All venues
We are lucky to have many museums, galleries and archives around the country where you can discover collections relating to the Age of Revolution and explore the historic places where pioneers lived and worked. See how futures were changed and history was made.
Events and venue data provided by Culture24.
September 2020: As museums and galleries around the country begin to reopen please make sure you double check museum websites and social media for opening times to avoid disappointment.
Currently, there are 354 venues on our database.
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Dudley Canal & Tunnel Trust
Dudley, West Midlands
We run regular guided boat trips through the historic tunnels and limestone caverns underneath Castle Hill in Dudley. Millions of years ago deposits of limestone and coal were laid down
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Saltram – National Trust
Plymouth, Devon
Saltram overlooks the River Plym and is set in a rolling landscape park that provides precious green space on the outskirts of Plymouth. Strolling along the riverside or through the
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Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Immerse yourself in life at home and at work at this rural scythe and steelworks dating back to the 1700s, just a 10 minute walk from Millhouses Park and Ecclesall
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Anson Engine Museum
Poynton, Cheshire
As seen on TV, this multi-award winning museum has a great deal to offer visitors. On the site of the old Anson Colliery in Poynton, it is the result
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Beamish – The Living Museum of the North
Beamish, Durham
Experience a real sense of your past at Beamish, and discover what life was like in North East England in the 1820s, 1900s, 1940s and 1950s. Beamish is a living,
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Coldharbour Mill Trust
Collompton, Devon
Welcome to Coldharbour Mill, a 200 year old spinning mill set in the tranquil Devon village of Uffculme. Built by Thomas Fox to spin woollen and later worsted yarns in
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Cheddleton Flint Mill and Museum
Cheddleton Near Leek, Staffordshire
Cheddleton Flint Mill includes two water mills, a miller's cottage, two flint kilns, a drying kiln and outbuildings. The Caldon Canal, which would have supplied the mill by narrow boat,
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Kelham Island Museum
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Kelham Island Museum celebrates 300 years of Sheffield making history Explore the story of making in the city, from master craftsmen to mass production. Experience life and work during the Industrial
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Shepherd Wheel
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
A water powered grinding wheel set on a picturesque stretch of the river Porter. The site dates back to 1584. There are two restored workshops containing all the tools of
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Sir Richard Arkwright’s Cromford Mills
Cromford, Derbyshire
Cromford Mills has been described as the most preserved textile heritage site in the world. It is from here that Sir Richard Arkwright developed technology that changed the world by
