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Museum of… The Staffin Dinosaur Museum, Skye
Jurassic spark | A local crofter has made it his life’s work to collect and preserve prehistoric artefacts and fossils, which he displays in his island museum
Museum of… Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage, Edinburgh
Part of a working fire station, the museum documents the oldest municipal fire brigade in the UK, and features artefacts dating from 1426
Museum of… Royal College of Music Museum, London
This wide-ranging collection features the world’s earliest-known stringed keyboard and an original Mozart concerto manuscript
Museum of… British Red Cross Museum, London
Pippa Kelly is treated to a tour of this extensive archive that celebrates 150 years of helping people in crisis across the globe
Museum of… Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein, Bath
Eleanor Mills finds the author’s infamous literary creation is vividly brought to life in a monster museum packed with scares
Museum of… The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, Exeter
Lynsey Ford sees how three centuries of the moving image are brought to life in a remarkably extensive collection
Museum of… Bow Street Police Museum, London
Chiara Wilkinson visits this arresting new museum and takes its curator and manager in for questioning
Museum of… The Scottish Crannog Centre
Victoria Miller gets a fascinating insight into life during the iron age through the reconstruction of ancient dwellings
Museum of… The National Leather Collection, Northampton
An eclectic treasure trove of objects and histories
Museum of… The River Tweed Salmon Fishing Museum, Kelso
A collection assembled from artefacts stored in people’s attics places Atlantic salmon fishing in the context of its location
