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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Gloucester Folk Museum - Gloucestershire Museums & Heritage Centres

Gloucestershire Places to Visit Museums & Heritage Centres - Gloucester Folk Museum

At the end of 2018 the Council closed the Museum and agreed a deal to transfer ownership to Gloucester Historic Buildings/Gloucester Civic Trust who will be re-opening it as an events, education and exhibitions space.

The building has an excellent café where visitors can take a break including a delightful “Tudor” garden area when the weather suits.

Also on site are a pair of excellent, state of the art, meeting rooms, called the “EdShed”, which are available for hire.