List of museums in Shropshire Facts for Kids

This list of museums in Shropshire, 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	Region	Type	Summary
Acton Scott Working Farm	Acton Scott	Shropshire	Farm	Victorian period working farm
Attingham Park	Atcham	Shropshire	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, late 18th century country mansion, gardens
Battlefield 1403	Battlefield	Shropshire	Military	website, site and history of the Battle of Shrewsbury, near Battlefield Heritage Park
Benthall Hall	Benthall, Broseley	Shropshire	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, 16th century country house, gardens
Bishop's Castle Railway and Transport Museum	Bishop's Castle	Shropshire	Transportation	History of the Bishop's Castle Railway
Blists Hill Victorian Town	Madeley	Telford and Wrekin	Living	Late 19th century period Victorian town, includes steam-operated pithead, chemist, squatters cottage, schoolhouse and a bank, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Bog Visitor Centre	Stiperstones	Shropshire	Local	website, natural history, geology and mining heritage of the area
Boscobel House	Boscobel	Shropshire	Historic house	Operated by English Heritage, restored 17th century timber-framed house and farm, site where Charles II famously hid in a tree to escape discovery by Parliamentary soldiers after the Battle of Worcester, includes dairy, farmyard, smithy, gardens, and a descendant of The Royal Oak
Bridgnorth Museum	Bridgnorth	Shropshire	Local	website, website, local history, culture
Broseley Pipeworks	Broseley	Telford and Wrekin	Industry	Former clay tobacco pipe making factory, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Cambrian Heritage Railways	Oswestry	Shropshire	Railway	Heritage railway and museum
Clun Town Museum	Clun	Shropshire	Local	information, local history and town regalia, located in town hall
Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron	Coalbrookdale	Telford and Wrekin	Industry	17th century ironworks, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums, includes museum of steel sculpture
Coalport China Museum	Coalport	Telford and Wrekin	Industry	History and production of Coalport chinaware, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Coleham Pumping Station	Coleham	Shropshire	Technology	Victorian pumping station with preserved steam engines
Daniels Mill	Bridgnorth	Shropshire	Mill	18th century working water mill
Darby Houses	Coalbrookdale	Telford and Wrekin	Historic house	17th century period homes of the Quaker managers of the Coalbrookdale Ironworks; one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Dudmaston Hall	Quatt	Shropshire	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, 17th century country mansion and estate, gardens, features important collection of modern art and mid-20th century Spanish paintings and pottery
Engine House	Highley	Shropshire	Railway	Severn Valley Railway visitor center with steam locomotives and railway exhibits, located at the Highley railway station
Enginuity	Coalbrookdale	Telford and Wrekin	Science	Principles of design and technology in industry and manufacturing, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
House on Crutches Museum	Bishop's Castle	Shropshire	Local	website, timber-framed house with local history, domestic and agriculture exhibits
Iron Bridge and Toll House	Ironbridge	Telford and Wrekin	Technology	First arch bridge in the world to be made out of cast iron in 1779, toll house features exhibits on the bridge's construction, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Jackfield Tile Museum	Jackfield, Broseley	Shropshire	Art	Decorative tile factory, galleries showing tiles and period rooms decorated with tiles, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Land of Lost Content	Craven Arms	Shropshire	Popular culture	website, 20th century memorabilia, most made in Britain
Llanymynech Heritage Area	Llanymynech	Shropshire	Industrial history	Historic lime quarry and industrial buildings, including nationally significant Hoffman kiln – one of three still standing in Britain
Ludlow Castle	Ludlow	Shropshire	Historic house	Partly ruined uninhabited medieval castle
Ludlow Museum	Ludlow	Shropshire	Multiple	website, local history, wildlife, archaeology, geology, fossils
Market Drayton Museum	Market Drayton	Shropshire	Local	website, local history
Merrythought	Ironbridge	Telford and Wrekin	Toy museum	Situated at the last remaining British teddy bear manufacturer, Merrythought, who are based in the Ironbridge Gorge
Morville Hall	Bridgnorth	Shropshire	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, Elizabethan house and gardens
Much Wenlock Museum	Much Wenlock	Shropshire	Local	website, local history including the Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games
Museum of the Gorge	Ironbridge	Telford and Wrekin	Local	History of the Ironbridge Gorge, coal mining and local history, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Mythstories Museum of Myth & Fable	Wem	Shropshire	Literary	website, changing displays of legends and folklore, live storytelling
Oswestry Town Museum	Oswestry	Shropshire	Local	website, The Story of Oswestry
Park Hall	Oswestry	Shropshire	Multiple	website, farm park with three museums: Victorian School & Museum, Welsh Guards Museum, and reproduction Iron Age Roundhouse
Royal Air Force Museum Cosford	Cosford	Shropshire	Aviation	website, History of aviation and the Royal Air Force, features war planes, transport and training aircraft, engines, missiles and rocket-powered weapons, exhibits on changes in air technology, Cold War history
Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery	Shrewsbury	Shropshire	Multiple	Local history, art exhibits
Shropshire Regimental Museum	Shrewsbury	Shropshire	Military	Regimental memorabilia and history, located at Shrewsbury Castle
Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre	Craven Arms	Shropshire	Multiple	Area geology, natural history, Iron Age history, art exhibits, local history
Stokesay Castle	Stokesay	Shropshire	Historic house	Operated by English Heritage, medieval fortified manor house
Stokesay Court	Onibury	Shropshire	Historic house	Victorian country house and gardens
Sunnycroft	Wellington	Telford and Wrekin	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, Victorian suburban villa with unaltered late 19th century interior
Tar Tunnel	Coalport	Telford and Wrekin	Industry	Tunnel where bitumen seeps through, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums
Welsh Guards Museum	Oswestry	Shropshire	Military	website, history and memorabilia of the Welsh Guards, located in Park Hall
Whitchurch Heritage Centre	Whitchurch	Shropshire	Local	website, exploring the history of a Shropshire market town, features gallery with art and memorabilia relating to artist Randolph Caldecott and Whitchurch-born musician Edward German
Wilderhope Manor	Wenlock Edge	Shropshire	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, 16th century Tudor manor house, also a youth hostel
Wroxeter Roman City	Wroxeter	Shropshire	Archaeology	Operated by English Heritage, excavated remains and museum with artifacts

List of museums in Shropshire facts for kids

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