piddington Archaeology Artefacts and remains of a large Roman villa Prebendal Manor House Nassington Historic house Rockingham Castle Corby Historic house Former royal castle and hunting lodge with gardens, grounds Rothwell Arts and Heritage Centre Rothwell Multiple local history, art Rushden Museum Rushden Local local history especially the shoe industry Rushden Transport Museum Rushden Railway Railway memorabilia, rolling stock, road transport vehicles Southwick Hall Southwick Historic house medieval manor house, gardens, grounds Sulgrave Manor Sulgrave Historic house Ancestral home of the family of George Washington, reflects Tudor through Georgian eras Sywell Aviation Museum Sywell Aviation Former World War II aerodrome with artefacts, recovered airplane wreckage, local aviation history Wellingborough Museum Wellingborough Local local history, culture Wollaston Museum Wollaston Local information, local history, culture, industry
See also :Category:Tourist attractions in Northamptonshire
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