Can you help us with information about any of these museums?
We want to know what happened to the collections after closure, and what the building was subsequently used for, if anything.
If you have any information or tips, please email m.liebenrood@bbk.ac.uk.
This list is organised by region. You can also view the same list grouped by subject matter.
If a museum’s name is struck through then we have gathered information about it since first putting this list online.
East Midlands
50 and 61 Squadron Museum, Lincoln LN6 0JE. Closed 2017
Longdale Craft Centre And Museum, Nottingham NG15 9AH. Closed 2015
The Working Carriage Museum, Matlock DE4 2ER. Closed 2017
Vinas Dolls Gallery, Newark NG23 6JE. Closed 2015
East of England
Blitz And Pieces, Great Yarmouth NR29 3NS. Closed 2016
Laundry & Mangle Museum, Coggeshall CO6 1NT. Closed 2001
London
Cat Museum, London HA3 5EE. Closed 2007-2015
Danson House, London DA6 8HL. Closed 2016
London Motor Museum, Hayes UB3 4SB. Closed 2018
Soseki Museum, London SW4 0NG. Closed 2016
North East
Durham Miners Heritage Centre, Nevilles Cross DH1 4PJ. Closed 2012
North West
Heritage First!, Ulverston LA12 0HA. Closed 2016
Lancashire Titanic Museum, nr. Chorley PR7 5PB. Closed 2018
The Old Sunday School, Macclesfield SK11 6UT. Closed 2018
Urbis, Manchester M4 3BG. Closed 2010
Wetheriggs Pottery & Museum, Penrith CA10 2DG. Closed 2008
Wythenshawe Hall, Manchester M23 0AB. Closed 2016
South East
Bentley Motor Museum, nr Halland BN8 5AF. Closed 2018
Haxted Watermill Museum, Haxted TN8 6PU. Closed 2012
Light Infantry Museum, Winchester SO23 8TS. Closed 2009
Mechanical Memories Museum, Brighton BN2 1TD. Closed 2020-2021
Mesolithic Museum, nr Dorking RH5 6JD. Closed 2011-2017
Reigate Priory Museum, Reigate RH2 7RL. Closed 2013
Ringwood Town And Country Experience, Ringwood BH24 3PA. Closed 2013
The Precinct Toy Collection, Sandwich CT13 9ES. Closed 2004-2017
Wish Tower Puppet Museum, Eastbourne BN21 4BY. Closed 2001
South West
Chatterton House, Bristol BS1 6NL. Closed 2001
Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, Helston TR12 6LQ. Closed 2010
Longstone Heritage Centre, Isle of Scilly TR21 0NW. Closed 2011
Magnificent Music Machines, Liskeard PL14 4SH. Closed 2012
Mechanical Music Museum, nr. Cheltenham GL54 3ET. Closed 2019
National Museum Of Gardening, Crowntown TR13 0AB. Closed 2011
Newhouse, Salisbury SP5 2NX. Closed 2019
The Woodland Heritage Museum, nr Westbury BA13 4EH. Closed 2007-2017
West Midlands
Beswick Museum, Stoke on Trent ST3 2JP. Closed 2000
Priory Visitor Centre, Coventry CV1 5EX. Closed 2019
Yorkshire and The Humber
Automobilia Transport Museum, Huddersfield HD1 6QA. Closed 2000
Baysgarth House Museum, Barton-upon-Humber DN18 6AH. Closed 2021
Clarke Hall Educational Museum, Wakefield WF1 4AL. Closed 2012
Dewsbury Museum & Gallery, Dewsbury WF13 2SG. Closed 2016
Haywain Farm Museum, Doncaster DN9 1JZ. Closed 2016-2018
Keighley Police Museum, Keighley BD21 3SH. Closed 2015
The Counting House Museum, Malton YO17 7HW. Closed 2017
The Harmonium Museum, Shipley BD18 3JS. Closed 2011
Thorpe Prebend Heritage Centre, Ripon HG4 1QR. Closed 2009-2010
Yorkshire Motor Museum, Batley WF17 6HT. Closed 2010
Northern Ireland
Fernhill House: The People’s Museum, Belfast BT13 3PT. Closed 2008
Mullaghbawn Folk Museum, Newry BT35 0AA. Closed 2003-2017
Museum at the Mill, Newtonabbey BT36 5QA. Closed 2020
Museum of the Royal Irish Regiment, Ballymena BT43 7BH. Closed 2016-2018
Scotland
Borreraig Park Museum, Dunvegan IV55 8ZX. Closed 2012-2017
Doon Valley Museum, Dalmellington KA6 7QY. Closed 2017
Inveraray Maritime Museum, Inveraray PA32 8UY. Closed 2016
Inverkeithing Museum, Inverkeithing KY11 1LS. Closed 2005
Maxwelton House, Moniavie DG3 4DX. Closed 2000
Morita Museum Of Fine Art, Edinburgh EH9 2AX. Closed 2013-2017
Musselburgh Doll Museum, Musselburgh EH21 7DX. Closed 2011
Old Buittle Tower, Nr Castle Douglas DG7 1PA. Closed 2016
The Museum Of Cipher Equipment, Cupar KY15 4NP. Closed 2004-2017
Titanic Inverness Maritime Museum, Inverness IV3 8QH. Closed 2018
Wild Life Museum, Appin PA38 4DF. Closed 2000
Wales
Abergynolwyn Village Museum, Abergynolwyn LL36 9YB. Closed 2007
Griffithstown Railway Museum, Pontypool NP4 5JH. Closed 2011
Llanrwst Almshouse Museum, Llanrwst LL26 0LE. Closed 2012
Parc Glynllifon, Caernarfon LL54 5DY. Closed 2008-2012
The Hall at Abbey-cwm-Hir, nr Llandrindod Wells LD1 6PH. Closed 2020
Tin Shed Museum, Laugharne SA33 4QG. Closed 2018
Vale Of Glamorgan Railway, Barry Island CF62 5TH. Closed 2008
Welsh Transport Heritage Centre, Swansea SA4 4NY. Closed 2012