Museums in the United Kingdom
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- Published: 05 May 2010 05 May 2010
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Alderney Museum
Lower High Street
Alderney, UK
Channel Islands Military Museum
The 5 Mile Road
St. Ouen
Jersey
Housed in a German bunker, the collections include an Enigma machine and motorcycles.
Eden Camp
Malton
North Yorkshire, UK
www.edencamp.co.uk
Elizabeth Castle
St Aubin's Bay
Jersey
It has Axis artillery pieces on display.
German Occupation Museum
Forest
Guernsey, UK
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth RoadLondon, UK
Photos from the museum
www.iwm.org.uk
Imperial War Museum Duxford
Cambridgeshire, UK
www.iwm.org.uk/duxford
Jersey War Tunnels
Les Charrieres Malorey
St Lawrence, Jersey
www.jerseywartunnels.com
This was formerly known as the German Underground Hospital.
Kent Battle of Britain Museum
Aerodrome Road, Hawkinge
Nr. Folkestone, Kent, UK
www.kbobm.org
Includes Granau Baby Glider, V1 and remains of several Bf 109.
La Valette Underground Military Museum
Hohlgang 4
St.Peter Port
Guernsey, UK
Midland Air Museum
Coventry Airport
Rowley Road
Baginton
Warwickshire, CV3 8AZ, UK
www.midlandairmuseum.co.uk
Includes Flettner Fl 282 Kolibri helicopter.
Muckleburgh Collection
Weybourne, Norfolk, UK
Includes 88mm flak.
National Museum of Flight
East Fortune AirfieldNorth Berwick
Lothian, Scotland, UK
www.nms.ac.uk/museumofflighthomepage.aspx
Includes Messerschmitt Me 163B and Fritz X guided bomb.
Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum
East Anglia's Aviation Heritage Centre
The Street, Flixton
Bungay, Suffolk, UK
www.aviationmuseum.net
Queen's Lancashire Regiment Museum
Fulwood Barracks
Preston, UK
RAF Museum Cosford
Cosford, UKwww.rafmuseum.org.uk
Includes Me 410, Me 262, Me 163, Fi 156, Fritz X, Hagelkorn, Rheintochter missiles.
RAF Museum, Hendon
Grahame Park WayHendon, London, UK
Phone. +44 (0)20-8205 2266
Fax. +44 (0)20-8200 1751
www.rafmuseum.org.uk
Redoubt Fortress & Military Museum
Royal Parade
Eastbourne
East Sussex
www.eastbournemuseums.co.uk
Includes a staff car used by Generaloberst Hans-Jürgen von Arnim.
The Rotunda
Woolwich, London, UK
Includes artillery such as 88mm flak.
Royal Armouries Museum
Armouries Drive
Leeds, UK
www.royalarmouries.org
Royal College of Military Science
Shrivenham, Wiltshire, UKPrivate collection that includes Tiger II, Henschel turret.
Royal Naval Submarine Museum
Gosport, UKIncludes midget submarine.
Science Museum
Exhibition RoadLondon, UK
www.nmsi.ac.uk
Includes Messerschmitt Me163B-1 Komet
Shoreham Aircraft Museum
Shoreham Village, Sevenoaks, Kentwww.shoreham-aircraft-museum.co.uk
Includes the cockpit and nose of a KG 54 Ju88.
Sussex Combined Services Museum
Shrivenham, Wiltshire, UKEastbourne, Sussex, UK
Includes Steyr staff car.
Tank Museum
Bovington, UKPhotos from the museum
www.tankmuseum.co.uk
Wight Military History Charitable Trust
490 Newport Road, CowesIsle of Wight , PO31 8QU
www.isleofwight.com/militarymuseum/