Class Key
- A. Museum with at least one permanent natural history trained curator.
- B. Museum with at least one permanent but non-natural history trained curator.
- C. Museum without a permanent curator post.
- D. Non-museum institution with a skilled individual caring for the collection (e.g.
a university department).
- E. Non-museum institution without a skilled person caring for the collections.
- X. Institution confirmed as no longer having any natural history collections.
An arbitrary survey institution number is shown first, and is used at some places
in this report. ([ne] indicates no entry in the detailed reports, as institution
now has no collections)
Code - Class - Institution Name
- 66 X AccringtonMuseum [ne]
- 85 X Altrincham Museum [ne]
- 01 D Freshwater Biological Association,
Ambleside
- 47 B Tameside Museums & Art Gallery Service,
Ashton-under-Lyne
- 02 D BacupNatural History Society
Museum
- 03 B The Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness
- 05 D Birkenhead Central Library
- 71 X Laird School of Art, Birkenhead [ne]
- 04 E Birkenhead School
- 29 B Williamson Art Gallery & Museum,
Birkenhead
- 07 D Blackpool and the Fylde
College
- 06 D Blackpool Sixth Form
College
- 30 B Blackburn Museum &
Art Gallery
- 52 A Bolton Museum
- 08 X Bolton-by-Bowland School [ne]
- 72 E Bootle Town Hall
- 09 D Burnley College
- 31 B Bury Art Gallery &
Museum
- 53 A Towneley Hall Museum & Art Gallery,
Burnley
- 54 A Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery,
Carlisle
- 55 A Grosvenor Museum, Chester
- 69 X Bashall Hall, Clitheroe [ne]
- 57 A Lancashire County Museum Service,
Clitheroe
- 32 B Brantwood, Coniston
- 82 C Ruskin Museum, Coniston
- 10 E Liverpool & Crosby
Library
- 11 D Darwen Reference Library
- 96 D West Cumbria Mines Research Group,
Egremont
- 57 A Lancashire County Museum Service,
Fleetwood
- 12 D Rossall School, Fleetwood
- 22 X Merlewood Experimental Station, Grange-over-Sands [ne]
- 73 X Haslingden Library [ne]
- 58 A Kendal Museum
- 33 B Keswick Museum &
Art Gallery
- 13 D Tatton Park, Knutsford
- 34 B Lancaster City Museum
- 14 D The Royal Grammar School, Lancaster
- 15 D Institute of Environmental & Biological
Sciences, University of Lancaster
- 17 X Merchant Taylor's School, Crosby, Liverpool [ne]
- 90 C Liverpool Microscopical
Society
- 59 A Liverpool Museum
- 95 D Liverpool School of
Tropical Medicine
- 18 D University of Liverpool
Zoology Museum
- 21 E The Kings School, Macclesfield
- 35 B Macclesfield Museum
- 89 X Manchester Central Library [ne]
- 37 X Manchester City Art Gallery [ne]
- 75 X Manchester Grammar School [ne]
- 76 X Manchester Mechanics Institute [ne]
- 60 A The Manchester Museum
- 68 X Queen's Park Museum, Manchester [ne]
- 77 X Radcliffe Museum, Manchester [ne]
- 67 X Stand Grammar School, Whitefield, Manchester [ne]
- 83 D University of Manchester
Geology Department
- 81 D Nelson and Colne College
- 38 X Salt Museum, Northwich [ne]
- 61 A Oldham Museum
- 39 B Saddleworth Museum, Oldham
- 92 C Werneth Park Adult Centre, Oldham
- 40 B Penrith Museum
- 84 B Harris Museum & Art Gallery,
Preston
- 41 B Rossendale Museum, Rawtenstall
- 42 B Rochdale Museum Service
- 20 D St. Annes-on-Sea Branch
Library
- 45 X Pilkington Glass Museum, St. Helens [ne]
- 46 B St. Helens Museum &
Art Gallery
- 70 X St. Michael's Museum, St. Michaels-on-Wyre [ne]
- 43 X Buile Hill Mining Museum, Salford [ne]
- 44 B Botanic Gardens Museum, Southport
- 48 B Stockport Museum
- 23 E Stonyhurst College
- 24 E St. Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst
- 49 B Quarry Bank Mill, Styal
- 62 A Warrington Museum &
Art Gallery
- 79 X Orford Hall, Warrington [ne]
- 80 X West Cumbria College, Whitehaven [ne]
- 50 B Whitehaven Museum &
Art Gallery
- 26 X Whitehaven School [ne]
- 91 X Wigan Entomological Society [ne]
- 93 D (former) Wigan Entomological
Soc. Collection
- 51 B Wigan Heritage Service
- 27 D Wigan and Leigh College
- 74 X Pennington Hall, Leigh, Wigan Heritage Service [ne]
- 78 X Tyldesley Museum, Wigan [ne]
- 97 X Henry Meoles School, Wirral [ne]
- 25 E Ivy Farm Visitor Centre, Wirral
- 88 X Thurstaston Country Park, Wirral [ne]
- 28 B Helena Thompson Museum, Workington