The Cotswolds

Museums & Galleries

Art Galleries & Museums

HOLST BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM

4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 2AY
Tel: 01242 524846       Fax: 01242 580182
E-mail: holstmuseum@btconnect.com
Web: www.holstmuseum.org.uk
Open: Tue - Sat 10am - 4pm. Open annually Feb to mid Dec.

Discover the life and music of the composer of ''The Planets'' and explore the upstairs-downstairs life of a Victorian household.

Request a leaflet or view our website for special events held throughout the year. We also have a specialist shop for Holst recordings and Victorian style toys. Guided tours for groups by prior arrangement. For further details on our Museum in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire see our website.

THE COTSWOLDS MOTORING MUSEUM

The Old Mill, Sherbourne Street, Bourton-on-the-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 2BY
Tel: 01451 821255
Web:  www.cotswold-motor-museum.com
Open Feb to Nov, 10am - 6pm, daily

With 6 galleries, you could spend hours in the award-winning museum. whether you're young or old. The Mill Gallery is bursting with cars, motorbikes, caravans and metal motoring signs.   Windrush Alley takes an enchanting look at motoring from street level. Discover the sights and smells of the Blacksmith's workshop, relive the 60s & 70s thats brought to life with a funky soundtrack from the era.

  
Motorsports makes a muddy splash, and the Guest Car Showroom has already featured a Model T-ford and a Quadrophenia exhibition! Also check out Country Garage, Collector's Room and the Toy collection. What's more the Museum is home to Brum, the famous yellow car from the hit BBC children's TV show-see where some of the show is filmed!

Call 01451 821255 or visit our website for further details on Cotswolds Motoring Museum in Bourton-on-the-Water.

CHELTENHAM ART GALLERY & MUSEUM

Clarence Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3JT
Tel: 01242 237431     Fax: 01242 262334
E-mail: ArtGallery@cheltenham.gov.uk
Web: www.cheltenham.artgallery.museum
Open: All year. Mon-Sat 10am - 5.20pm. Closed Bank Holidays.
FREE ADMISSION.

The Art Gallery and Museum is housed in a splendid Victorian building. Extensive collections serve to illustrate how people lived from pre-history to the present day.   The famous Arts and Crafts Movement of the 1890s, inspired by William Morris, is represented here in a superb collection of international importance, which includes furniture and fine metalwork, much of it made by Cotswold craftsmen and women.

 
The Art Gallery contains Dutch and British paintings from the 17th century to the present day. Displays provide a vivid account of the Antarctic expedition of 1910-12, as seen through the eyes of the Cheltenham-born Edward Wilson, who accompanied Captain Scott on this ill-fated journey and recorded events in a diary. There is always something new to see at the Museum, with changing exhibitions taking place throughout the year.

The Museum Shop sells posters, cards, presents and souvenirs, and you can enjoy lunch or a coffee in the peace of the Café Museum. For further information on our Gallery & Museum in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire see our website.
 

WINCHCOMBE FOLK & POLICE MUSEUM

Town Hall, High Street, Winchcombe, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 5LJ
Tel: 01242 609151
Web: www.winchcombemuseum.org.uk
Open 1st April to 31st October. Mon to Sat 10am - 5pm, last entry 4.30pm. Closed between 1pm - 2pm.
Admission: Adults £1.50, Senior Citizens £1.25p, Children £1.00, Family Tickets £4.50.

At Winchcombe in the Cotswolds there is something for everyone in our unique Museum. Winchcombe Heritage, Family and local history, folk collection and Police uniform and equipment.

Situated approximately 7 miles north east of Cheltenham. For further details on our museum, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire see our website.

WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE HERITAGE CENTRE

The Chipping, Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GL12 7AD
Tel: 01453 521541
Web: www.wottonheritage.com
Open: Tues to Fri, 10am - 1pm & 2pm - 5pm. Close 4pm throughout the Winter months. Sat, 10am - 1pm.

Visit the Wotton Heritage Centre and discover: Intriguing artefacts from Wotton-under-Edge's crafts and industry. Changing exhibition displays. Photographs, postcards, documents, maps and books of local interest.

Microfiches of Parish registers. Card indexes of family and local history. A variety of viewable Proprietary Software Databases for family history research. Small gift shop and tourist information point. Wheelchair friendly. For further details on the Heritage Centre near Wotton-Under-Edge, the Cotswolds see our website.

TEWKESBURY MUSEUM

64 Barton Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 5PX
Tel: 01684 292901
E-mail: info@tewkesburymuseum.org
Web: www.tewkesburymuseum.org

Exhibits describing the social history of Tewkesbury & surrounding area, housed in attractive half-timbered building.

Large scale model of Battle of Tewkesbury. Archaeological collection and history archive. Come and visit our new Antarctic Gallery. For further information on our Museum near the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire see our website.

BRISTOL AERO COLLECTION

Hanger E2 Kemble Airfield, Kemble, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6BA
Tel: 01285 771204
Web: www.bristolaero.com
Open: Easter - October on Sundays and all year Mondays except Christmas & New Year.

The Bristol Aero Collection is dedicated to preserving the aircraft, helicopters and aero engines produced by the Bristol Aircraft Company. An added attraction at this location is the presence on the airfield of Delta Jets, which restores and operates a number of airworthy jet warbirds.

Although not open to the public, Delta Jets stages one or two airshows each year, and its aircraft can often be seen parked on the apron. For further details on Bristol Aero Collection Museum, near Cirencester, the Cotswolds see our website.
 

HOPEWELL COLLIERY MINING MUSEUM

Cannop Hill, Speech House Road, Coleford, Gloucestershire
Tel: 01594 810706. (After 6pm please telephone 01594 832216).

Open daily from Easter to October. 10.00am - 4.00pm
(Last tour leaves approx. 3.00pm). Party bookings by arrangement.
Admission price:
Adult tours £4.00, Children (under 14) £3.00, Train Rides £1.00.

A True 'Free Mine' in the heart of the Forest. Regular guided underground tours, allowing visitors to walk through the mine workings to see the conditions in which the miners work. Have the methods used to extract the coal explained to them by a true Forest of Dean Free Miner. Parties exit the mine workings by the beautifully engineered old furnace level erected in the 1820's. There is a short stroll through the Forest along the course of an early tram road, back to the museum and cafeteria.
 

The Free Mining tradition, unique to the Forest of Dean, dates back many hundreds of years. It allows a miner born in the hundred of St. Briavels (broadly the area of the Forest) and who has worked for a year and a day in a local mine, to work for a claim or 'gale' in the Forest. There are now only a handful of Free Miners left. Before starting your tour you will have to enter the lamp room to be kitted out with a miners lamp and helmet. Please remember if you are going underground, Hopewell is a real mine so sturdy shoes and warm clothing should be worn.

Other facilities: Large free car park. Free admission to cafeteria, shop, surface museum and picnic rides. Mini loco train rides. *Conditions may present difficulties for some disabled visitors. Disabled visitors should telephone in advance.

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