Museums with a Maritime Interest

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Cornwall

Bude: Bude Heritage Centre & Gallery Review: still to be submitted – please send your review to the editor

Isles of Scilly Museum

Lizard Lighthouse Heritage Centre

Mevagissey Museum

National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth

Padstow Museum

Polperro Heritage Museum

Porthcurno Telegraph Museum

Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro

St.Ives Museum (including the Hain Room, on the Hain Steamship company):

Valhalla Figurehead Museum, Tresco, Isles of Scilly:

Devon

The Box, Plymouth

Braunton Museum and Information Centre

Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth Museum

Brixham Heritage Museum

Burton Art Gallery & Museum, Bideford

Combe Martin Museum

Dartmouth: Link Dartmouth Museum Review: https://www.swmaritime.org.uk/dartmouth-museum-review/

Devonport Naval Heritage Site and Visitor Centre

Fairlynch Museum and Arts Centre, Budleigh Salterton

Ilfracombe Museum

Mortehoe Museum

Morwellham Quay Historic Port and Copper Mine Heritage Museum

Museum of British Surfing (Braunton)

North Devon Maritime Museum, Appledore

Salcombe Maritime Museum

Smeaton’s Tower, Plymouth

Teign Heritage Centre (Teignmouth & Shaldon Museum)

Topsham Museum

Dorset

Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre

Bridport Museum

Poole Museum

Poole Old Lifeboat Museum

Portland Museum

Portland Bill Lighthouse Visitor Centre

Somerset

Blake Museum, Bridgwater

Brunel Institute

Minehead Museum

SS Great Britain, Bristol

Watchet Boat Museum

Watchet Market House Museum

Gloucestershire

Gloucester Dock and National Waterways Museum, Gloucester