Museum of… Henry Duncan Savings Banks Museum, Dumfries
Geraldine Kendall Adams discovers a museum that has earned its keep
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Museum of… Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, Burnley, Lancashire
Eleanor Mills discovers a museum that helps protect heritage weaving skills
Museum of… Magic, Fortune-telling and Witchcraft, Edinburgh
Claudia Cox explores items that range from a witch’s altar to a mummified cat
Museum of… The Green Howards Museum, Richmond, North Yorkshire
Lynsey Ford visits a collection of uniforms, medals and artefacts that celebrates the wartime contribution of a British line infantry regiment
Best in show | Plaster, 1993, by Elisabeth Frink
This artwork, on display at Dorset Museum in Dorchester, shows the sculptor's fascination with animals in their wild state
Museum of… The Judge’s Lodging, Presteigne, Wales
Nandni Sharma finds out about the lives of Victorian judges in a hands-on museum experience
Museum of… Egypt Centre, Swansea University
Life and death | Nandni Sharma unearths a treasure trove of ancient Egyptian artefacts
Museum of… Jackfield Tile Museum, Shropshire
Simon Stephens explores a world-class collection of tiles ranging from items designed by great artists to those rescued from public buildings
Museum of… Museum of Islay Life
Katie Ross discovers a treasure trove of lovingly curated artefacts that celebrate the rich history of a small Scottish island
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