The dunes are home to over 450 plant species including 33 that are locally or regionally rare like petalwort, seaside centaury, and yellow bartsia.
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Ainsdale Sand Dunes NNR
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Beacon, Whitehaven
The Beacon is currently showing the BBC Walking with Dinosaurs exhibition, running till 4th September 2011
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Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
With displays of local wildlife, the Bowdler beetle collection, a pair of Great Bustards, and extensive artwork, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery is well worth a visit. The new ornithology gallery opens in 2011.
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Bolton Museum, Art Gallery, and Aquarium
"Wildlife on your Doorstep" shows animals and plants in natural surroundings from local habitats, and "Welcome to your World" shows an amazing array of animals, plants, minerals and fossils from across the globe. The aquarium has a range of freshwater fish.
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Brantwood, Nr Coniston
The former home of John Ruskin, the Brantwood house, gardens and estate reflect the wealth of cultural associations associated with Ruskin’s legacy, including much of his own natural history collection.
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Clitheroe Castle Museum
Our new look galleries will take you on a journey through 350 million years of history, heritage and geology of the local area. Younger hearts may take an adventure kitted out with rucksack, map and magnifying glass!
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Dock Museum, Barrow
Built over an historic graving dock, the museum is home to a wealth of objects and information on the social and industrial history of the Furness area.We have a landscaped site and Channelside walks linking to the Cumbria Coastal Way.
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Gallery Oldham
We specialise in temporary exhibitions which often feature natural history specimens. Many of the amazing collections are associated with the Oldham Microscopical Society & Field Club which was founded in 1864. Come & see our new wildlife garden!
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Grizedale Forest
From the all access Ridding Wood trail to the demanding Silurian Way, from Go Ape to The North Face Trail, amazing sculptures to great food, Grizedale offers an unrivalled day out for everyone. Come and visit us and discover an outdoor experience you will want to come back for time and again.
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Grosvenor Museum, Chester
The Grosvenor Museum’s natural history gallery tells you all about the history of the city’s Victorian naturalists, local species, geology and the history of life on earth.
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Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
Alongside the art collections of The Harris you’ll find the Poulton Elk and the horns of extinct Aurochs – now extinct, these animals lived just after the last ice age.
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John Rylands University Library, Manchester
With more than 4 million printed books and manuscripts, over 41,000 electronic journals and 500,000 electronic books, as well as several hundred databases, the John Rylands University Library (JRUL) is one of the best-resourced academic libraries in the country.
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Kendal Museum
Kendal Museum has three natural history galleries for you to explore. Find out about the local natural history in the Wainwright Gallery, marvel at the antelope, bison, gazelle, puma, rhino and tiger heads in the World Wildlife Gallery and follow the geological history of the Lake District in the Natural History Gallery.
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Lady Lever Art Gallery
One of the most beautiful collections of fine and decorative arts in the UK, including British 18th and 19th century painting and furniture, Wedgwood and Chinese porcelain displays.
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Lancaster Maritime Museum
Explore Lancaster’s Golden Age and rich maritime and natural history. The Museum is housed in the Port of Lancaster Custom House and warehouse buildings which date from the second half of the 18th century.
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Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metroploitan University dates back more than 150 years, and has a thriving Science & Engineering Deaprtment.
Over the course of Manchester Science Festival they will be hosting numerous public events.
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Manchester Museum
We're the Museum on Oxford Road with the dinosaurs, mummies and live animals. We also have loads of other great stuff from the natural world and different cultures.
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Merseyside Maritime Museum
Discover Liverpool's central role in centuries at sea as the gateway to the new world. Highlights include a poignant gallery about tragedies such as the Titanic, ship models and the Life at Sea display, telling the story of the merchant navy.
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Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester
Located on the historic site of the world’s oldest surviving passenger railway station, housed in five listed buildings, MOSI’s amazing galleries and outstanding collections tell the story of Manchester’s scientific and industrial past, present and future.
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Portland Basin Museum, Tameside
Take part in our craft sessions to make nestboxes, rainwater collectors and plant vegetable seeds to take home. There will also be a day of activities in partnership with Tameside Countryside Service. October Half Term.
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Rossendale Museum
Rossendale’s natural history gallery is most notable for its three largest, and most spectacular, specimens – the 200-year-old Tiger and Python mount, the baby elephant, and the polar bear.
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RSPB Dove Stone
A landscape that will take your breath away. Towering hills, sheer rock faces, swathes of open moorland, a picturesque reservoir - that's Dove Stone, the northern gateway to the Peak District National Park.
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RSPB Leighton Moss
Leighton Moss is the largest reedbed in north-west England, and home to some really special birds such as breeding bitterns, bearded tits and marsh harriers. RSPB Leighton Moss nature reserve is an ideal place for people new to birdwatching with a wide variety of birds to be seen throughout the year.
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Ruskin Museum, Coniston
Set in beautiful Cumbrian surroundings, the Ruskin Museum has displays of Ruskin’s natural history collections and artworks, alongside displays on the local geology and industry.
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Tatton Park, Cheshire
Tatton Park is home to a Tudor Old Hall, a stunning Neo-Classical Mansion, 50 acres of immaculately landscaped gardens, a working rare-breed farm and 1,000 acres of deer park. Speciality shops, a restaurant, an adventure playground, events and educational programmes.
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Touchstones Rochdale
Our popular award winning museum uses Rochdale's unique collections to show how local people and events made their impact on the area and the world. Full of fun activities for the kids, fascinating facts for adults and, for the not so young a chance to share some cherished memories!
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Towneley Hall, Burnley
There’s plenty of natural history at Towneley Hall, both in the museum’s galleries, and in the surrounding parkland, which is home to many species. The River Calder runs through the park and is also home to a variety of wildlife.
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Tullie House, Carlisle
Tullie House Museum collects and preserves objects and information about Cumbria’s wildlife and geology. An important collection of zoological, botanical and geological material, don’t miss the display of wildlife from the Lakeland and Pennine fells to the Solway Firth.
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Victoria Gallery & Museum
A beautifully renovated gothic masterpiece houses the University of Liverpool’s art and museum collections. Natural history highlights include paintings by wildlife artist John Audubon and a fascinating array of skulls, skeletons and bottled creatures. Image copyright Yvonne Metcalf 2010
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Warrington Museum
In 1842, the Warrington Natural History Society opened the town's first museum with six curators and nearly 3,000 specimens!
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West Park Museum, Macclesfield
Located in one of the country’s earliest public parks, West Park Museum is home to the famous West Park Giant Panda, and wonderful examples of the work of wildlife artist Charles Tunnicliffe.
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World Museum Liverpool
Explore the wonders of the natural world at the World Museum Liverpool. See live colonies of insects, underwater creatures in the aquarium, historic zoological and botanical exhibits and find out all about animals, plants, rocks and minerals in the Clore Natural History space.
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WWT Martin Mere
Wilderness and family-friendliness combine at Martin Mere Wetland Centre. In the winter there are wild ducks, geese and swans in their thousands offering spectacular aerial displays, but year round the centre is home to resident water birds, otters and beavers. For events, see the website.
