This list of museums in Lincolnshire, England, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Name Image Town/City Region Type Summary 20-21 Visual Arts Centre Scunthorpe North Lincolnshire Art visual arts centre 50 and 61 Squadron Museum Lincoln Lincoln Military History of No. 50 Squadron RAF and No. 61 Squadron RAF and RAF Skellingthorpe in World War II Alford Manor House Alford East Lindsey Historic house 17th-century thatched manor house, gardens, art gallery Anderby Drainage Museum Anderby East Lindsey Technology , located in a drainage board pumping station, includes engines and tools Ayscoughfee Hall Museum Spalding South Holland Historic house 15th-century medieval Tudor merchant's house, includes an art gallery, gardens Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre Coningsby East Lindsey Aviation Tours of historic World War II aircraft used in flight shows Baysgarth House Museum Barton-upon-Humber North Lincolnshire Local Local history, culture Belton House Belton South Kesteven Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 17th-century Restoration style country house with opulent decor, silverware, paintings, gardens Boston Guildhall Boston Boston Local History of the medieval guildhall, courtroom and the town, also art exhibits Bourne Heritage Centre Bourne South Kesteven Local Located at Baldock's Mill, local history, culture, auto racing driver Raymond Mays, fashion designer Charles Frederick Worth Browne's Hospital Stamford South Kesteven History Medieval almshouse, tours by appointment Bubble Car Museum Cranwell North Kesteven Transportation collection of bubble cars and microcars, 1950s memorabilia, Bakelite items Burgh le Marsh Heritage Centre Burgh Le Marsh East Lindsey Mill also known as Dobson's Mill, early-19th-century tower windmill, exhibits of local history Burgh Museum Burgh Le Marsh East Lindsey Local , local history Burton Fen Collection Pinchbeck South Holland Music music hall with pipe organ collection, movie posters and old advertisements Caistor Arts & Heritage Centre Caistor West Lindsey Local local history, includes the Caistor Library, exhibition space Chain Bridge Forge Spalding South Holland Technology , living museum that provides blacksmithing demonstrations, local history, innovation 3D printing and scanning Cleethorpes Discovery Centre Cleethorpes North East Lincolnshire Art art exhibition gallery Cogglesford Mill Sleaford North Kesteven Mill Late-18th-century working watermill Cottage Museum Woodhall Spa East Lindsey Local local history, culture Cranwell Aviation Heritage Centre Cranwell North Kesteven Aviation history of Royal Air Force College Cranwell Discover Stamford Stamford South Kesteven Local heritage display in Stamford Library Doddington Hall & Gardens Doddington Lincoln Historic house Late-17th-century house with Georgian interiors, collections of furniture, paintings, ceramics, textiles, porcelain, household objects, gardens Dogdyke Steam Drainage Station Tattershall East Lindsey Technology Restored steam drainage engine and museum Epworth Old Rectory Epworth North Lincolnshire Historic house early-18th-century Queen Anne rectory, birthplace of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, founders of Methodism Gainsborough Old Hall Gainsborough West Lindsey Historic house Operated by English Heritage, timber-framed and brick medieval manor house Gayton Engine Pumping Station Theddlethorpe East Lindsey Technology , 1930s pumping station with engine and exhibits about land drainage Gordon Boswell Romany Museum Spalding South Holland Transportation Collection of Romani wagons Grantham House Grantham South Kesteven Historic house Operated by the National Trust, townhouse reflecting different eras, open by appointment and on a limited basis, gardens Grantham Museum Grantham South Kesteven Local Local history, culture, Sir Isaac Newton, Margaret Thatcher and the World War II raid Dambusters Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre Grimsby North East Lincolnshire Maritime Area 1950s fishing industry, also art exhibits Grimsby Town Hall Time Trap Museum Grimsby North East Lincolnshire Prison local history and prison, located in town hall Grimsthorpe Castle Bourne South Kesteven Historic house Large country estate with paintings, furniture, tapestries and objets d'art, gardens, parklands designed by Capability Brown Haywain Farm Museum Epworth North Lincolnshire Agriculture information Heckington Railway and Heritage Museum Heckington North Kesteven Railway Preserved Victorian railway station with artifacts, working model railways, local history displays, operated by Heckington Village Trust Heckington Windmill Heckington North Kesteven Mill 8-sailed tower windmill Immingham Museum Immingham North East Lincolnshire Railway Great Central Railway, LNER and British Rail exhibits, building of the Immingham Dock, local history Lincoln Castle Lincoln Lincoln Multiple Medieval castle, courtroom and prison, exhibition about Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest Lincoln Medieval Bishop's Palace Lincoln Lincoln Historic house Operated by English Heritage, remains of the medieval palace with visitor centre and audio tour Lincoln Museum Lincoln Lincoln Multiple Archaeology, fine and decorative arts, contemporary visual arts in the Usher Gallery Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre East Kirkby East Lindsey Aviation History of the RAF Bomber Command in World War II Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum North Hykeham North Kesteven Transportation vintage cars, buses and commercial vehicles, road transport history and memorabilia, model vehicles, 1950s/60s village garage workshop Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Ludborough East Lindsey Railway Heritage railway and museum Louth Museum Louth East Lindsey Local local history, culture, archaeology, geology, natural history Magdalen College Museum Wainfleet All Saints East Lindsey Local information, local history, culture Maud Foster Windmill Boston Boston Mill Seven story, five sail working windmill Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre Metheringham North Kesteven Aviation History of the World War II RAF 106 Bomber Squadron at RAF Metheringham Moulton Windmill Moulton South Holland Mill Early-19th-century tower windmill Mrs Smith's Cottage Navenby North Kesteven Historic house Early Victorian brick built cottage with few modern amenities Museum of Lincolnshire Life Lincoln Lincoln Local Local and social history, Victorian rooms, period shop displays, exhibits about the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and Lincolnshire Yeomanry, agriculture equipment and tools Museum of RAF Firefighting Awaiting new location Lincoln Military, Transportation Museum containing Military Fire Engines, Civilian Fire Engines and various kinds of pumps. Museum with over 40+ vehicles dating back to wartime. Museum of Technology Throckenholt South Holland Technology Evolution of electrical, electronic and warfare technology between the period 1850 and 1980 (Reopening anticipated in 2015 moved from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire) National Centre for Craft & Design Sleaford North Kesteven Art Contemporary craft and design centre, formerly The Hub Natural World Centre Thorpe on the Hill North Kesteven Natural history Nature discovery centre for Whisby Nature Park Navigation House Sleaford North Kesteven Transportation Development and heritage of the Sleaford Navigation, a 12.5 mile (20.1 km) canalisation of the River Slea Normanby Hall Museum and Country Park Burton upon Stather North Lincolnshire Multiple Early-19th-century Regency mansion with a farming museum, Victorian walled garden, stableyard, duck ponds, deer sanctuary, miniature railway North Ings Farm Museum Dorrington North Kesteven Technology Tractors, agricultural machinery, commercial vehicles, a narrow gauge railway, portable steam pumps, a fairground organ North Lincolnshire Museum Scunthorpe North Lincolnshire Local Local history, culture Owston Ferry Smithy Owston Ferry North Lincolnshire Local local history, blacksmith shop Pinchbeck Engine Pinchbeck South Holland Technology Steam powered drainage engines RAF Digby Sector Ops Room Museum Digby North Kesteven Military Restored World War II Sector Operations headquarters RAF Scampton Museum Scampton West Lindsey Military history of RAF Scampton RAF Skellingthorpe Heritage Room Skellingthorpe North Kesteven Military History of RAF Skellingthorpe RAF Waddington Heritage Centre Lincoln Lincoln Military history and memorabilia of RAF Waddington, open by appointment RAF Wickenby Memorial Collection Langworth West Lindsey Military history and memorabilia of RAF Wickenby The Ropewalk Barton-upon-Humber North Lincolnshire Art Arts centre with four exhibit galleries, artist studios, museum about the former rope factory, theatre Scawby Hall Scawby North Lincolnshire Historic house early Jacobean manor house Sibsey Trader Mill Sibsey East Lindsey Mill Late-19th-century six-story windmill, owned by English Heritage Spalding Flower Bulb Museum Pinchbeck South Holland Agriculture local flower bulb growing industry St Katherine's Heritage and Cultural Centre Lincoln Lincoln Local Local heritage and culture exhibits and programs of St Catherine's, Lincoln St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber Barton-upon-Humber North Lincolnshire Archaeology Operated by English Heritage, remains and artifacts from the 10th-century Anglo-Saxon church Tattershall Castle Tattershall East Lindsey Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 15th-century medieval castle Thornton Abbey Thornton Curtis North Lincolnshire Religious Operated by English Heritage, gatehouse and remains of a medieval priory Thorpe Camp Visitor Centre Thorpe Park East Lindsey Military History and artifacts of RAF Woodhall Spa in World War II and after, includes aircraft and missiles, models, dioramas, photos Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft Sandtoft North Lincolnshire Transportation Preserved trolleybuses, 1950s/1960s street scene and period home The Village Church Farm Skegness East Lindsey Open air Local history, agriculture tools and equipment, traditional indigenous buildings including a cottage, 18th-century farmhouse, 19th-century stable block and cowshedWainfleet All Saints Magdalen Museum and Garden Magdalen Museum Community Hub Wainfleet All Saints East Lindsey Former Magdalen College School, local history, military history, school photos and exhibits, library, tea room, walled garden, car park Waltham Windmill Waltham North East Lincolnshire Mill Late-19th-century six-sailed windmill Welbourn Forge Welbourn North Kesteven History information, information, working forge and blacksmith shop Wilderspin National School Barton-upon-Humber North Lincolnshire Education life and works of education pioneer Samuel Wilderspin, recreation of his mid-19th-century classroom and a late Victorian classroom Woolsthorpe Manor Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth South Kesteven Historic house Operated by the National Trust, birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton, 17th-century yeoman's farmhouse, hands-on science activities Wrawby Windmill Wrawby North Lincolnshire Mill Mid-18th-century four-sailed windmill Ye Olde Curiosity Museum Mablethorpe East Lindsey History information, collectibles include lampshades, old Christmas decorations and lights, kitchen and brewery memorabilia

Defunct museums Stamford Museum, Stamford, closed in 2011 South Lincolnshire Military Museum, Gosberton, South Holland information

See also :Category:Tourist attractions in Lincolnshire

References

External links Visit Lincolnshire