List of museums in Gloucestershire
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This list of museums in Gloucestershire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
| Name | Image | Town/City | Region | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton Court | .jpg) |
Iron Acton | South Gloucestershire | Historic house | Conserved Tudor house built for the pleasure of Henry VIII, gardens and grounds |
| Berkeley Castle |  |
Berkeley | South Gloucestershire | Historic house | Medieval castle, gardens, butterfly house |
| Blackfriars | Gloucester | Gloucester | Historic house | Operated by English Heritage, medieval friary later converted into a Tudor house and cloth factory | |
| Chavenage House |  |
Tetbury | Cotswold | Historic house | Elizabethan manor house |
| Chedworth Roman Villa |  |
Chedworth | Cheltenham | Archaeology | Operated by the National Trust, artifacts and remains of a large Roman villa |
| Clearwell Caves |  |
Clearwell | Forest of Dean | Mining | Former iron ore mine |
| Coleford Great Western Railway Museum | Coleford | Forest of Dean | Railway | Includes a former goods shed, a GWR signal box, miniature railway, locomotive | |
| Corinium Museum | Cirencester | Cotswold | Archaeology | Artifacts found locally from Roman Britain, Neolithic and Victorian eras | |
| Cotswold Motoring Museum |  |
Bourton-on-the-Water | Cotswold | Transportation | Cars, motorcycles, bicycles, caravans and motoring memorabilia of the twentieth century, also toy collection |
| Court Barn | Chipping Campden | Cotswold | Art | website, craft and design, including contemporary crafts and Arts and Crafts movement pieces | |
| Dean Forest Railway |  |
Norchard | Forest of Dean | Railway | Heritage railway and museum at Norchard railway station |
| Dean Heritage Centre |  |
Soudley | Forest of Dean | Local | Local history, trades, industry |
| Dr. Jenner's House |  |
Berkeley | South Gloucestershire | Historic house | Home of Edward Jenner, the originator of vaccination |
| Dunkirk Mill | Nailsworth | South Gloucestershire | Industry | website, operated by the Stroudwater Textile Trust, former textile mill with massive working water wheel and other machinery | |
| Dursley Heritage Centre | Dursley | Stroud | Local | website, local history, culture, operated by Dursley Town Trust | |
| Dyrham Park |  |
Dyrham | South Gloucestershire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Baroque mansion with Dutch paintings, furniture and decorative arts, gardens and grounds |
| Frenchay Village Museum | Frenchay | South Gloucestershire | Local | website, history of the non-conformist Quakers and Unitarians who founded the village | |
| Gardens Gallery | Cheltenham | Cheltenham | Art | website, community art gallery | |
| Gigg Mill | Nailsworth | South Gloucestershire | Industry | website, operated by the Stroudwater Textile Trust, textile weaving shed demonstrating changing technologies from a simple handloom to flying shuttle to power loom | |
| The Museum of Gloucester | Gloucester | Gloucester | Multiple | Local history, archaeology, fine and decorative arts, natural history, Roman and Mediaeval displays, dinosaurs | |
| Gloucester Life |  |
Gloucester | Gloucester | Multiple | Crafts, trades, industries, toys, household items, model trains, appliances, period classroom, dairy, wheelwright, carpenter and ironmonger's shops, |
| Gloucester Waterways Museum |  |
Gloucester | Gloucester | Transportation | History of area canals, canal boats, equipment, natural history |
| Hailes Abbey |  |
Winchcombe | Tewkesbury | Religious | Operated by English Heritage, ruins of a 13th-century Cistercian abbey, excavated artifacts |
| Holst Birthplace Museum | Cheltenham | Cheltenham | Historic house | website, birthplace of composer Gustav Holst, his life and works | |
| Hopewell Colliery Museum | Soudley | Forest of Dean | Mining | website, former coal mine | |
| Jet Age Museum | Staverton | Tewkesbury | Aviation | Restored historic aircraft, aero engines, cockpits and other related exhibits, area history in the development of jet engines | |
| John Moore Museum | Tewkesbury | Tewkesbury | Natural history | website, mammals and birds of the local countryside, museum named after conservationist John Moore | |
| Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music | Northleach | Cheltenham | Music | website, antique music boxes, automata and mechanical musical instruments in a 17th-century wool merchant's house | |
| Kingswood Heritage Museum | Kingswood | South Gloucestershire | Local | website, local history, culture, industry, religion | |
| Lydney Park | Lydney | Forest of Dean | Multiple | 17th-century country estate with Roman temple complex and artifacts, gardens | |
| Merchant's House | Tewkesbury | Tewkesbury | Historic house | website, 15th century Tudor house by Tewkesbury Abbey | |
| Museum in the Park | Stroud | Stroud | Local | Local history, archaeology, art exhibits, culture | |
| Nature in Art |  |
Gloucester | Gloucester | Art | Art inspired by nature in all forms, styles and media |
| Newark Park |  |
Ozleworth | Cotswold | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Tudor country house reflecting over 450 years of inhabitants, gardens |
| Owlpen Manor |  |
Owlpen | Stroud | Historic house | Manor house reflecting medieval, Tudor and 18th century periods, and Arts and Crafts movement restorations, gardens |
| Prema | Uley | Stroud | Art | website, arts centre | |
| Rodmarton Manor | Cirencester | Cotswold | Historic house | Early 20th-century house with interior, decorations and furniture built house built according to Arts and Crafts movement ideals | |
| Sezincote House |  |
Moreton-in-Marsh | Cotswold | Historic house | 19th-century reinterpretation of 16th and 17th-century Mughal architecture, gardens |
| Snowshill Manor |  |
Snowshill | Cotswold | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, features eclectic collection over 22,00 items including paintings, sculpture, toys, Japanese armor and swords, costumes, musical instruments, butter stamps, cow bell, locks, bicycles and more |
| Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum |  |
Gloucester | Gloucester | Military | History of the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars |
| St. Mary's Mill | Chalford | South Gloucestershire | Industry | website, operated by the Stroudwater Textile Trust, c.1820 mill with a large waterwheel and a steam engine | |
| Stanway House | Jun2006.jpg) |
Stanway | Tewkesbury | Historic house | Jacobean manor house, 18th century water garden |
| Sudeley Castle |  |
Winchcombe | Tewkesbury | Historic house | Elizabethan castle, ruins, 10 gardens, exhibits of Queen Katherine Parr, textiles, Victorian memorabilia, adventure playground |
| Tailor of Gloucester Beatrix Potter Museum and Shop | Gloucester | Gloucester | Media | website, located in the original building used by author Beatrix Potter in her story The Tailor of Gloucester | |
| Tetbury Police Museum | Tetbury | Cotswold | Law enforcement | website, Victorian police station and courtroom, history of the Gloucestershire Constabulary, collection of restraint equipment | |
| Tewkesbury Borough Museum | Tewkesbury | Tewkesbury | Local | Local history, archaeology, culture, 1950s model fair | |
| Tewkesbury Heritage Centre | Tewkesbury | Tewkesbury | Local | 17th century period glovemaker's shop and period local history exhibits | |
| Thornbury and District Museum | Thornbury | South Gloucestershire | Local | website, local history, culture, archaeology | |
| Wellington Aviation Museum |  |
Moreton-in-Marsh | Cotswold | Military | website, history and artifacts from RAF Moreton-in-Marsh |
| The Wilson | Cheltenham | Cheltenham | Multiple | Art, decorative arts, local history, archaeology, ethnographic artefacts from Africa and Asia | |
| Winchcombe Folk and Police Museum |  |
Winchcombe | Tewkesbury | Multiple | website, local history, culture, police uniforms, equipment and artifacts |
| Woodchester Mansion |  |
Woodchester | Stroud | Historic house | Unfinished 19th-century Gothic revival mansion house |
| Wotton-under-Edge Heritage Centre | Wotton-under-Edge | Stroud | Local | website, local history, industries and crafts, culture | |
| Yate Heritage Centre | Yate | South Gloucestershire | Local | website, local history, culture |
Defunct museums
[edit]- Bristol Aero Collection, now Aerospace Bristol, at Filton, Bristol.
- Cinderbury Iron Age Experience, Clearwell[1]
- Park House Toy Collectors Museum, Stow-on-the-Wold, closed in 2011[2]
- Shambles Victorian Village, Newent[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Contact Us". Cinderbury Iron Age Experience. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
Cinderbury was an Iron Age Village Attraction Centre
- ^ "Gloucestershire toy museum sells stock at auction". BBC News Gloucestershire. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ http://www.ideasforthekids.co.uk/attraction.aspx?attid=e2b233bc-ee0d-4398-9182-2846a3515233 Ideas for Kids, "The Shambles Victorian Village (now closed)"