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Museum Of Brewing

CLOSED - Announcement The National Brewery Centre will be opening in Burton Upon Trent next Spring (2010). Following the closure of the Coors ...

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Filed Under: Staffordshire Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Muckross Traditional Farms

Muckross House and Gardens are among the most popular of Irish visitor attractions. Take a stroll down memory lane to visit Ireland in the 1930s and ...

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Filed Under: County Kerry Tagged With: Houses, Industrial History, Sandford Award Winners

Morwellam Quay

An award-winning, evocative museum and visitor centre in the heart of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site and Tamar ...

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Filed Under: Devon Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

London Canal Museum

At the London Canal Museum you can see inside a narrowboat cabin, learn about the history of London's canals, about the cargoes carried, the people ...

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Filed Under: London Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Killhope, North Of England Lead Mining Museum

Killhope is a fully restored nineteenth century lead mine, where you can experience for yourself the life and work of the lead mining families of the ...

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Filed Under: County Durham Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Jackfield Tile Museum

One of ten fabulous museums at Ironbridge. The Jackfield Tile Museum is located on the south side of the Ironbridge Gorge and housed in the former ...

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Filed Under: Shropshire Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

The Heritage Centre

The Silk Museum within the Heritage Centre follows the story of silk from its origins in China, along the silk route to Britain and its establishment ...

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Filed Under: Cheshire Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Hatworks, The Museum Of Hatting

Hat Works is the UK’s only museum dedicated solely to the hatting industry, hats and headwear! The museum was developed as a lottery funded ...

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Filed Under: Cheshire Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Gladstone Museum

Gladstone is the only complete Victorian pottery factory from the days when coal-burning ovens made the world's finest bone china. Explore the cobbled ...

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Filed Under: Staffordshire Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Geevor Tin Mine And Heritage Centre

Preserved tin mine and museum. Winner of Sandford Award 2007 ...

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Filed Under: Cornwall Tagged With: Industrial History, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Flagship Portsmouth

Mary Rose The Mary Rose was one of the earliest ships to carry heavy guns. She was a favourite of King Henry VIII and sank off Portsmouth in 1545 ...

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Filed Under: Hampshire Tagged With: Attraction, Industrial History, Military, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Enginuity

"Switch on your imagination in our interactive Design & Technology Centre and discover how good ideas are turned into great products." "Find out how ...

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Filed Under: Shropshire Tagged With: Attraction, Industrial History, Sandford Award Winners

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