This list contains the museums in Northamptonshire, England, defined 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 | Renovated house with interiors by architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, contemporary craft gallery | |||
| Multiple | Local history, costumes, leather, Northamptonshire Regiment | |||
| Historic house | Country estate with gardens and grounds, owned by Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, girlhood home of Diana, Princess of Wales | |||
| Historic house | Estate home of the Duke of Buccleuch, with fine art, gardens | |||
| Burton Latimer Heritage Museum | Local | website, operated by the Burton Latimer Heritage Society | ||
| Canal | History of canals in Britain | |||
| Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Elizabethan manor house | |||
| Aviation | History of RAF Harrington and the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) | |||
| Corby Heritage Centre | Local | website | ||
| Historic house | 18th century Queen Anne-style house, gardens and park | |||
| Daventry Museum | Local | website | ||
| Historic house | Medieval manor house with rooms from many periods, gardens | |||
| Local | website | |||
| Local history | Features displays about local history and the development of the iron and steel industry in the town | |||
| Railway | Steam and diesel locomotives, lifesize diorama of a quarry, industrial and railroad artifacts | |||
| Jeyes of Earls Barton Museums | Multiple | website, gift, teddy bear and doll house shop with coffee shop and several museums: Earls Barton Museum of Village Life, Jeyes Heritage & Pharmacy Museum, and a model funfair | ||
| Historic house | 18th-century manor house and gardens | |||
| Multiple | website, includes the Manor House Museum with exhibits of local history and culture, and the Alfred East Art Gallery for local art | |||
| Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, Elizabethan country house in a semi-ruined state with gardens | |||
| Historic house | Tudor home and gardens; also includes Hannington Vintage Tractor Club and Museum with farm equipment | |||
| Long Buckby Museum | Local | website | ||
| Museum of Leathercraft | Fashion | website, located in the Grosvenor shopping center, development of leathercraft | ||
| Multiple | Shoe collection, art, decorative arts, local history | |||
| Railway | Heritage railway and museum | |||
| Oundle Museum | Local history | website | ||
| Archaeology | Artifacts and remains of a large Roman villa | |||
| Historic house | website | |||
| Historic house | Former royal castle and hunting lodge with gardens, grounds | |||
| Rothwell Arts and Heritage Centre | Multiple | website, local history, art | ||
| Rushden Museum | Local | website, local history especially the shoe industry | ||
| Railway | Railway memorabilia, rolling stock, road transport vehicles | |||
| Historic house | website, medieval manor house, gardens, grounds | |||
| Historic house | Ancestral home of the family of George Washington, reflects Tudor through Georgian eras | |||
| Aviation | Former World War II aerodrome with artifacts, recovered airplane wreckage, local aviation history | |||
| Local | website, local history, culture | |||
| Wollaston Museum | Local | information, local history, culture, industry | ||