The National Football Museum opened in June 2001, and can be found within two sides of Preston North End FC’s Deepdale Stadium. It is the world’s largest and best museum dedicated to the beautiful game, and its objective is to preserve, conserve and interpret a vast range of football memorabilia and to chart the history of football through fascinating displays.

Admission free

Open:
Tuesday - Saturday: 10 am - 5pm
Saturday Matchday: 10am - 3pm (closes during game, then re-opens 4.45pm - 6pm)
Midweek Matchday: 10am - 7.30pm
Sunday: 11 am - 5pm

Closed:
Mondays (except bank holidays) and Christmas Day

The British Commercial Vehicle Museum
King Street
Leyland
Lancashire.
PR25  2LE
Tel: 01772 451011
Fax: 01772 451015

The British Commercial Vehicle Museum at Leyland, Lancashire is dedicated to preserving the physical evidence of the history of the road transportation industry in the United Kingdom.  This proud history is illustrated through a collection of fully restored vans, trucks and buses produced and sold by the British Commercial Vehicle industry over the past 100 years, including dramatic ‘sound and light’ sets which bring the role of the vehicle to life.

The Museum is located just 1 mile from Junction 28 of the M6 Motorway.

Free Parking.  Facilities for the Disabled. Gift Shop. Coach Parties Welcome. Conference Facilities.  Light Refreshments.

Open: 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
April - September: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
October: Sunday and Tuesday
November – March: Closed
Open Bank Holiday Mondays

The West Lancashire Light Railway is a narrow gauge passenger railway that operates from the village of Hesketh Bank, between Preston and Southport. There are a number of superb working locomotives and a collection of interesting railway artefacts, making this a great family day out.

Open: every Sunday from the end of March to the end of October, and Bank Holidays.

Housing a significant collection of historical and contemporary artwork, the Harris Museum and Art Gallery are set in a striking Grade I listed building in the centre of Preston. British oil paintings, sculpture, textiles, costumes, glass and ceramics alongside temporary exhibitions, events and family activities make this a great day out. The museum includes the Story of Preston social history display, charting the history of this Lancashire city.

Admission Free
Open:
Monday - Saturday 10am -5pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

Church Cottage Museum
Church Lane,
Preston,
PR3 5HB
Tel: 01772 862788

The Church Cottage Museum is a small, privately run museum set within the grounds of Broughton Primary School. The restored cottage tells the story of its remarkable life as a domestic dwelling during the Tudor and Victorian eras, and its life as an inn and as a school room.

Open: Sundays only, 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Housed within Preston's Old Court House, The Museum of Lancashire allows visitors a chance to experience days gone by, with an authentic reproduction of a 1940's street, a Second World War Anderson shelter with wailing air raid sirens and even an unexploded bomb! Learn about the role of women during the war, ration books and evacuation. There is also a Victorian classroom and a programme of touring and temporary exhibitions, as well as special holiday events and family days throughout the year.

Open:
Monday – Wednesday and Friday - Saturday 10.30am - 5pm
Closed Thursday, Sunday and Bank Holidays

The Queens Lancashire Regiment Museum, with its extensive regimental collections, archives and library make this the largest military heritage centre in the North West of England and tells the story of this proud regiment.

Admission Free
Open:
Tuesday - Thursday 9.30am - 4.30pm
Or by appointment