Best places: Historical place museums in Coventry

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Big Pit National Coal Museum
Historical place museum
Former colliery with interactive displays on mining life and trips underground guided by ex-miners.
4.80 (5K reviews) (~129.83 km from centre)
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Harvington Hall
Historical place museum
Elizabethan and Georgian mansion with surviving priest holes and wall paintings, plus a malt house.
4.80 (840 reviews) (~45.74 km from centre)
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Dover Castle
Castle
Military museum, medieval underground works, labyrinthine war-time tunnels, with views and tours.
4.70 (14.8K reviews) (~241.35 km from centre)
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Bletchley Park
Historical landmark
Large Victorian mansion with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
4.70 (13.8K reviews) (~69.65 km from centre)
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Leeds Castle
Castle
Travel from a medieval queen's room to the 1920s, plus gardens, golf, zip slides & falconry.
4.70 (11.4K reviews) (~195.58 km from centre)
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Corfe Castle
Castle
1000-year-old royal castle shaped by warfare, with ruins to explore, views and a wildlife walk.
$$ $$
4.70 (9.6K reviews) (~200.22 km from centre)
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Ashmolean Museum
Museum
Ancient & modern art & antiquities covering world civilisations, plus fine & applied arts.
4.70 (8.4K reviews) (~74.57 km from centre)
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British Motor Museum
Museum
Lively destination with over 300 classic cars on display, plus interactive features & tours.
4.70 (8.2K reviews) (~24.51 km from centre)
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D-Day Centre & WW2 Museum - Portland, Dorset
War museum
👍👍 What an amazing museum, absolutely fantastic. Extremely informative with guides willing to answer any questions you may have. Stunning displays of military equipment most of which you can sit in, guns and weapons you can hold. The tank, the spitfire, the hospital truck, all the vehicles, truly amazi...
4.80 (745 reviews) (~214.53 km from centre)
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National Trust - Erddig
Historical place museum
Massive 18th-century manor offering tours of the family house & its ornate 12,000-acre garden.
$$ $$
4.70 (4.4K reviews) (~122.02 km from centre)
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National Trust - Speke Hall, Garden and Estate
Historical place museum
Riverside estate house with over 400 years of history, extensive serene grounds and woodland.
$$ $$
4.70 (4.1K reviews) (~137.98 km from centre)
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Stokesay Castle
Castle
Fine English Heritage medieval fortified manor, chapel, garden and moat walk with free audio tour.
4.70 (1.9K reviews) (~89.58 km from centre)
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Western Approaches
Historical place museum
Restored, former secret underground HQ for directing the Battle of the Atlantic war effort.
4.70 (1.1K reviews) (~149.1 km from centre)
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Castle Acre Priory
Castle
Well preserved Cluniac monastic site dating from 1090, plus a herb garden and display of artifacts.
4.70 (1.1K reviews) (~151.84 km from centre)
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Churchill War Rooms
History museum
Secret underground headquarters where Prime Minister Winston Churchill lived and worked during WWII.
4.60 (12.9K reviews) (~138.22 km from centre)
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Osborne
Historical landmark
Italian-inspired mansion amid lush gardens and filled with Victoria and Albert's former possessions.
4.60 (8.4K reviews) (~185.09 km from centre)
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Norton Priory Museum & Gardens
Historical place museum
Museum tracing 900 years of history and boasting an 18th-century walled garden, all set in woodland.
4.70 (712 reviews) (~130.21 km from centre)
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Bolsover Castle
Castle
Intricately decorated romantic castle with discovery centre and extensive scenic grounds and a cafe.
4.60 (5.6K reviews) (~92.66 km from centre)
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Glastonbury Abbey
Abbey
Fabled remains of a wealthy monastery with links to King Arthur and Guinevere and a visitor centre.
4.60 (5.4K reviews) (~162.99 km from centre)
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York Castle Museum
Historical place museum
Victorian-era cobbled street recreated indoors with costumed guides, plus other exhibits.
4.60 (5.4K reviews) (~174.42 km from centre)
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