| Name |
Image |
Town/City |
Type |
Summary |
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| Alnwick Castle |  | Alnwick | Multiple | Tours of the castle with state rooms, military museum about the Napoleonic Wars, Northumberland Fusiliers Museum, collection of British and Irish archaeology, collection of vehicles from the 19th century |
| Armstrong's Household and Farming Museum | | North Charlton | History | website, antique household and farming items in room displays, including a nursery with toys, World War II memorabilia, milking parlour, washing room, agriculture tools and display, local needlework |
| Aydon Castle |  | Aydon | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, 13th-century manor house castle |
| Bailiffgate Museum | | Alnwick | Local | Local history, culture, fishing, agriculture, railways, mining, art exhibits |
| Bamburgh Castle |  | Bamburgh | Historic house | Inhabited castle dating back to the Normans, includes museum with engines, technology and history of industrialist William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong |
| Bellingham Heritage Centre | | Bellingham | Local | website, local history, Border Counties Railway, the Border Reivers, mining, farming, recreated smithy, photographs of rural life |
| Belsay Castle |  | Belsay | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, 14th century medieval castle |
| Belsay Hall |  | Belsay | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, 19th century unfurnished country mansion, gardens and park |
| Berwick Gymnasium Gallery | | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Art | website, contemporary art installations by Berwick Visual Arts, located in Berwick Barracks |
| Berwick Museum & Art Gallery | | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Multiple | website, fine art, Asian porcelain and historic glass, medieval Berwick and the castle, local and social history, trades, mining, fishing, located in Berwick Barracks |
| Blyth Battery | | Blyth | Military | website, World War I and II coastal defence buildings, military and local history exhibits |
| Cherryburn | | Mickley | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, birthplace of artist and ornithologist Thomas Bewick, exhibits on his life and engravings |
| Chillingham Castle |  | Chillingham | Historic house | Medieval castle with state rooms |
| Chesters Roman Fort |  | Walwick | Archaeology | Operated by English Heritage, preserved Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall and museum of artifacts |
| Corbridge Roman Site |  | Corbridge | Archaeology | Operated by English Heritage, preserved Roman fort south of Hadrian's Wall and museum of artifacts |
| Cragside |  | Rothbury | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 19th-century country home of Lord Armstrong, features many technological innovations |
| Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland |  | Alnwick | Military | Located in Alnwick Castle |
| George Stephenson's Birthplace | | Wylam | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 18th century stone cottage home of rail pioneer George Stephenson, railway exhibits |
| Grace Darling Museum | | Bamburgh | Biographical | website, operated by the RNLI, history and memorabilia of Grace Darling, a Victorian heroine who, along with her father, saved 13 people from the SS Forfarshire in 1838 |
| Heatherslaw Mill | | Etal | Mill | 19th century water-driven corn mill |
| Hexham Old Gaol |  | Hexham | Prison | Medieval prison, crimes and punishment, Border Reivers |
| Housesteads Roman Fort |  | Housesteads | Archaeology | Operated by English Heritage, excavated Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall and museum of artifacts |
| Kielder Castle Visitor Centre | | Kielder | Multiple | Management of Kielder Forest, its natural history and wildlife including red squirrels, history of Kielder castle, art gallery |
| Kielder Salmon Centre | | Kielder | Natural history | website, salmon fish hatchery and visitor centre |
| King’s Own Scottish Borderers Regimental Museum | | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Military | Regimental history and memorabilia, located in Berwick Barracks |
| Lady Waterford Hall |  | Ford | Art | website, collection of 19th century watercolour murals depicting biblical scenes painted by Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford, exhibits about her life |
| Lindisfarne Castle |  | Holy Island | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 16th-century castle with early 20th-century interiors by Edwin Lutyens, walled garden planned by Gertrude Jekyll |
| Lindisfarne Centre | | Holy Island | Local | website, island's history and culture, facsimile of the Lindisfarne Gospels, Viking contact |
| Lindisfarne Priory |  | Holy Island | Religious | Operated by English Heritage, ruins of the 7th century monastery and museum about its history as a center of early Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England |
| Longstone Lighthouse |  | Farne Islands | Maritime | Lighthouse museum, accessible by boat |
| Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum | | Morpeth | Music | Historic bagpipes |
| Preston Tower | | Chathill | Military | Medieval pele tower with period guard room and prison |
| Seaton Delaval Hall | | Seaton Sluice | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 18th-century great house with gardens |
| Vindolanda |  | Hexham | Archaeology | Roman auxiliary fort south of Hadrian's Wall and museum of artifacts and the Roman army |
| Wallington Hall |  | Cambo | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Palladian house with fine furnished interior, collection of dollhouses |
| Warkworth Castle |  | Warkworth | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, remains of a medieval castle with some preserved rooms, summer visitation to Warkworth Hermitage |
| Watch House Museum | | Seaton Sluice | Local | website |
| Wylam Railway Museum | | Wylam | Railway | information, history of are railway development and local railway pioneers George Stephenson, Timothy Hackworth and William Hedley |
| Woodhorn Museum |  | Ashington | Mining | Former colliery with original equipment, buildings, exhibits about the mine and the life of a miner, collection of art created by miners, changing exhibits of art, science and history, 2 ft narrow gauge railway |
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