Gloucester City Museum

Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.  Housed in a stunning Victorian building in the heart of the City, it contains many items of national and international importance. Among the spectacular collection are archaeological finds, fine and decorative arts and natural history specimens representing Gloucester’s rich heritage. A visit to the museum will tell you much about the early history of Gloucester. As well as fascinating Roman and Mediaeval displays there are dinosaurs, fossils, paintings, clocks, furniture, the stunning Birdlip Mirror and lots more.

A wide range of exquisite touring exhibitions and an exciting programme of events, hands-on activities, are held throughout the year and whether you are a researcher, a professional, an amateur, or an enthusiast about archaeology, fine art, science or history there are plenty of objects in our collection to grab your attention. If you are a visiting parent, grand parent or a child of any age, there is always something to do including interactive and other hands-on activities.

Accessibility: Disabled toilet, lift to Exhibition Room and Art Gallery, Hearing Loop System.

OPENING TIMES: Tuesday to Saturday all year, 10.00-17.00. FREE ADMISSION

Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery

Brunswick Road, Gloucester GL1 1HP

Tel: (01452) 396131

Fax: (01452) 410898

email: city.museum@gloucester.gov.uk

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Gloucester Folk Museum

Gloucester Folk Museum is one of the oldest-established museums dedicated to social history. The collections have been drawn together through mainly gifts from Gloucestershire, and represent one of the most fascinating collections of such material.

From treen (small wooden items), to the intriguing story of the river Severn fisheries, from historic costume to the life of the dairy; from the reconstructed Victorian classroom to the original pin factory - all of these plus hundreds of other elements of our local history are to be found here.

Set in Tudor timber-framed buildings, one of which was traditionally associated with the final night of the protestant martyr, Bishop Hooper, the Folk Museum is a complex of rooms on different levels and with a unique ambience that makes it a popular sight for locals and visitors. Behind the chocolate-box facade is a museum which is both larger than seems possible, and constantly surprising. No visit to Gloucestershire is complete without seeing the treasures and curiosities on display here.

A wide range of exhibitions, hands-on activities, events, demonstrations and role play sessions are held throughout the year. There is an attractive cottage garden and a courtyard area for events, often with live animals, and outside games.

Local history, domestic life, crafts, trades and industries from c.1500 to the present, including a Toys and Childhood gallery with hands-on toys and a puppet theatre, the Siege of Gloucester, domestic life, The Portal with interactive quizzes and much more.

OPENING TIMES: Tuesday to Saturday all year, 10.00-17.00. FREE ADMISSION

Wheelchair access to ground floor only, Hearing Loop.

Gloucester Folk Museum

Westgate Street, Gloucester GL1

Phone: +44 (01452) 396868 - 69

Fax: +44 (01452) 330495

email: folk.museum@gloucester.gov.uk

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