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.
| Name | Image | Town/City | Region | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shropshire | Farm | Victorian period working farm | |||
| Shropshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, late 18th century country mansion, gardens | |||
| Shropshire | Military | website, site and history of the Battle of Shrewsbury, near Battlefield Heritage Park | |||
| Shropshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 16th century country house, gardens | |||
| Shropshire | Transportation | History of the Bishop's Castle Railway | |||
| 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 | |||
| Shropshire | Local | website, natural history, geology and mining heritage of the area | |||
| 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 | Shropshire | Local | website, website, local history, culture | ||
| Telford and Wrekin | Industry | Former clay tobacco pipe making factory, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums | |||
| Shropshire | Railway | Heritage railway and museum | |||
| Clun Town Museum | Shropshire | Local | information, local history and town regalia, located in town hall | ||
| Telford and Wrekin | Industry | 17th century ironworks, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums, includes museum of steel sculpture | |||
| Telford and Wrekin | Industry | History and production of Coalport chinaware, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums | |||
| Shropshire | Technology | Victorian pumping station with preserved steam engines | |||
| Shropshire | Mill | 18th century working water mill | |||
| Telford and Wrekin | Historic house | 17th century period homes of the Quaker managers of the Coalbrookdale Ironworks; one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums | |||
| 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 | |||
| Shropshire | Railway | Severn Valley Railway visitor center with steam locomotives and railway exhibits, located at the Highley railway station | |||
| Telford and Wrekin | Science | Principles of design and technology in industry and manufacturing, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums | |||
| House on Crutches Museum | Shropshire | Local | website, timber-framed house with local history, domestic and agriculture exhibits | ||
| 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 | |||
| Shropshire | Art | Decorative tile factory, galleries showing tiles and period rooms decorated with tiles, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums | |||
| Shropshire | Popular culture | website, 20th century memorabilia, most made in Britain | |||
| Shropshire | Industrial history | Historic lime quarry and industrial buildings, including nationally significant Hoffman kiln – one of three still standing in Britain | |||
| Shropshire | Historic house | Partly ruined uninhabited medieval castle | |||
| Shropshire | Multiple | website, local history, wildlife, archaeology, geology, fossils | |||
| Market Drayton Museum | Shropshire | Local | website, local history | ||
| Telford and Wrekin | Toy museum | Situated at the last remaining British teddy bear manufacturer, Merrythought, who are based in the Ironbridge Gorge | |||
| Shropshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Elizabethan house and gardens | |||
| Shropshire | Local | website, local history including the Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games | |||
| 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 | Shropshire | Literary | website, changing displays of legends and folklore, live storytelling | ||
| Oswestry Town Museum | Shropshire | Local | website, The Story of Oswestry | ||
| Shropshire | Multiple | website, farm park with three museums: Victorian School & Museum, Welsh Guards Museum, and reproduction Iron Age Roundhouse | |||
| 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 | |||
| Shropshire | Multiple | Local history, art exhibits | |||
| Shropshire | Military | Regimental memorabilia and history, located at Shrewsbury Castle | |||
| Shropshire | Multiple | Area geology, natural history, Iron Age history, art exhibits, local history | |||
| Shropshire | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, medieval fortified manor house | |||
| Shropshire | Historic house | Victorian country house and gardens | |||
| Telford and Wrekin | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Victorian suburban villa with unaltered late 19th century interior | |||
| Telford and Wrekin | Industry | Tunnel where bitumen seeps through, one of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums | |||
| Shropshire | Military | website, history and memorabilia of the Welsh Guards, located in Park Hall | |||
| 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 | |||
| Shropshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 16th century Tudor manor house, also a youth hostel | |||
| Shropshire | Archaeology | Operated by English Heritage, excavated remains and museum with artifacts | |||