Other
museums, collections and companies devoted to small electrical appliances
(revised
links 2.07)
Other
virtual collections
Company
history sites
Non-virtual
museums in the UK
- Science Museum ('The
Secret Life of the Home'), South Kensington, London SW7 2DD www.nmsi.ac.uk/
The largest and most comprehensive collection open to the public in the UK.
- Southern Electric Museum,
Bargates, Christchurch, Dorset, tel. (01202) 762828. Details here
The only museum entirely devoted to electricity in the UK.
- York Castle Museum, York
YO1 1RY, tel. (01904) 653611.
There are a series of extensive displays in 'Every home should have one',
plus a 1940s kitchen.
- Harrow Museum and Heritage
Centre, Headstone Manor, Harrow HA2 6PX.
Two reconstructed 1930s rooms include vacuum cleaners, irons and other appliances.
- Millgate Folk Museum,
Millgate, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 4TS, tel. (01636) 79403.
Includes displays of vacuum cleaners and laundry equipment
- Glasgow Transport Museum,
Kelvin Hall, Glasgow G3 8DP, tel. (0141) 357 3929
The superb 1930s street scene of this museum includes an electrical housewares
shop.
- Museum of Science and
Industry, Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4JP, tel. (0161) 832 2244.
Electrical appliances are shown in period kitchens as part of the electricity
gallery.
- Amberley Chalk Pits Museum,
Houghton Bridge, Amberley, Sussex BN18 9LT, tel. (01798) 831370. Details here
- Holker Hall (The Zanussi
Collection), Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, tel. (015395) 58328.
Electrical appliances
are displayed in the context of a series of period kitchens.