Gloucestershire Museums

Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum

World renowned Arts & Crafts collection, inspired by William Morris. Rare Chinese and English ceramics. 300 years of painting by Dutch and British artists. Social history of Cheltenham. Changing Exhibition programme throughout the year. Admission free

Clarence Street, Cheltenham GL50 3JT    Tel: 01242 237431   Email

Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection

The home of BBC TV's "Brum". Along with the beautiful cars and motor cycles, Britain's largest display of vintage motoring signs, and large and varied collection of automobilia.

The Old Mill, Bourton-on-the-Water,  GL54 2BY  Tel: 01451 821255    Email

Dean Heritage Centre

Museum of the Forest of Dean, by a mill pond in a wooded valley, with woodland walks, adventure playground and picnic site. Social/industrial history, beam engine, water- wheel, pigs, fowls, shops. Parking - café. Charcoal burning events

Camp Mill, Soudley, Forest of Dean GL14 2UB Tel: 01594 822170  Email

Exhibits show the early life of the City. Dinosaur bones and unique Roman remains. Special displays include furniture and decorative arts, with a vibrant temporary exhibition programme.

Brunswick Road, Gloucester GL1 1HP  Tel: 01452 396131

Gloucester Folk Museum

Tudor / Jacobean houses showing the social history, folklore, crafts & industries of the City and County. Special exhibitions & events. Disabled facilities on ground floor only. Lovely small sheltered courtyard garden.

99-103 Westgate St Gloucester  GL1 2PG  Tel: 01452 396467   Email

Holst Birthplace Museum

A Regency house where the composer of 'The Planets' was born in 1874. 19th Century period furnishings and working kitchen & laundry showing the 'upstairs-downstairs' way of life of Victorian and Edwardian times.

4 Clarence Road, Pitville, Cheltenham, GL52 2AY Tel: 01242 524846  Email

Hopewell Colliery

Visit this coal mine museum to see how mining in the Forest of Dean has been carried out since Roman Times. Underground tours with guides. Hard helmets and lamps provided, stout footwear advisable. Refreshments available at cafe. Picnic Site.

Lacinda, Prosper Lane  Coleford ,  GL16 7JP Tel: 01594 810706

Jenner Museum

A museum dedicated to the memory of Edward Jenner (the discoverer of a vaccination against smallpox) set in Jenner's beautiful Georgian house and gardens. Exhibition on immunology. Parking.

Berkeley   GL13 9BH  Tel: 01453 810631

John Moore Countryside Museum

A countryside collection with displays of British woodland and wetland wildlife. Many species of wild creature, their life cycles and their relationships with their habitats and people are examined in depth. The museum honours John Moore the author.

41 Church Street, Tewksbury  GL20 5SN  Tel: 01684 297174   Email

Museum in the Park

Geology, archaeology & social history exhibits of local & regional interest. Family friendly museum. Temporary exhibitions and events programme. Admission free.

Stratford Park,  Stratford Road,  Stroud  GL5 4AF Tel: 01453 763394   Email

Located in a splendid Victorian Warehouse, this award-winning museum charts the history of our waterways through touch-screen computers, other interactive displays and historic boats. Shops, café and seasonal boat trips available.

Gloucester Docks, Gloucester GL1 2EH  Tel: 01452 318200   Email

Shambles Museum

Set in over an acre, and imaginatively set out as a small town of cobbled streets, alleyways, cottages and houses. Shops and trades and even a tin chapel and cottage garden recreating the feel and atmosphere of Victorian life.

Church Street, Newent, GL18 1PP   Tel: 01531 822144

Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum

Award winning museum that tells the soldiers' stories - their lives, their travels and their service. Parking.

Gloucester Docks, Gloucester, GL1 2HE  Tel: 01452 522682   Email

Tetbury Police Museum

Displays in cells, police office and the former magistrates court. Selection of uniforms, photo's, documents, equipment etc. Court scene with sound in old court room. Admission free

63 Long Street Tetbury   GL8 8AA Tel: 01666 504670

Tewkesbury Museum

Exhibits describing the social history of Tewkesbury & surrounding area, housed in attractive 17th century half-timbered building. Large scale model of Battle of Tewkesbury. Archaeological collection and history archive.

64 Barton Street, Tewksbury  GL20 5PX   Tel: 01684 292901   Email

Wellington Aviation Museum

Many rare Wellington & other aircraft artefacts, unique collection of Royal Air Force treasures, Moreton-in-Marsh Royal Air Force records & photographs including village history - paintings, prints, aircraft sculptures, books & videos for sale.

Moreton-in-Marsh  GL56 0BG  Tel: 01608 650323

Winchcombe Folk and Police Museum

The heritage and history of Winchcombe and its people, plus the police Collection of historic and modern, British and International uniforms and equipment. Local and family history information. Children's activity sheets

The Town Hall, Winchcombe, Cheltenham GL54 5LJ Tel: 01242 609151

Winchcombe Railway Museum & Garden

Display of tools and equipment which show railway life in the days of steam. Signals and working exhibits are visitor operated. Set in 1.5 acres of gardens.

The Railway Station,  Toddington GL54 5DT   Tel: 01242 609305   Email

Wotton-under-Edge Heritage Centre

Display of artefacts, photographs and pictures relating to Wotton and district. Documents, books, maps & resources for local and family history. Tourist information point, small shop. Admission free.

The Chipping,  Wotton-under-Edge,  GL12 7AD Tel: 01453 521541

Arlington Mill Museum

Dating back to the 17th Century, the history of the mill can be traced through photographs and documents. Working machinery illustrating milling & the Victorian way of life. Tearoom, gift shop and herb garden. Limited parking.

Bibury, Cirencester  GL7 5NW  Tel: 01285 740368

Forest of Dean Mechanical Organ Museum

A unique collection of mechanical music spanning the last 150 years hidden away on the edge of the Forest of Dean. Mechanical organs, polyphons, pianola, automatic piano, electric organs & musical boxes. Special evening visits by arrangement.

Springfields, Hawthorns Cross  Drybrook GL17 9BW Tel: 01594 542278