# List of museums in Shropshire

This list of museums in Shropshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
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| Name | Town/City | Region | Type | Summary |
| Acton Scott Working Farm | Acton Scott | Shropshire | Farm | Victorian period working farm |
| Attingham Park | Atcham | Shropshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, late 18th century country mansion, gardens |
| Battlefield 1403 | Battlefield | Shropshire | Military | website, site and history of the Battle of Shrewsbury, near Battlefield Heritage Park |
| Benthall Hall | Benthall, Broseley | Shropshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 16th century country house, gardens |
| Bishop's Castle Railway and Transport Museum | Bishop's Castle | Shropshire | Transportation | History of the Bishop's Castle Railway |
| Blists Hill Victorian Town | Madeley | Telford and Wrekin | Living | Late 19th century period Victorian town, includes steam-operated pithead, chemist, squatters cottage, schoolhouse and a bank, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums |
| Bog Visitor Centre | Stiperstones | Shropshire | Local | website, natural history, geology and mining heritage of the area |
| Boscobel House | Boscobel | Shropshire | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, restored 17th century timber-framed house and farm, site where Charles II famously hid in a tree to escape discovery by Parliamentary soldiers after the Battle of Worcester, includes dairy, farmyard, smithy, gardens, and a descendant of The Royal Oak |
| Bridgnorth Museum | Bridgnorth | Shropshire | Local | website, website, local history, culture |
| Broseley Pipeworks | Broseley | Telford and Wrekin | Industry | Former clay tobacco pipe making factory, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums |
| Cambrian Heritage Railways | Oswestry | Shropshire | Railway | Heritage railway and museum |
| Clun Town Museum | Clun | Shropshire | Local | information, local history and town regalia, located in town hall |
| Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron | Coalbrookdale | Telford and Wrekin | Industry | 17th century ironworks, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums, includes museum of steel sculpture |
| Coalport China Museum | Coalport | Telford and Wrekin | Industry | History and production of Coalport chinaware, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums |
| Coleham Pumping Station | Coleham | Shropshire | Technology | Victorian pumping station with preserved steam engines |
| Daniels Mill | Bridgnorth | Shropshire | Mill | 18th century working water mill |
| Darby Houses | Coalbrookdale | Telford and Wrekin | Historic house | 17th century period homes of the Quaker managers of the Coalbrookdale Ironworks; one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums |
| Dudmaston Hall | Quatt | Shropshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 17th century country mansion and estate, gardens, features important collection of modern art and mid-20th century Spanish paintings and pottery |
| Engine House | Highley | Shropshire | Railway | Severn Valley Railway visitor center with steam locomotives and railway exhibits, located at the Highley railway station |
| Enginuity | Coalbrookdale | Telford and Wrekin | Science | Principles of design and technology in industry and manufacturing, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums |
| House on Crutches Museum | Bishop's Castle | Shropshire | Local | website, timber-framed house with local history, domestic and agriculture exhibits |
| Iron Bridge and Toll House | Ironbridge | Telford and Wrekin | Technology | First arch bridge in the world to be made out of cast iron in 1779, toll house features exhibits on the bridge's construction, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums |
| Jackfield Tile Museum | Jackfield, Broseley | Shropshire | Art | Decorative tile factory, galleries showing tiles and period rooms decorated with tiles, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums |
| Land of Lost Content | Craven Arms | Shropshire | Popular culture | website, 20th century memorabilia, most made in Britain |
| Llanymynech Heritage Area | Llanymynech | Shropshire | Industrial history | Historic lime quarry and industrial buildings, including nationally significant Hoffman kiln – one of three still standing in Britain |
| Ludlow Castle | Ludlow | Shropshire | Historic house | Partly ruined uninhabited medieval castle |
| Ludlow Museum | Ludlow | Shropshire | Multiple | website, local history, wildlife, archaeology, geology, fossils |
| Market Drayton Museum | Market Drayton | Shropshire | Local | website, local history |
| Merrythought | Ironbridge | Telford and Wrekin | Toy museum | Situated at the last remaining British teddy bear manufacturer, Merrythought, who are based in the Ironbridge Gorge |
| Morville Hall | Bridgnorth | Shropshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Elizabethan house and gardens |
| Much Wenlock Museum | Much Wenlock | Shropshire | Local | website, local history including the Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games |
| Museum of the Gorge | Ironbridge | Telford and Wrekin | Local | History of the Ironbridge Gorge, coal mining and local history, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums |
| Mythstories Museum of Myth & Fable | Wem | Shropshire | Literary | website, changing displays of legends and folklore, live storytelling |
| Oswestry Town Museum | Oswestry | Shropshire | Local | website, The Story of Oswestry |
| Park Hall | Oswestry | Shropshire | Multiple | website, farm park with three museums: Victorian School & Museum, Welsh Guards Museum, and reproduction Iron Age Roundhouse |
| Royal Air Force Museum Cosford | Cosford | Shropshire | Aviation | website, History of aviation and the Royal Air Force, features war planes, transport and training aircraft, engines, missiles and rocket-powered weapons, exhibits on changes in air technology, Cold War history |
| Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery | Shrewsbury | Shropshire | Multiple | Local history, art exhibits |
| Shropshire Regimental Museum | Shrewsbury | Shropshire | Military | Regimental memorabilia and history, located at Shrewsbury Castle |
| Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre | Craven Arms | Shropshire | Multiple | Area geology, natural history, Iron Age history, art exhibits, local history |
| Stokesay Castle | Stokesay | Shropshire | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, medieval fortified manor house |
| Stokesay Court | Onibury | Shropshire | Historic house | Victorian country house and gardens |
| Sunnycroft | Wellington | Telford and Wrekin | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Victorian suburban villa with unaltered late 19th century interior |
| Tar Tunnel | Coalport | Telford and Wrekin | Industry | Tunnel where bitumen seeps through, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums |
| Welsh Guards Museum | Oswestry | Shropshire | Military | website, history and memorabilia of the Welsh Guards, located in Park Hall |
| Whitchurch Heritage Centre | Whitchurch | Shropshire | Local | website, exploring the history of a Shropshire market town, features gallery with art and memorabilia relating to artist Randolph Caldecott and Whitchurch-born musician Edward German |
| Wilderhope Manor | Wenlock Edge | Shropshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 16th century Tudor manor house, also a youth hostel |
| Wroxeter Roman City | Wroxeter | Shropshire | Archaeology | Operated by English Heritage, excavated remains and museum with artifacts |