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Free days out for the family
A common dilemma for parents up and down the UK: it’s lashing down with rain and blowing a gale outside, putting pay to your plans for a day out and about in the sunshine. What to do? For those of you struggling for a little last-minute inspiration, we’ve drawn up a list of top indoor museum attractions – aimed at both keeping you in the dry and occupying young minds. Better still – they’re all free. You can thank us later.
Royal Cornwall Museum Truro, Cornwall
Cornwall's oldest museum is famed for its displays of minerals, an unwrapped mummy and many aspects of Cornwall's unique culture. The art gallery includes Newlyn School paintings, while the museum has a range of exhibitions throughout the year together with an extensive programme for all the family. Contact the museum for details of events and activities.
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Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Brighton
A £10-million redevelopment has transformed the museum into a state-of-the-art attraction for all ages. Dynamic new galleries, including fashion, 20th-century design and world art, feature exciting interactive displays. The spacious new entrance in the Royal Pavilion gardens provides full disabled access. Good cafe too.
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Hat Works Museum Stockport
Hat Works is the UK's only museum of the hatting industry, hats and headwear. See how hats are made with a working example of Victorian millinery machinery, while tour guides give you an insight into a once flourishing industry. Browse the extensive collection of hats before relaxing in the Level 2 cafe. There are exhibitions and events throughout the year.
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The National Football Museum Preston, Lancashire
What location could be more fitting for a football museum than Deepdale Stadium, the home of Preston North End? They were founder members and first winners of the professional football league in 1888/9, and won the FA Cup in the same season too. The fascinating trip through football past and present includes a fine display of memorabilia, and interactive displays allow you to commentate on matches and take virtual trips to every League ground in the country. An art gallery is dedicated to the beautiful game.
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Geffrye Museum London E2
This is the only museum in the UK to specialise in house rooms and the furniture of town dwellers. A sequence of period rooms spanning from 1600 to the present day capture the nature of our interior style. The museum is set in 18th-century almshouses, and a series of gardens highlight changes from the 17th to the 20th century. One of the almshouses has been restored to its original condition and is open on selected days (phone for details). Try the attractive restaurant for lunch.
The National Railway Museum is the world's largest railway museum. It has the legendary Flying Scotsman, enormous galleries, interactive exhibits and daily events. A new attraction is a ride on the Norwich Union Yorkshire Wheel. Rising 54 metres into the sky, it offers spectacular panoramas of York's historic city centre and the surrounding countryside. (There is a charge for the wheel.)
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Oxford University Museum of Natural History Oxford
Built between 1855 and 1860, this museum of the 'natural sciences' intended to satisfy a growing interest in biology, botany, archaeology, zoology and entomology. Author Lewis Carroll visited the museum with young Alice Liddell and her two sisters soon after it opened. Some of the characters in his book 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', published in 1865, are inspired by exhibits in the museum. Look out for the dodo, and the dinosaurs too.
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People's Palace & Winter Gardens Glasgow
Glasgow was once the second city of the British Empire. Trade with the Americas, and later industry, made the city rich. But not everyone shared in Glasgow's wealth. The People's Palace on historic Glasgow Green shows how ordinary Glaswegians worked, lived and played. Discover how a family lived in a typical one-room Glasgow 'single end' tenement flat; see Billy Connolly's amazing banana boots; learn to speak Glesga; take a trip 'doon the watter' and visit the Winter Gardens.
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St Fagans: National History Museum St Fagans, Cardiff
St Fagans is Wales' most-popular heritage attraction. Over 40 traditional Welsh buildings from different periods have been reconstructed among 100 acres of beautiful grounds. They give a fascinating insight into how people in Wales lived, worked and spent their leisure time. You can also see people practising traditional crafts, the animals they kept and, at certain times of year, the ways in which they celebrated the seasons.
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National Roman Legion Museum Caerleon, Newport
The museum illustrates the Roman legionary fort of Caerleon and the daily life of its garrison. On display are arms, armour and equipment, a collection of engraved gemstones, and a labyrinth mosaic. At weekends and school holidays children can try on replica armour and experience the life of a Roman soldier. Or you can picnic around the nearby amphitheatre, the most complete one in Britain. (And practice being a gladiator: 'My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius ...')
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