MUSEUMS - MUSEUM ATTRACTIONS

Nr Spilsby Lincolnshire. Tel 01790 763207 Experience the sights and sounds, smells and atmosphere of a world war two bomber airfield. The only place in the country to see a Lancaster Bomber on an original wartime airfield. Original control tower, NAAFI and Memorial Chapel containing the 848 names of personnel who gave their lives.

Duxford Cambridgeshire. Tel 01223 835000 Duxford is Europe's premier aviation museum, as well as having one of the finest collections of tanks, military vehicles and naval exhibits in the country. This famous heritage site began as an airfield in the First World War, and played a vital role in the Second World War.

Weybourne Norfolk. Tel 01263 588210 Visit the UK's largest privately owned working military museum with a large collection of over 120 military vehicles, tanks and guns plus military items from operation desert storm. Visit our shop with militaria and scale models. Learn how to drive a tank or experience a ride in an army personal carrier.

Cambridge Cambridgeshire. Tel 01223 332900 The museum is the art museum of the University of Cambridge and was founded in 1816 by the bequest of the VIIth Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion and contains magnificent collections of works of art and antiquities of national and international importance.

Peterborough Cambridgeshire. Tel 01733 313414 Home to a unique ancient wooden monument, the kilometre long wooden causeway and platform have been preserved for 3500 years in the wetland and is one of the most important archaeological sites in Europe. View a preserved section of the ritual causeway and excavation artefacts.

Bungay Suffolk. Tel 01986 896644 The museum has many aircrafts that includes Fairchild F.24 C8F, Grunau Baby IIIb, Wasp Falcon 4 Hang Glider and many more. While walking around the museum you will be able to study a great many archaeological finds which have been found at major aircraft crash sites.

Waterbeach Cambridgeshire. Tel 01223 860988 Discover farming through the ages and learn about the rural history with object displays that are interactive for all ages. Visit a village shop and see a magnificent 17th century stone barn and the workshops which include a basket maker and a blacksmith. All will enjoy it.

Ely Cambridgeshire Tel 01353 666655 The Museum takes you on a journey through time from prehistory to the twentieth century. Encounter the collection of fossils from marine dinosaurs, prehistoric tools and weapons, Roman pottery and Anglo Saxon jewellery. Watch the story of life in the fens and learn how eels were caught.

Newmarket Suffolk. Tel 01638 667 314 As the home of horseracing, Newmarket is steeped in equine history. To fully capture the essence of this unique town the Museum operates a number of its own tours throughout the season. Learn about the early days of racing, its royal origins and races, the thoroughbred, owners, trainers and jockeys.

Dickleburgh Norfolk. Tel 01379 740708 Housed in the original airfield control tower and other atmospheric buildings the museum is a moving testament to the Americans who fought alongside the allies during WW2. Display's of model airplanes, a Wiillys Jeep, recreation of a crashed P38 lighting, B17 Flying Fortress ball turret and more.