Museums & Heritage Centres in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire has a great variety of museums! The Gloucester Folk museum tells the story of everyday folk, how they lived, their trades and customs; the Corinium museum has lots of Roman exhibits; the Soldiers of Gloucestershire museum details the history of the Glorious Glosters; the motoring museum has a trip down memory lane with vintage cars and motoring curiosities; learn about the wonderful work of Dr Edward Jenner, whose vaccination freed the world of the deadly smallpox; see an extensive natural history collection at the Merchants House; visit the birthplace of Gustav Holst, the composer of The Planets; learn about mining in the Forest of Dean; what life was life for boat people at the waterways museum; find out about the first jet plane at the jet age museum; love cricket? then the cricket museum has a fantastic collection of cricket artefacts.

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Corinium Museum - Gloucestershire Museums & Heritage Centres

Gloucestershire Places to Visit Museums & Heritage Centres - Corinium Museum

The Museum has one of the finest and most extensive Roman collections in the country. Corinium, Roman Cirencester, was the second largest Roman town outside London Experience Cirencester from the Iron Age to the English Civil War. See forensically re-constructed Saxon heads. Open daily, but has seasonal opening times. Admission charged (under 5s free).