List of museums in Lincolnshire facts for kids

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This list of museums in Lincolnshire, England helps you discover places where you can explore history, art, and science! Museums are special spots that collect and look after interesting objects. These objects can be about culture, art, science, or history. They share their collections or cool exhibits with everyone. This list also includes art galleries that are non-profit and university art galleries.

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Art and Creativity

20-21 Visual Arts Centre (Scunthorpe): This is a lively place focused on visual arts. You can see many different kinds of art here.
Ayscoughfee Hall Museum (Spalding): This historic house from the 15th century also has an art gallery.
Boston Guildhall (Boston): Besides its history, this medieval building also hosts art exhibits.
Cleethorpes Discovery Centre (Cleethorpes): This centre features an art exhibition gallery where you can see creative works.
The Collection (Lincoln): This big museum has a mix of things, including fine and decorative arts in the Usher Gallery.
The National Centre for Craft & Design (Sleaford): A hub for modern craft and design, showing off amazing handmade creations.
The Ropewalk (Barton-upon-Humber): This arts centre has four galleries, artist studios, and even a museum about its past as a rope factory!

Historic Homes and Castles

Alford Manor House (Alford): Step back in time at this 17th-century thatched manor house with lovely gardens and an art gallery.
Ayscoughfee Hall Museum (Spalding): A beautiful medieval Tudor merchant's house from the 15th century, with gardens to explore.
Belton House (Belton): A grand 17th-century country house run by the National Trust. It's full of fancy decor, silverware, and paintings.
Browne's Hospital (Stamford): A medieval almshouse, which was a place where poor people could live. You can take tours by appointment.
Doddington Hall & Gardens (Doddington): A late-17th-century house with beautiful Georgian rooms. It's packed with old furniture, paintings, and ceramics.
Epworth Old Rectory (Epworth): This early-18th-century house is where John Wesley and Charles Wesley, who started Methodism, were born.
Gainsborough Old Hall (Gainsborough): A medieval manor house with timber frames and brick, managed by English Heritage.
Grantham House (Grantham): A historic townhouse run by the National Trust, showing different time periods. It has lovely gardens.
Grimsthorpe Castle (Bourne): A huge country estate with paintings, furniture, and tapestries. It has gardens designed by the famous Capability Brown.
Lincoln Castle (Lincoln): A medieval castle with a courtroom and prison. It also has an exhibit about the famous Magna Carta.
Lincoln Medieval Bishop's Palace (Lincoln): Explore the remains of a medieval palace with a visitor centre and audio tour.
Moulton Windmill (Moulton): An early-19th-century tower windmill, great for seeing how old mills worked.
Mrs Smith's Cottage (Navenby): An early Victorian brick cottage that shows how people lived with few modern comforts long ago.
Normanby Hall Museum and Country Park (Burton upon Stather): An early-19th-century mansion with a farming museum, a Victorian walled garden, and even a miniature railway!
Scawby Hall (Scawby): An early Jacobean manor house with a rich history.
Tattershall Castle (Tattershall): A fantastic 15th-century medieval castle run by the National Trust.
Woolsthorpe Manor (Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth): The birthplace of the famous scientist Sir Isaac Newton. It's a 17th-century farmhouse with hands-on science activities.

Military and Aviation History

50 and 61 Squadron Museum (Lincoln): Learn about the history of No. 50 Squadron RAF and No. 61 Squadron RAF and RAF Skellingthorpe during World War II.
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre (Coningsby): Take tours to see historic World War II aircraft that are still used in flight shows today.
Cranwell Aviation Heritage Centre (Cranwell): Discover the history of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell.
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre (East Kirkby): Focuses on the history of the RAF Bomber Command during World War II.
Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre (Metheringham): Learn about the World War II RAF 106 Bomber Squadron at RAF Metheringham.
Museum of RAF Firefighting (RAF Scampton): This museum has over 40 military and civilian fire engines and pumps, some dating back to wartime!
RAF Digby Sector Ops Room Museum (Digby): See a restored World War II Sector Operations headquarters.
RAF Scampton Museum (Scampton): Explore the history of RAF Scampton.
RAF Skellingthorpe Heritage Room (Skellingthorpe): Learn about the history of RAF Skellingthorpe.
RAF Waddington Heritage Centre (Lincoln): Discover the history and memorabilia of RAF Waddington. You need to book an appointment to visit.
RAF Wickenby Memorial Collection (Langworth): This museum shares the history and memorabilia of RAF Wickenby.
South Lincolnshire Military Museum (Gosberton): A place to learn about military history in South Lincolnshire.
Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre (Thorpe Park): Explore the history and artifacts of RAF Woodhall Spa from World War II and beyond. It includes aircraft, missiles, and models.

Local History and Culture

Baysgarth House Museum (Barton-upon-Humber): Dive into the local history and culture of the area.
Boston Guildhall (Boston): Learn about the history of this medieval guildhall, its courtroom, and the town itself.
Bourne Heritage Centre (Bourne): Located at Baldock's Mill, this centre covers local history, culture, and famous people like auto racing driver Raymond Mays and fashion designer Charles Frederick Worth.
Burgh Museum (Burgh Le Marsh): Focuses on the local history of Burgh Le Marsh.
Caistor Arts & Heritage Centre (Caistor): Explores local history and includes the Caistor Library and exhibition space.
Cottage Museum (Woodhall Spa): Learn about the local history and culture of Woodhall Spa.
Discover Stamford (Stamford): A heritage display found in Stamford Library.
Grantham Museum (Grantham): Covers local history, culture, and famous figures like Sir Isaac Newton and Margaret Thatcher. It also tells the story of the World War II "Dambusters" raid.
Grimsby Town Hall Time Trap Museum (Grimsby): Located in the town hall, this museum explores local history and the old prison.
Louth Museum (Louth): Learn about local history, culture, archaeology, geology, and natural history.
Magdalen College Museum (Wainfleet All Saints): Explores local history and culture.
Museum of Lincolnshire Life (Lincoln): Discover local and social history, with Victorian rooms, old shop displays, and exhibits about the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and farming equipment.
North Lincolnshire Museum (Scunthorpe): Covers the local history and culture of North Lincolnshire.
Owston Ferry Smithy (Owston Ferry): A local history museum that includes an old blacksmith shop.
St Katherine’s Heritage and Cultural Centre (Lincoln): Features local heritage and culture exhibits and programs.
The Village Church Farm (Skegness): An open-air museum showing local history, old farming tools, and traditional buildings like a cottage and an 18th-century farmhouse.
Welbourn Forge (Welbourn): A working forge and blacksmith shop where you can see how things were made long ago.
Wilderspin National School (Barton-upon-Humber): Learn about education pioneer Samuel Wilderspin and see recreations of his 19th-century classrooms.
Ye Olde Curiosity Museum (Mablethorpe): A fun collection of old items like lampshades, Christmas decorations, and kitchen memorabilia.

Technology and Industry

Anderby Drainage Museum (Anderby): Located in an old pumping station, this museum shows engines and tools used for drainage.
Burgh le Marsh Heritage Centre (Burgh Le Marsh): Also known as Dobson's Mill, this early-19th-century tower windmill has exhibits on local history.
Chain Bridge Forge (Spalding): A living museum where you can watch blacksmithing demonstrations and learn about local history and even 3D printing!
Cogglesford Mill (Sleaford): A working watermill from the late 18th century.
Dogdyke Steam Drainage Station (Tattershall): See a restored steam engine used for draining land.
Gayton Engine Pumping Station (Theddlethorpe): A 1930s pumping station with an engine and exhibits about how land was drained.
Heckington Windmill (Heckington): An impressive 8-sailed tower windmill.
Maud Foster Windmill (Boston): A seven-story, five-sail working windmill.
Moulton Windmill (Moulton): An early-19th-century tower windmill.
The Museum of Technology (Throckenholt): Explores the history of electrical, electronic, and warfare technology from 1850 to 1980.
Navigation House (Sleaford): Learn about the history of the Sleaford Navigation, a canal that helped transport goods.
North Ings Farm Museum (Dorrington): Features tractors, farm machinery, old vehicles, a narrow gauge railway, and even a fairground organ!
Pinchbeck Engine (Pinchbeck): See powerful steam-powered engines used for drainage.
Sibsey Trader Mill (Sibsey): A late-19th-century six-story windmill, owned by English Heritage.
Waltham Windmill (Waltham): A late-19th-century six-sailed windmill.
Wrawby Windmill (Wrawby): A mid-18th-century four-sailed windmill.

Transportation Museums

Bubble Car Museum (Cranwell): A fun collection of tiny "bubble cars" and microcars, plus 1950s items.
Gordon Boswell Romany Museum (Spalding): See a unique collection of traditional Romani wagons.
Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre (Grimsby): Learn all about the fishing industry in the 1950s in this area.
Heckington Railway and Heritage Museum (Heckington): A preserved Victorian railway station with old artifacts, model railways, and local history displays.
Immingham Museum (Immingham): Focuses on the history of the Great Central Railway, other railways, and the building of the Immingham Dock.
Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum (North Hykeham): See vintage cars, buses, and commercial vehicles, plus old road transport items and a 1950s/60s garage workshop.
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway (Ludborough): A heritage railway where you can ride old trains and visit the museum.
The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft (Sandtoft): See preserved trolleybuses and experience a recreated 1950s/1960s street scene and home.

Other Interesting Museums

Burton Fen Collection (Pinchbeck): A music hall with a collection of pipe organs, old movie posters, and advertisements.
Haywain Farm Museum (Epworth): Learn about agriculture and farming history.
Natural World Centre (Thorpe on the Hill): A nature discovery centre for Whisby Nature Park.
Spalding Flower Bulb Museum (Pinchbeck): Discover the history of the local flower bulb growing industry.
St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber (Barton-upon-Humber): Operated by English Heritage, this site shows remains and artifacts from a 10th-century Anglo-Saxon church.
Thornton Abbey (Thornton Curtis): Also run by English Heritage, you can see the gatehouse and remains of a medieval priory.