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leisure
museums and galleries
| Ashmolean
Museum Oxford |
Art and Archaeology |
| Berkshire
Museum of Aviation Woodley RG5 4UE |
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| Benson
Veteran Cycle Museum Benson Wallingford OX10 6LH |
600 veteran and vintage cycles dating from 1818 to 1930 |
| Berkshire
Medical Heritage Centre Royal Berkshire Hospital |
Historical medical items particularly those with a local connection |
| Blake's Lock Museum Reading RG1 3DH |
Closed for redevelopment - due to open in 2004 See link for progress |
| British Museum London | Art and antiquities |
| Brooklands
Museum Webridge Surrey |
Motorsport and aviation |
| Buckinghamshire County Museum Aylesbury | |
| The
Cole Museum of Zoology University of Reading Reading RG6 6AJ |
Over 4000 specimens |
| Cowper and Newton Museum Olney Bucks | |
| Didcot Railway Centre Didcot OX11 7NJ |
Great Western Railway steam locomotives in an
original engine shed, reconstructed station, relics display etc. Steamdays: see the engines work; travel in 1930's carriages - call for dates |
| John Madejski Art Gallery Reading Museum RG1 1QH |
A programme of changing exhibitions, some drawn from the Museum's Art collection, some on tour from other Institutions and some drawn from the local community. |
Museum of English Rural
LifeUniversity of Reading Reading RG6 2AG |
Amazing collections relating to food, farming
and the countryside and an exciting programme of free events. Admission: Free |
| Household
Cavalry Museum Windsor SL4 3DN |
Regimental museum Weapons, uniforms, furniture and artefacts over 300+ years of cavalry history |
| London and Duxford | |
| London Transport Museum | |
| Madame Tussaud's | |
| Milestones Living History Museum Basingstoke | From the Victorian period to the 1930s |
| Modern
Art Oxford Oxford 0X1 1BP |
International 20th Century and contemporary art |
| The
Natural History Museum |
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| Oxford University Museum of Natural History | |
| Museum of Reading |
Features The Story of Reading and Britain's
Bayeux
Tapestry, Reading's faithful Victorian replica, interactive
Box Room (handle museum objects) Shows Reading's development from a Saxon settlement on the banks of the River Kennet to the commercial heart of the Thames Valley Tue-Sat 10am-4pm (Thu to 7pm) Sun and Bank Holidays 11am-4pm Admission free |
| REME
Museum of Technology Arborfield RG2 9NJ |
Military museum of the Army's main repair corps Also displays of development of military technology Open Mon-Thu, 9am-4.30pm, Fri, 9am-4pm |
| River
& Rowing Museum Henley RG9 1BF |
Covers over 250,000 years of life on the river River Thames from source to sea with its history and wildlife |
| Rural Life Centre Farnham, Surrey | Many aspects of village and rural life in realistic settings |
| Museum of the History of Science Oxford | |
| The
Science Museum London |
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| Slough Museum | |
| STEAM Swindon | Museum of the Great Western Railway |
| Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Chichester | Special emphasis on the RAF at Tangmere and the air war over southern England from 1939 to 1945 |
| Ure
Museum of Greek Archaeology University of Reading Reading RG6 6AA |
Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Over 2,000 objects |
| Victoria & Albert Museum London | Museum of applied and decorative arts |
| Wallingford
Museum Wallingford OX10 0DB |
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| West
Berkshire Museum Newbury RG14 5AS |
Housed in the 17th century Cloth Hall and 18th
century Granary Displaying jewellery, costume, traditional crafts, local history and archaeology Open Mon-Tue, Thu-Sat |
updated:
18 october 06