Bedforshire Museums

Museum of the the geology, archaeology, natural history, and social history of the Bedford area, housed in the former Higgins Castle Brewery. more...
Castle Lane, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, MK40 3XD

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: off the High Street, near the Embankment
Website: Bedford Museum
Email: bmuseum@bedford.gov.uk
Phone: 01234 353 323
Fax: 01234 273 401
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Splendid recreated Victorian mansion adjoining gallery housing collections of watercolours, prints and drawings, as well as lace, glass and ceramics. Pleasant garden setting near the embankment.
Castle Lane, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, MK40 3RP

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: in town centre, E of High Street
Website: Cecil Higgins Art Gallery
Email: chag@bedford.gov.uk
Phone: 01234 211 222
Fax: 01234 327 149
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At one end of the village green in Elstow is the old Moot Hall, a picturesque 15th century building of brick and timber which now houses a museum of 17th century life with a focus on the life and career of John Bunyan. more...
Elstow, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, MK42 9XT

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: on the S edge of Bedford
Website: Elstow Moot Hall
Email: moot.hall@bedscc.gov.uk
Phone: 01234 266 889
Fax: 01234 228 315
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The LBRM is one of the most popular narrow-gauge railways in the country, and the top visitor attraction in Leighton Buzzard. The line was first built in 1919 to carry sand, but since 1968 has operated steam-driven round-trip passenger services between Pages Parks and Stonehenge Works, a journey of just over an hour. The railway also maintains the largest collection of narrow-guage locomotives in Britain. more...
Page’s Park Station, Billington Road Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, LU7 4TN

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: Page’s Park station is on the S edge of Leighton Buzzard, on the A4146
Website: Leighton Buzzard Railway Museum
Email: station@lbngrs.org.uk
Phone: 01525 373 888
Fax: 01525 377 814
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Housed in a large Victorian mansion, the Wardown Park Museum focusses on the traditional crafts of Bedfordshire, notably lace-making and hat-making. There are samples of local lace from as early as the 17th century. Extensive displays of decorative arts, including Saxon jewelry. There are also exhibits of costumes, straw-plaiting, fine arts, and several Victorian room settings, as well as medieval guild books. more...
Wardown Park, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, LU2 7HA

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: one and a half miles N of town centre, in Wardown Park
Email: museum.gallery@luton.gov.uk
Phone: 01582 546 722
Fax: 01582 546 763
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Shuttleworth is really 3 attractions rolled into one based around the Victorian mansion of Shuttleworth House. First there is a remarkable collection of veteran and vintage airplanes dating back to the earliest days of flight. The second centre of attraction at Shuttleworth is the collection of vintage automobiles and motorcycles, dating back to an 1898 Panhard et Levassor. And the third is the 10-acre Swiss Garden. more...
Old Warden Park, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England, SG18 9EA

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: off the A1 W of Biggleswade
Website: Shuttleworth Collection
Email: collection@shuttleworth.org
Phone: 01767 627 927
Fax: 01767 627 949
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This award-winning museum is set beside Stockwood Country Park in Luton. The museum covers 9 centuries of garden history, plus displays on rural life and crafts in Bedfordshire. The Mossman Collection of horse-drawn vehicles is the largest display of its kind in the UK. Exhibits trace the story of transport before the advent of the motor car, and there is also a section devoted to modern vehicles such as A Luton tram and vintage cars. Visitors can even go for rides in collection vehicles. more...
Farley Hill, Luton, Bedfordshire, England, LU1 4BH

Attraction Type: Museum
Location: 2 miles S of town centre, near junction 10 of the M1
Phone: 01582 54 86 00
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