Best places: Archaeological museums in Manchester

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Ashmolean Museum
Museum
Ancient & modern art & antiquities covering world civilisations, plus fine & applied arts.
4.70 (8.4K reviews) (~202.91 km from centre)
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Vindolanda
Museum
An archaeological site and museum around an excavated Roman fort and village, with bath-house ruins.
4.70 (3.1K reviews) (~168.26 km from centre)
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Great Orme Mines
Tourist attraction
World's largest prehistoric copper mine, with a visitor center, self-guided tunnel tours & a shop.
4.70 (1.3K reviews) (~107.49 km from centre)
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JORVIK Viking Centre
History museum
A fully reconstructed Viking village complete with the sights and smells, and an adjoining museum.
4.60 (9.6K reviews) (~93.26 km from centre)
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Manchester Museum
Archaeological museum
Free, wide-ranging global collections including mummies and dinosaurs, plus a busy events programme.
4.60 (7.3K reviews) (~1.62 km from centre)
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Creswell Crags
Archaeological site
Archaeological museum in a limestone gorge, caves and fissures, with prehistoric tools and art.
4.60 (2.9K reviews) (~73.78 km from centre)
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National Roman Legion Museum
Archaeological museum
Museum with kids' activities in 50-acre Roman fort with barracks and renowned amphitheatre remains.
4.60 (495 reviews) (~213.34 km from centre)
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Flag Fen Archaeology Park
Tourist attraction
3,500 year-old archaeological site with Bronze age causeway remains and reconstructed round houses.
4.50 (678 reviews) (~170.33 km from centre)
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DIG: An Archaeological Adventure
Archaeological museum
Archeology museum where children unearth replica historical finds in hands-on excavations.
4.50 (641 reviews) (~93.52 km from centre)
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West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
Archaeological site
Open-air living-history museum with a reconstructed 5th–7th c. village, visitor centre & cafe.
4.40 (1.2K reviews) (~232.85 km from centre)
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Binchester Roman Fort
Archaeological museum
Archeological site with ruins of a Roman fort, settlement & bathhouse founded around AD 79.
4.40 (245 reviews) (~138.16 km from centre)
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Museum of Archaeology • Durham University
Archaeological museum
Museum at Durham University exhibiting artifacts from the prehistoric, classical & medieval periods.
4.60 (94 reviews) (~150.44 km from centre)
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Wiltshire Museum
Archaeological museum
Gold and other items from Stonehenge feature in an exhibition of Wiltshire's history and people.
4.70 (77 reviews) (~237.43 km from centre)
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Cawthorn Roman Camp
Archaeological museum
👍 Free entry, as with anything from the Roman era, don't go expecting to see buildings remaining. It is the earth works of the camps that remain, great views of the surrounding area can be seen. Took about 35 minutes to walk around, plenty of parking is available.
4.50 (103 reviews) (~131.36 km from centre)
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Museum of Classical Archaeology
Archaeological museum
Large 19th-century space holding hundreds of plaster casts of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures.
4.60 (76 reviews) (~212.7 km from centre)
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Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru
Archive
👍👍 I love my rich heritage
4.60 (73 reviews) (~170.1 km from centre)
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The Garstang Museum of Archaeology
Archaeological museum
Compact museum featuring excavated Egyptian relics & other prehistoric items, including a mummy.
4.60 (58 reviews) (~48.41 km from centre)
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National Trust - Penmaen and Nicholaston Burrows
Museum
👍👍 Visited on a wet Tuesday afternoon but the view alone was worth the effort. A long walk down to the beach so we stayed at the top. Beware of following Google maps or satnav if driving as you're taken down a narrow dead-end road with a final turn warning you not to follow the satnav. You can see the...
4.60 (55 reviews) (~247 km from centre)
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Hereford Museum and Art Gallery
Archaeological museum
Museum in a Victorian Gothic building exhibiting local fine art, natural history specimens & more.
4.00 (70 reviews) (~161.57 km from centre)
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Malton Museum
Archaeological museum
👍👍 Malton Museum is a fabulous local history resource that is a must see. Housing unique collections relating to the locality including archaeologic finds dating to the Roman occupation and beyond. Well worth discovering.
4.30 (31 reviews) (~119.65 km from centre)
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