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• British Museum

  9.5/10

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• Natural History Museum

  9.6/10

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• Tate Modern

  9.3/10

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• The National Gallery

  9.2/10

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• Science Museum

  9.1/10

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• Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A)

  8.9/10

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• National Museum of Scotland

  8.8/10

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• Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

  8.7/10

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• Royal Museums Greenwich

  8.5/10

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• Churchill War Rooms

  8.4/10

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• National Galleries Scotland: National

  7.8/10

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• Riverside Museum

  7.5/10

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• National Railway Museum

  7.2/10

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• St Fagans National Museum of History

  6.9/10

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• IWM London

  6.6/10

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• National Portrait Gallery

  6.2/10

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• Tate Britain

  6.1/10

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• Ashmolean Museum

  6.0/10

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• Titanic Belfast

  5.9/10

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• World Museum

  5.8/10

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• Oxford University Museum of Natural History

  5.7/10

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• National War Museum

  5.6/10

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• Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

  5.5/10

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• London Transport Museum

  5.4/10

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• Manchester Museum

  5.3/10

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• National Museum Cardiff

  5.2/10

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• Ulster Museum

  5.1/10

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• Young V&A

  5.0/10

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• Armourgeddon Military Museum

  3.9/10

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• Barber Institute of Fine Arts

  3.9/10

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• Beamish Museum

  3.9/10

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• Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

  3.9/10

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• Big Pit National Coal Museum

  3.9/10

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• Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

  3.9/10

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• Black Country Living Museum

  3.9/10

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• Blists Hill Victorian Town

  3.9/10

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• Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

  3.9/10

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• British Library

  3.9/10

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• Charles Dickens Museum

  3.9/10

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• Courtauld Gallery

  3.9/10

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• Cutty Sark

  3.9/10

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• Design Museum

  3.9/10

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• Discovery Museum Newcastle

  3.9/10

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• Fitzwilliam Museum

  3.9/10

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• Freud Museum London

  3.9/10

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• Great North Museum: Hancock

  3.9/10

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• Hayward Gallery

  3.9/10

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• Holburne Museum

  3.9/10

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• Horniman Museum

  3.9/10

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• Horniman Museum and Gardens

  3.9/10

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• Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery

  3.9/10

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• Imperial War Museum

  3.9/10

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• Imperial War Museum Duxford

  3.9/10

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• Imperial War Museum North

  3.9/10

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• International Slavery Museum

  3.9/10

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• Jorvik Viking Centre

  3.9/10

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• Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

  3.9/10

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• Kettle's Yard

  3.9/10

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• Leeds City Museum

  3.9/10

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• M Shed

  3.9/10

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• Manchester Art Gallery

  3.9/10

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• Manchester Science and Industry Museum

  3.9/10

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• Merseyside Maritime Museum

  3.9/10

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• Museum of Brands

  3.9/10

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• Museum of Liverpool

  3.9/10

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• Museum of London

  3.9/10

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• Museum of London Docklands

  3.9/10

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• Museum of Science and Industry

  3.9/10

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• Museum of Welsh Life

  3.9/10

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• National Army Museum

  3.9/10

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• National Coal Mining Museum

  3.9/10

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• National Football Museum

  3.9/10

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• The National Gallery

  3.9/10

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• National Glass Centre

  3.9/10

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• National Maritime Museum

  3.9/10

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• National Museum of Flight

  3.9/10

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• National Museum of Wales

  3.9/10

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• National Slate Museum

  3.9/10

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• National Space Centre

  3.9/10

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• National War Museum Scotland

  3.9/10

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• National Waterfront Museum

  3.9/10

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• National Wool Museum

  3.9/10

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• People's History Museum

  3.9/10

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• Pitt Rivers Museum

  3.9/10

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• Portsmouth City Museum

  3.9/10

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• Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

  3.9/10

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• Roman Baths Museum

  3.9/10

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• Royal Academy of Arts

  3.9/10

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• Royal Armouries Museum

  3.9/10

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• Royal Yacht Britannia

  3.9/10

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• Rugby Art Gallery and Museum

  3.9/10

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• SS Great Britain

  3.9/10

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• Sainsbury Centre

  3.9/10

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• Scottish National Gallery

  3.9/10

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• Scottish National Portrait Gallery

  3.9/10

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• Seven Stories

  3.9/10

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• Silverstone Museum

  3.9/10

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• Sir John Soane's Museum

  3.9/10

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• St Fagans National Museum

  3.9/10

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• Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum

  3.9/10

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• Techniquest

  3.9/10

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• The Beatles Story

  3.9/10

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• The Burrell Collection

  3.9/10

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• The Deep

  3.9/10

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• The Design Museum

  3.9/10

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• The Fitzwilliam Museum

  3.9/10

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• The Hepworth Wakefield

  3.9/10

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• The Whitworth

  3.9/10

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• Thinktank Birmingham

  3.9/10

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• Titanic Museum Belfast

  3.9/10

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• Ulster Folk Museum

  3.9/10

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• Ulster Transport Museum

  3.9/10

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• V&A Dundee

  3.9/10

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• Victoria and Albert Museum

  3.9/10

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• Wallace Collection

  3.9/10

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• York Castle Museum

  3.9/10

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• Yorkshire Museum

  3.9/10

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• Kelvingrove Museum

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• National Gallery

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