Another vote for the Tank Museum at Bovington – the stench of metal, grease and gunpowder with a decent little cafe too.

Nobody yet mentioned the Museum of Internal Fire in Wales
A bit off the beaten track but you cant beat blokes messing about with BIG ENGINES

https://www.internalfire.com/

+1 for Brooklands and the Jetage Museum Gloucester

Skansen in Sweden and Peterhof in Russia. Same great space, but Peterhof is a bit more pompous. Of course, there are old houses and huts in Skansen and palace and fountains in Peterhof. In addition, it’s a bit tricky to get to Peterhof, it’s 30 km away from the city. I make it there by boat and I couldn’t have done it without a tour guide. https://petersburg.expert/ is a nice company btw, with their help I didn’t get lost 😀 Like I almost did once I was in Spain… nevermind! A couple of fountains in Peterhof are called trick fountains cause they turn on when you don’t expect it and voila, you’re all soaking wet and your smartphone is in coma 😀 so be careful

Another vote for the Pitt Rivers museum in Oxford. The Old Operating Theatre museum in London was a cool find, fascinating and a little macabre.

Whenever I visit the lakes I’m always intrigued by the Keswick pencil museum. It doesn’t fire my imagination and conjure images of an enthralling visit. Like the Scunthorpe dust museum or Runcorn world of rivets if such things existed. I know I should be more open minded, I will go one day and hope I’m proved wrong!

The Big Pit coal museum in Blaenavon is excellent. Been plenty of times and it never ceases to amaze how the workers coped in those conditions.

M Shed on Bristol Harbourside is also very good. Great cake too which is always a bonus.

Always enjoyed the National Coal Mining Museum when the girls were young.

https://www.ncm.org.uk/

Today I went with my daughter to Dingles Fairground Heritage Centre near Okehampton.

A museum of fairground history with working rides. I’ll repeat that….A MUSEUM WITH DODGEMS!

Best day out ever 😆

Always enjoyed the National Coal Mining Museum when the girls were young.

https://www.ncm.org.uk/

Was just going to post that, really surprised it’s not been mentioned.

A rare opportunity to go down’t’pit.

Welsh life near Cardiff.
Children love Dingles ( waltzer is very fast for small child to cling onto 😉 )
I’m happy with any narrow gauge railway ideally an industrial one or a mine.
Big pit is ace!
Off to Morwellan quay on Sunday too.