List of museums in Northamptonshire facts for kids

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.

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Name	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	website, 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	website
Cottesbrooke Hall	Creaton	Historic house	18th century Queen Anne-style house, gardens and park
Daventry Museum	Daventry	Local	website
Deene Park	Corby	Historic house	Medieval manor house with rooms from many periods, gardens
Desborough Heritage Centre	Desborough	Local	website
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 artifacts
Jeyes of Earls Barton Museums	Earls Barton	Multiple	website, 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	website, 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	website
Museum of Leathercraft	Long Buckby	Fashion	website, located in the Abington Park Museum, 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	website
Piddington Villa Museum	Piddington	Archaeology	Artifacts and remains of a large Roman villa
Prebendal Manor House	Nassington	Historic house	website
Rockingham Castle	Corby	Historic house	Former royal castle and hunting lodge with gardens, grounds
Rothwell Arts and Heritage Centre	Rothwell	Multiple	website, local history, art
Rushden Museum	Rushden	Local	website, local history especially the shoe industry
Rushden Transport Museum	Rushden	Railway	Railway memorabilia, rolling stock, road transport vehicles
Southwick Hall	Southwick	Historic house	website, 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 artifacts, recovered airplane wreckage, local aviation history
Wellingborough Museum	Wellingborough	Local	website, local history, culture
Wollaston Museum	Wollaston	Local	information, local history, culture, industry