The Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum is situated in the charming village of Stoke Bruerne in Northamptonshire on the Grand Union Canal.
It is home to a vast collection of exhibits that showcase the fascinating world of Britain’s canals. It is an immersive experience of the culture, heritage, and history of the Grand Union Canal and the individuals who inhabited and toiled along its banks.
The Canal Museum is housed in a beautifully restored Grade II listed corn mill situated at the top of a flight of canal locks. The building itself is a testament to the area’s industrial heritage and provides an atmospheric environment for the museum’s displays and exhibits.

Busy canal scene outside Stoke Bruerne canal museum.
Exhibits and Displays
Follow the story of Britain’s canals, from the great engineers and navvies who created them to the boat families, leggers and lock keepers who lived and worked on them. The Museum holds examples of painted ware and other canal crafts, canal-side signs, traditional clothing, and specialist tools.
Many of the objects in the collection are designated of national importance. Outside the museum on the canal, you can see the narrowboat ‘Sculptor’, a craft which is one of the thousand or so listed on the UK’s National Historic Boat Register.
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