Collections in England

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.

The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

This British museum hopes to take the taboo out of poo.

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

Great Britain's only hat-making museum.

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

The luxurious English estate houses the world’s largest private collection of French Rothschild wines.

Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.

An ode to the classic piece of British street furniture.

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.