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Durham Museum

Durham Museum is a museum, formerly a church, in Durham. It counts as a Grade I listed building. A short trip away is Durham Castle, 200 m off, the first of 30 within 15 km.

Photo: Durham Museum, User:Jungpionier (assumed) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Durham

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Durham

Inside Durham

Durham Museum is inside Durham’s built-up area, with 7 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Durham has 447 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather by the month

In Durham, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 1°54 mm

Feb8° / 1°48 mm

Mar10° / 2°43 mm

Apr12° / 4°52 mm

May15° / 6°47 mm

Jun18° / 9°65 mm

Jul20° / 11°62 mm

Aug20° / 11°69 mm

Sep17° / 9°58 mm

Oct14° / 6°66 mm

Nov10° / 4°76 mm

Dec7° / 1°64 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Durham, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Durham. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Durham’s full climate →

About

Durham Museum

Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.

Durham’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Durham
Official site: durhammuseum.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Getting your bearings

Use the numbers to match each place near Durham Museum with the list.

Towns near it

Towns that list Durham Museum

With 50,502 people, Durham is the largest of the 8. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · It’s in town

Durham

50,502 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km southwest of it

Brandon

9,508 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 2.6 km southeast of it

High Shincliffe

1,045 people · 8 places to visit

4 · 2.6 km west of it

Ushaw Moor and Bearpark

6,483 people · 11 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Durham Museum is	People	Places to visit
Durham	It’s in town	50,502	15
Brandon	2.3 km southwest of it	9,508	10
High Shincliffe	2.6 km southeast of it	1,045	8
Ushaw Moor and Bearpark	2.6 km west of it	6,483	11
Sherburn	4 km east of it	2,796	10
Bowburn	4.2 km southeast of it	4,843	7
New Brancepeth	4.4 km west of it	1,280	11
Croxdale	4.4 km south of it	270	9

Make a day of it

Also near Durham Museum

There are 30 within 15 km, 3 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral among them.

CastleDurham Castle200 m away 2

CathedralDurham Cathedral100 m away 3

MuseumOriental Museum1.2 km away · 19K visitors a year 4

MuseumBeamish Museum14 km away · 350K visitors a year 5

CastleLumley Castle9 km away 6

GardenDurham University Botanic Garden1.5 km away 7

Abbey or priory · English HeritageFinchale Priory5.4 km away 8

CastleBrancepeth Castle6.7 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Your questions on Durham Museum

Where is Durham Museum?

Durham Museum is in Durham, County Durham, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Durham Museum?

Museum, formerly a church, in Durham, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Durham Museum?

June to September are the warmest months in Durham, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Durham Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Durham Museum?

Within 15 km: Durham Castle (200 m), Durham Cathedral (100 m), Oriental Museum (1.2 km) and Beamish Museum (14 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Durham Museum: User:Jungpionier (assumed), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Durham Castle: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Durham Cathedral: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oriental Museum: Wereon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beamish Museum: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lumley Castle: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Durham University Botanic Garden: Ken Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Finchale Priory: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Brancepeth Castle: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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