Useful Contacts - Museum

Artworks and other items from the Civic Collection can be seen at:

The Guildhall
High Street
Windsor
Berkshire
SL4 1LR
(open Mondays 10am to 2pm. Admission free)

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Displays of the history of Maidenhead, the west of the Borough, and the northern parishes can be seen at:

Maidenhead Heritage Centre
Their newly developed centre at 18 Park Street, Maidenhead, SL6 1SL will open to the public in mid summer. Please check the Maidenhead Heritage Centre website for further details.
Tel: 01628 780555
Email: info@maidenheadheritage.org.uk 
http://www.maidenheadheritage.org.uk/
(open Tuesday to Saturday 10am  to 4pm and the 2nd Sunday morning of each month 10.30am-12.30pm. Admission free)

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• Other Museums to visit in the area
• Other sources for Local History research
• Other sources of Local Information

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Other museums to visit in the area:

Berkshire Museum of Aviation, Woodley, Nr. Reading 
http://www.museumofberkshireaviation.co.uk/

Berkshire Museums Network
http://www.berkshiremuseums.org.uk/

Brooklands Museum
http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/

Chertsey Museum
www.surreymuseums.org.uk/museums/Chertsey.htm

Cole Museum, University of Reading
http://www.colemuseum.rdg.ac.uk/

Eton College Natural History Museum
http://www.etoncollege.com/

History on Wheels Museum
www.historyonwheels.co.uk/

Museum of English Rural Life
http://www.ruralhistory.org/

Museum of Eton Life
http://www.etoncollege.com/

Museum of Reading and the Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock
http://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/

REME Museum, Arborfield, Nr. Wokingham 
http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/

River and Rowing Museum at Henley
http://www.rrm.co.uk/

Royal Berkshire Yeomanry Cavalry Museum
Visits by appointment Tel: 01753 860600

Slough Museum
http://www.sloughmuseum.co.uk/

Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham 
http://www.stanleyspencer.org.uk/  

Thames Valley Police Museum, Sulhamstead, Nr. Reading  
www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news_info/info/museum/index.htm

Ure Museum, University of Reading  
www.rdg.ac.uk/Ure

West Berkshire Museum
http://www.westberkshiremuseum.org.uk/

Windsor Castle
http://www.royal.gov.uk/

Wycombe Museum, High Wycombe
www.wycombe.gov.uk/museum

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Other sources for local history research:

Berkshire Archaeology
They hold the Sites & Monuments Record
www.readingmuseum.org.uk/collections/berkshirearchaeology.htm

Berkshire Family History Society
http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/

Berkshire Local History Association
http://www.blha.org.uk/

Berkshire Record Office
http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/

Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies, Aylesbury
www.buckscc.gov.uk/archives

Collections Gateway website
http://www.collectionsgateway.org.uk/

Finds Liaison Officer (FLO)
Gives advice, identifies and records archaeological finds made by individuals while metal detecting, gardening, farming, walking etc.  Covers Berkshire, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire.
Telephone Reading Museum Service for details of the FLO's availability: 0118 939 9800

RBWM Library and Information Services: Local Studies
Local History

Reading Central Library: Local Studies
http://www.readinglibraries.org.uk/

Thames Pilot
A website of images & artefacts associated with the Thames
http://www.thamespilot.org.uk/

'Thamesweb'
Called The Royal Windsor Web Site this independent website written by a local historian is a useful resource about Windsor. 
Despite its name it is not associated with RBWM, the Windsor & Royal Borough Museum nor with Windsor Castle.
http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/index.htm

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Other sources of local information:

Royal Windsor Visitor Information Centre

'Visit Britain S.E.' (South East)
http://www.visitbritain.com/

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