List of museums on the Isle of Wight

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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	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: The Disappearing Village	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
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 Farm Museum	Brighstone	South	Natural history	website, local fossils and dinosaur bones from the Cretaceous period
Dinosaur Isle	Sandown	East	Natural history	Fossils and life-sized models of the island's dinosaurs
East Cowes Heritage Centre	East Cowes	Central	Local	information, local history
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	Transportation	website, located in Fort Victoria, model railroad layout
Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum	Newport	Central	Transportation	Buses and memorabilia
Isle of Wight Coastal Visitors Centre	Newport	South	Natural history	website, geology, marine environment, plant and animal life, inter-tidal archaeology of the island's coastline
Isle of Wight Military Museum	Cowes	Central	Military	website, features World War II and post war tanks and vehicles
Isle of Wight Natural History Centre	Godshill	Central	Natural history	website, 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
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 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
Underwater Archaeology Centre	Yarmouth	West	Maritime	Artifacts recovered from several local shipwrecks, submerged landscapes of the Solent strait, exhibit about Fort Victoria
Ventnor Heritage Museum	Ventnor	South	Local	website, information, local history, culture, antiques
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