Bedfordshire Museums

306th Bombardment Group Museum

Museum commemorating history of 306th Bombardment Group and the social impact of the ’Friendly Invasion’ on surrounding area during the war years. Also included are displays on the homefront and the wartime home

Thurleigh Airfield Business Park Thurleigh  Bedford  MK44 2YP   Tel: 01234 708715  Email

Bedford Museum

Human Heritage  With its emphasis clearly focused on the local community the Social History collections reflect both the home and working environments of the people of north Bedfordshire.The lives of earlier inhabitants of north Bedfordshire are interpreted through the Archaeology collections. 

Natural Heritage  The geology collections reveal the local rocks and fossils beneath our feet.  These include the well-known coiled shells of ammonites and the spectacular giant marine reptiles of the Jurassic seas.

The natural history collections include the birds, mammals, insects and plants to be found in the county.  These are displayed in cases representing the habitats in which they would normally be found. 

The Ethnography and Foreign Archaeology collections mostly originate from the collections of the Bedford Modern School, where parents and old boys  were encouraged to donate material from other cultures

Castle Lane, Bedford, MK40 3XD  Tel: 01234 353323   Email

Stockwood Craft Museum and Gardens

Includes displays on rural Bedfordshire Crafts, the Mossman Collection of horse-drawn vehicles, stunning Period Gardens and events throughout the year.

Farley Hill,  Luton, LU1 4BH   Tel: 01582 - 738714    Email

Wardown Park Museum

The museum shows the story of Luton, the town and its people, past and present. It has an, internationally acclaimed collection of Lace, and a collection of Hats, the industry that made Luton great as well as The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regimental Gallery  which gives experiences of this local Regiment and its men, from 1688 to 1958

Wardown Park  Old Bedford Road Luton LU2 7HATel. 01582 546722   Email