Historical Museums - Before 1850

European Tourist Guide have found some interesting historic museums and tourist sights that looks at the general European history. In this section you will find museums that focus on the period before approx. 1850. Here you will find museums that focus on things like the stone age, roman empire, middle age and interesting stuff from prehistoric time 
 

Western Europe

Austria   
Archaeological Park Carnuntum
- Petronell-Carnuntum - Vienna
- Prehistoric & Open-air Museum - Romans
    
Belgium
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Cyprus
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Denmark   
 

Jutland - North

 
Stone Age Center "Ertebølle"
- Ertebølle - Farsø - Skive
Iron age village - Hvolris
- Vester Bjerggrav - Skals - Viborg
 

Jutland - Middle

 
  Randers Cultural Historic Museum
- Randers - Jutland M
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  Borum Eshøj
- A part of Moesgaard - Prehistoric Museum
- Borum - Aarhus
Moesgaard - Prehistoric Museum
- Aarhus
  Museum of Ancient Arts
- Aarhus
  Silkeborg Museum
- Silkeborg
 

Jutland - South

 
Hjemsted Prehistoric Park
- Skærbæk - Ribe - Tønder
Ribe Viking Center
- Ribe - S
  Ribe Viking Museum
- Ribe
 

Funen

 
  City Museum "Møntergaarden"
- A part of Odense City Museums
- Odense
 

Zealand & Copenhagen

 
  Frederikssund Viking Settlement
- Frederikssund 

Lejre - Experimental Centre
- Lejre - Roskilde

National Museum
- Copenhagen
Medieval Centre
- Nykøbing F. - Maribo
 

Bornholm

 
Medieval Center of Bornholm  
- Gudhjem
   
Finland  
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France
 

West

 
  Prehistoric Park of Bretagne
- Natural History & prehistoric park
- Malansac - Redon - Lorient
Prehistoric Museum
- Carnac - Lorient
  Megalichits of Carnac & Morbihan
- Carnac - Lorient
  Puy du Fou - Historic Action Park
- Historic museum, Building & Viking
- Les Epesses - Nantes
  Merovingian Quarry of La Seigneurie
- Troglodyte caves
- Doué-la-Fontaine - Angers - Nantes
  Troglodyte Village Rochemenier
- Troglodyte caves
- Louresse - Angers - Nantes
 

South East

 
  National Prehistoric Museum
- Les Eyzies de Tayac - Perigueux
 
  Castle - Château des Baux-de-Provence
- Les Baux de Provence - Avignon
  Roman Amphitheatre of Nîmes
- Nimes - Avignon
   
Germany
  Danevirke Museum
- Schleswig - Flensburg - NW
Neanderthal Museum
- Mettmann - Düsseldorf - Ruhr - MW
Roman-German Museum
- A part of Museums in Köln
- Köln
  Gutenberg Museum
- Historic Museum - Inventor of the press print
- Mainz - Frankfurt 
 
   
Greece

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Iceland

  Saga Museum
- Pre-historical & Viking museum
- Reykjavík
 
 
Ireland (Republic of)

 

 

Dublin

 
National Museum of Ireland
 - Dublin
  National Museum of Ireland
- Archaeology and History

- Dublin
 
 

North

 
  Céide Fields Visitor Centre
- Ballycastle - County Mayo - Sligo
  Knowth & Newgrange Megalithic Passage
- Meath - Drogheda
 
Italy
Egyptian Museum
- Torino - N
 
Luxemburg
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Malta
  National Museum of Archaeology
- Valletta
 
  Vittoriosa 1565 Museum
- Historical museum & Wax Museum
- Vittoriosa 
Folklore Museum
- Victoria - Gozo
  Museum of Archaeology - Gozo
- Victoria - Gozo
 
 
Nederland (Holland)

Prehistoric Open-air Museum
- Eindhoven - S
  Archeon - Prehistoric theme park
- Alphen aan den Rijn - den Haag - S
  Museon - Technical & Historical Museum
-  den Haag
 
Norway

Bronze Age Site
- Høvåg - Kristiansand - S
 
Portugal
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Spain
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Sweden
  Vitlycke Museum - Tanum World Heritage
- Bronze age

- Tanumshede - Uddevalla - S
Fotevikens Museum
- Höllviken - Malmö - S
 
Switzerland
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United Kingdom - UK

Scotland

 
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England - North

 
  Tulliehouse
- History, Art and Natural history museum
- Carlisle
  Birdoswald Roman Fort
- Roman history
- Gilsland - Brampton - Carlisle
  Hadrian's Wall
- A roman wall from Carlisle to Newcastle
- Carlisle
  Senhouse Museum
- Roman history
- Maryport - Whitehaven
  Arbeia Roman Fort & Museum
- Roman history
- South Shields - Newcastle
 
  Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum
- Roman history
- Wallsend - Newcastle
 
  Vindolanda & Roman Army Museum - Chesterholm Museum
- Roman history
- Hexham - Newcastle
 

England - Middle

 
  Warwick Castle
- Warwick - Coventry - MW
  Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre
- Peterborough - ME
  Mountfitchet Castle & Norman Village
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Stansted Mountfitchet - Cambridge - ME

England - South

 
  Stonehenge
- Salisbury - SW
  Museum of the Iron Age
- A part of Hampshire Museums Service
- Andover - Salisbury - SW
 
  Shaftesbury Abbey
- Shaftesbury - Salisbury - SW
  Dover Museum
- Bronze age, Roman history and more
- Dover - SE
 

London

 
British Museum
- London C
The Fan Museum
- Greenwich - London SE

Wales

 
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Northern Ireland

 
  Lifford Old Courthouse
- Lifford - Londonderry
Fermanagh County Museum
- at Enniskillen Castle 
- Enniskillen - Omagh
   

Eastern Europe

Bulgaria
House-museum "Hadji Dimitar"
- Sliven
Kardjali Museum
- Kardjali
Montana Historical Museum
- Montana
Historical Museum Stara Zagora
- Stara Zagora
Plovdiv Archaeological Museum
- Plovdic
 
  National Museum of History
- Sofia
 
Croatia   
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Czech Republic  
Ossuary in Kutná Hora - Bone Church
- Chapel Of All Saints - "Bone Church"
- Kutna Hora - Sedlec - Hradec Karlove - W
Museum of Torture
- Český Krumlov - Ceske Budejovice  - W
 
Estonia
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Hungary

Museum of Ethnography
- Budapesst
 
Latvia

History of Riga Museum
- Riga
 
Lithuania    
National Museum of Lithuania
- Vilnius
  
Poland
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Romania
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Slovakia
  Slovak National Museum
- Bratislava - and other places in Slovakia
 
  
Slovenia

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