There are many museums in Cumbria - from the three modern heritage centres at Carlisle, Whitehaven and Barrow, to the small and sometimes rather unusual museums. There is a pencil museum, a museum of cars used in film and television, a Laurel and Hardy Museum, and a museum of Roman alters.

General Museums & Heritage Centres in Cumbria and the Lake District

• The Beacon
• Dock Museum
• Tullie House
• Helena Thomson Museum
• Kendal Museum
• Keswick Museum
• Maryport Maritime Museum
• Millom Museum
• Penrith Museum
• The Ruskin Museum

Literary Museums in Cumbria and the Lake District

• The Armitt
• Beatrix Potter Gallery
• The Ruskin Museum
• The Wordsworth Museum
• Old Grammar School
• Wordsworth House

Transport Museums in Cumbria and the Lake District

• Lakeland Motor Museum
• Ravenglass Railway Museum"
• Solway Aviation Museum
• Windermere Steamboat Museum

Specialist Museums in Cumbria and the Lake District

• Border Regiment Museum
• Cumberland Pencil Museum
• Guildhall Museum
• Laurel and Hardy Museum
• Museum of Lakeland Life
• Quaker Tapestry
• The Rum Story
• Senhouse Roman Museum
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• Birdoswald Roman Fort
• Farfield Mill

Mining Heritage Centres in Cumbria and the Lake District

• Honister Slate Mine
• Threlkeld Mining Museum
• Keswick Mining Museum
• Nenthead Mine
• Haig Colliery Mining Museum
• Force Crag Mine

The Cars of the Stars Museum, and the Bond Museum in Keswick both closed on 8th May 2011

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