List of museums in Berkshire facts for kids

This list of museums in Berkshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context 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.

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Name	Town/City	Type	Summary
Basildon Park	Basildon	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, 18th century Georgian mansion, gardens, park
Berkshire Medical Heritage Centre	Reading	Medical	In the 1881 built laundry building of the Royal Berkshire Hospital
Cole Museum of Zoology	Reading	Natural history	Part of the University of Reading, complete tour of the diversity of the animal kingdom
Eton College Natural History Museum	Eton	Natural history	Part of Eton College, mounted animals, fossils, fish
Frogmore House	Windsor	Historic house	Royal country residence
Look Out Discovery Centre	Bracknell	Science	website, hands-on science and nature exhibits
Maidenhead Heritage Centre	Maidenhead	Local	Local history, culture
Museum of Berkshire Aviation	Woodley	Aviation	Locally-made aircraft
Museum of English Rural Life	Reading	Agriculture	Part of the University of Reading, rural history, crafts, farming
Museum of Eton Life	Eton	Education	Part of Eton College, school history, traditions and graduates
Museum of Reading	Reading	Multiple	Local history, culture, art, Roman artifacts
Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock	Reading	Multiple	Turbine machinery, gypsy life, art, mill wheel
Shaw House	Shaw	Historic house	Elizabethan grand house with five unfurnished rooms, exhibits about the house
Slough Museum	Slough	Local	Local history, culture
South Hill Park Arts Centre	Birch Hill	Art
Stanley Spencer Gallery	Cookham	Art	Works by English painter Sir Stanley Spencer
Thames Valley Police Museum	Sulhamstead	Law enforcement	Open by appointment
Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology	Reading	Archaeology	Part of the University of Reading, Greek and Etruscan ceramics and terracottas, Egyptian artifacts
West Berkshire Museum	Newbury	Local	Local history, culture
Windsor and Royal Borough Museum	Windsor	Local	Local history, culture, formerly the Royal Borough Museum Collection
Windsor Castle	Windsor	Historic house	One of the official residences of the British monarch, includes significant art collection