Free Museums and Galleries deals page discussion / Report top spots

Bushy3

Further to my post last year:

"If you have young children, live in or near, or are visiting, KENT please search Wheels of Time Kent on your usual search engine or at Visit Kent

Children aged 5-11 receive a different badge at each of the fifty-six museums and heritage sites in the Scheme, visit two and they will be given a lanyard to keep their badges on and they can earn personalised award badges by visiting 10, 20, 30, 40 or all 56 sites.

Participation in the Scheme and all badges and lanyards are free.

Wheels of Time, Kent now has 57 museums and heritage sites many free to enter. Also a scheme has started in Essex; the pilot scheme in Dorset is expected to restart in an expanded form shortly and a scheme in Surrey before the school summer holidays.

CairnleyMckenna

There's also Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, based in Lancashire! 

As one of the first purpose built free museums to open outside of London in 1874, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery houses a rich and fascinating collection covering fine art, decorative art, Egyptology, coins, manuscripts, natural history, social history and South Asia.

With over 1000 Japanese prints, 5000 examples of coins and money, 500 books and manuscripts and largest icon collection outside London, you certainly won’t be short of things to see!

dancingmaster1651

Do add Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead --  a gem, small antiques collections plus one ever-changing modern gallery, enough to fill a happy hour or two (plus ice-cream) without exhausting young feet and eyes. 

Er. Your opening paragraph says this facility is regularly updated, but latest post is 2022 (and many contributions are labelled 2010!). Well, if you update it every two years I suppose that IS regular . . . 

ACBM

Hi there. Dunfermline is Scotland's newest city and has the unusual position of having every cultural venue free admission. There is Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum, Dunfermline Abbey Nave and Palace, the Abbey Church, Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries and Fire Station Creative. 

Slickas

Foursticks Gallery in Falkland, Fife. Great wee independent gallery supporting local art & crafts. Free all year round!  Opposite Falkland palace & on the high street with other independent gift shops & eateries so ideally located for a visit. Great exploring round Falkland Estate. A must for fans of Outlander!