The best museums in Winchester in December 2023

These are the top 10 best museums in Winchester, England, ranked by their rating and popularity in 2023. Click a museum for more information about the museum, including visitor information, exhibitions and reviews.

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Looking for the best museums in Winchester? These are the best ones:

  1. The Great Hall and Round Table1

    The Great Hall and Round Table

    Winchester
    The Great Hall and Round Table is a museum in Winchester. The museum features exhibits related to: architecture and archaeology. Key themes, people and exhibits in the museum include: queen victoria sculpture by alfred gilbert and king arthur and the round table.
  2. Winchester City Mill2

    Winchester City Mill

    Winchester
    This water-powered corn mill was first recorded in the Domesday survey of 1086. Rebuilt in 1744, it remained in use until the turn of the last century and has now been restored to full working order. The waterwheel and machinery turn daily throughout the season. It includes mill-races, hands-on ac
  3. Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium3

    Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium

    Winchester
    Winchester Science Centre and Planetarium is a museum in Winchester. The museum features exhibits related to: science and technology and natural sciences.
  4. Royal Green Jackets - Rifles Museum4

    Royal Green Jackets - Rifles Museum

    Winchester
    Royal Green Jackets - Rifles Museum is a museum in Winchester. The museum features exhibits related to: music, costume and textiles, aviation, world cultures, archives, literature, medicine, fine art, weapons and war, sport, film and media, coins and medals, decorative and applied art, personalities
  5. Winchester City Museum5

    Winchester City Museum

    Winchester
    Winchester City Museum is a museum in Winchester. The museum features exhibits related to: personalities, archaeology, coins and medals, photography, medicine, trade and commerce and social history.
  6. Gurkha Museum6

    Gurkha Museum

    Winchester
    Gurkha Museum is a museum in Winchester. The museum features exhibits related to: costume and textiles, world cultures, social history, weapons and war, archives, personalities, decorative and applied art and fine art.
  7. Westgate Museum7

    Westgate Museum

    Winchester
    Westgate Museum is a museum in Winchester. The museum features exhibits related to Weapons and War, Decorative and Applied Art, Social History, Architecture and Law and Order.
  8. HorsePower, The Museum of The King’s Royal Hussars8

    HorsePower, The Museum of The King’s Royal Hussars

    Winchester
    Museum of The King’s Royal Hussars is a museum in Winchester. The museum features exhibits related to: decorative and applied art, archives, fine art, costume and textiles and weapons and war.
  9. Winchester Discovery Centre9

    Winchester Discovery Centre

    Winchester
    Winchester Discovery Centre is a new generation of libraries, run by Hampshire County Council. It houses a public library, two galleries, a performance hall, cafe and learning spaces.
  10. Twyford Waterworks10

    Twyford Waterworks

    Winchester
    Twyford Waterworks is a preserved Edwardian water pumping station which provides the complete story of water pumping and supply in the area. It is still also an operational site and the two original wells are in regular use by Southern Water Services to produce some five million gallons of water per

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