This list of museums in Bedfordshire, 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.
| Name | Image | Town/City | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historic house | 17th century period furnished meeting hall | |||
| Military | Located at the former World War II airfield from which musician Glenn Miller departed before his plane disappeared, includes military aviation and other military and wartime displays | |||
| Multiple | Local history, art, culture, natural history, geology, archaeology, coins | |||
| Biographical | Life, times and works of John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress | |||
| John Dony Field Centre | Local | website, local history and natural history | ||
| Leighton Buzzard Railway | Heritage Railway | Train rides,industrial narrow gauge railway museum,sand quarrying http://www.buzzrail.co.uk/ | ||
| Military | website, history and artifacts of the British Intelligence Corps, Medmenham Collection devoted to aerial photography, visits by appointment | |||
| Military Intelligence Museum | Shefford | Military | website 'Sharing the Secrets' of the shadowy world of intelligence, security, espionage and other military intelligence disciplines. | |
| Historic house | Early 19th century home designed by John Soane, gardens | |||
| Biographical | Life, times and writings of Mable Barltop, Founder of The Panacea Society | |||
| Military | Radio and electronics communications history of the RAF | |||
| Roman Sandy Story | Archaeology | information, information, display of Roman artifacts and artist renderings of the town's past, located in the Council offices | ||
| Transport | Airplanes, automobiles, motorcycles | |||
| Multiple | Includes the Mossman Collection of carriages, geology, archaeology, social history and rural crafts | |||
| Transport | website, automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, airplanes, replica of the HM Bark Endeavour of explorer James Cook, tanks | |||
| Local & Military | website, ephemera associated with the village of Tempsford and RAF Tempsford | |||
| Military | History of RAE Bedford in World War II, also known as the 306th Bombardment Group Museum | |||
| Historic house | Neo-classical house featuring 18th and 19th century English and Continental furniture, pictures, porcelain, objets d'art and books | |||
| Multiple | Local crafts including lace and hat-making, local history, culture, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, archaeology, art, natural history; formerly the Luton Museum & Art Gallery | |||
| Historic house | Estate of the Duke of Bedford, includes 18th Century French and English furniture, silver and gold collections, porcelain, fine art, gardens, deer park | |||
| Local | website, local history | |||