List of museums on the Isle of Wight

This list of museums on the Isle of Wight, 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	Image	Town/City	Region	Type	Summary
Bembridge Heritage Centre		Bembridge	East	Local	website, local history, culture, model railway, restored Operation Pluto pump
Bembridge Windmill		Bembridge	East	Mill	Operated by the National Trust, 18th century tower windmill
Blackgang Chine		Blackgang	South	Multiple	Amusement park with an exhibit based on the BBC 2 television series Coast about coastal erosion, and a reconstruction of a Victorian water-powered sawmill with displays of country trades and early working engines
Brading Roman Villa		Brading	East	Archaeology	Excavated Roman villa, preserved mosaic floors, coins, pottery, tools
Brighstone Village Museum		Brighstone	South	Local	information, local 19th century village life
Calbourne Water Mill		Calbourne	West	Mill	website, 17th century working water mill, small period rural activity displays including a kitchen, shed, dairy, laundry, fire station and bakery
Carisbrooke Castle		Carisbrooke	Central	History	Operated by English Heritage, historic motte-and-bailey castle where Charles I was imprisoned, exhibits about the castle, Charles I and local history
Classic Boat Museum		East Cowes	Central	Maritime	History of boat building, sailing, yachting, cruising and racing
Conflict, History and Remembrance Museum		Cowes	Central	Military	website, also called C.H.A.R.M, military vehicles, hardware, uniforms, weapons
Cowes Maritime Museum		Cowes	Central	Maritime	Model boats, located within Cowes Library
Dimbola Lodge		Freshwater	West	Art	Photography exhibits, home and works of celebrated Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron
Dinosaur Expeditions, Conservation and Palaeoart Centre		Brighstone	South	Natural history	website, fossils, palaeoart, children's activities
Dinosaur Isle		Sandown	East	Natural history	Fossils and life-sized models of the island's dinosaurs
East Cowes Heritage Centre		East Cowes	Central	Local	website, local history, operated by the Isle of Wight Society
Ferguson Family Museum		Freshwater	West	Biographical	website, inventor and engineer Harry Ferguson whose works are found in agriculture, aviation and motor racing, open by appointment
Fort Victoria Model Railway		Yarmouth	West	Railroad	website, located in Fort Victoria, model railroad layout
Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum		Newport	Central	Transportation	Buses and memorabilia
Isle of Wight Natural History Centre		Godshill	Central	Natural history	May not be open, includes shells, minerals, local fossils and dinosaur bones, stuffed birds and animals from Australia, butterflies and other insects, small British mammals, aquarium, crystal replica of Queen Elizabeth II's crown jewels
Isle of Wight Postal Museum		Newport	Central	Philatelic	website, post boxes and postal equipment
Isle of Wight Steam Railway		Havenstreet	Central	Transportation	Heritage railroad and railway museum
Lilliput Antique Doll and Toy Museum		Brading	East	Toy	website, dolls, toys, dolls houses, rocking horses, tin plate toys, trains, teddy bears
Museum of Island History		Newport	Central	Local	website, island history, culture, fossils
Needles Battery		Totland	West	Military	Operated by the National Trust, mid 19th century military battery
National Poo Museum		Mobile		Zoology	Dedicated to the preservation and display of faeces
Newport Roman Villa		Newport	Central	Archaeology	Reconstructed Roman villa with kitchen, garden, preserved bath suite with hypocaust underfloor heating
Newtown Old Town Hall		Newport	Central	Multiple	Operated by the National Trust, 17th century former town hall, exhibits of local and island political history, changing art and photography exhibits
Nunwell House		Nunwell	East	Historic house	Jacobean house where Charles I spent his last free night, military collections, gardens
Osborne House		East Cowes	Central	Historic house	Operated by English Heritage, former royal residence built for Queen Victoria and designed by Prince Albert, extravagant interiors, gardens, hothouses, Swiss cottage
Quay Arts Centre		Newport	South	Art	Arts centre with exhibit galleries
Shipwreck Centre and Maritime Museum		Arreton	Central	Maritime	website, diving equipment, artifacts recovered from shipwrecks, lifeboat, smuggling and fishing displays
Sir Max Aitken Museum		Cowes	Central	Maritime	website, located in an 18th-century sail maker's loft, houses nautical artifacts, marine paintings, models
St. Catherine's Lighthouse		Niton	South	Maritime	19th century lighthouse open for tours
Ventnor Heritage Museum		Ventnor	South	Local	website, information, local history, culture, antiques
Wight Military and Heritage Museum		Northwood	Central	Military	website, tanks, artefacts, other vehicles, small arms and uniforms from the 1940s to the present day
Yarmouth Castle		Yarmouth	West	Military	Operated by English Heritage, one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, exhibits depicting its use in the 16th century and shipwrecks

Defunct

• Arreton Manor, now closed to the public
• The Brading Experience, also known as the Isle of Wight Waxworks, website
• Dinosaur Farm Museum, Brighstone
• Isle of Wight Coastal Visitors Centre, Ventnor
• Sunken Secrets now Shipwreck Centre and Maritime Museum at Arreton

Albany Steam Museum.

See also

• List of beaches of the Isle of Wight
• List of tourist attractions in the Isle of Wight

References

• Local Life: Isle of Wight Museums
• Isle of Wight Heritage Service - Museum Service