Free Entry, Free Attractions, Free Entrance. Glousestershire
and Warwickshire
What
to do at the weekend, What's on at the weekend?
Things
to do FREE in Gloucester & Warwickhire
Gloucestershire
Free Days Out
Cheltenham
Art Gallery & Museum
Cheltenham
Art Gallery & Museum has become one of the first museums
in the south-west to be awarded Fully Accredited status under
the Museums Libraries & Archives Council’s new Accreditation
Scheme for Museums
Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 17.20
First Thursday of each month open at 11.00
Closed Bank Holidays
Closed Sundays
Admission
- It's FREE to come in; donations are welcome
Totally
accessible for wheelchair users, lift, ramps, etc to all floors
(to use lift, please ask a member of security staff). Free
loan of wheelchair, pushchair or toddler stool. Induction
loop and speech reinforcement system in the Meeting Room.
Handling tables throughout the galleries. Guide dogs welcome.
Oddas
hapel
A Saxon
chapel known as 'Odda's Chapel' which was dedicated in 1056.
It lies in the northern quadrant of a Saxon Royal vill which
is oval in shape and defined by banks and ditches. The chapel
consists of a nave and chancel, and has two double splayed
round headed windows, one of which still retains part of a
wooden window frame in situ. The chapel continued in use until
the 13th century. In the 16th century alterations were made
to the upper storey of the chancel and the nave became a kitchen
with an open hearth. The building is Scheduled and Listed
Grade I.
Gloucester
City Museum and Art Gallery
The museum's
fascinating displays are housed in a fine Victorian Building
in the heart of the City and contains many items of national
and international importance. Among the spectacular collection
are the archaeological finds, fine and decorative arts, and
natural history specimens representing Gloucester's rich heritage.
A visit
to the City Museum and Art Gallery will tell you so much about
the early history of Gloucester. As well as fascinating Roman
and Mediaeval displays there are dinosaurs, fossils, paintings,
clocks, furniture, the stunning Birdlip Mirror and lots more.
Accessibility:
Disable toilet, lift to Exhibition Room and Art Gallery, Hearing
Loop System.
OPENING
TIMES: Tuesday to Saturday all year, 10.00-17.00. FREE ADMISSION
To contact
us: Phone us: +44 (01452) 396131
Gloucester
Folk Museum
Gloucester
Folk Museum is one of the oldest-established museums dedicated
to social history. The collections have been drawn together
through mainly gifts from the entire county of Gloucestershire,
and represent one of the most fascinating collections of such
material.
From treen
(small wooden items), to the intriguing story of the river
Severn fisheries; from historic costume to the life of the
dairy; from the reconstructed Victorian classroom to the original
pin factory - all of these plus hundreds of other elements
of our local history are to be found here.
Set in
Tudor timber-framed buildings, one of which was traditionally
associated with the final night of the protestant martyr,
Bishop Hooper, the Folk Museum is a complex of rooms on different
levels and with a unique ambience that makes it a popular
sight for locals and visitors. Behind the chocolate-box facade
is a museum which is both larger than seems possible, and
constantly surprising. No visit to Gloucestershire is complete
without seeing the treasures and curiosities on display.
Local history, domestic life, crafts, trades and industries
from c.1500 to the present, including a Toys and Childhood
gallery with hands-on toys and a puppet theatre, the Siege
of Gloucester, domestic life, The Portal with interactive
quizzes and much more.
OPENING
TIMES: Tuesday to Saturday all year, 10.00-17.00. FREE ADMISSION
To contact
us: Phone us: +44 (01452) 396868; Fax us : +44 (01452) 330495
Warwickshire
Free Days Out
Webb
Ellis Rugby Football Museum
A unique
treasure trove of history and memorabilia housed in the original
19th century workshops where the shoe and boot maker James
Gilbert made the first rugby ball in 1842.
The museum
is packed with much rugby memorabilia and is popular with
rugby fans. Traditional handmade rugby balls are still made
at the museum.
Mon to
Sat, closed Sundays.
Warwickshire
Yeomanry Museum
Uniforms, arms, swords, sabres and selected silver.
The Court House, Jury Street
Tel: +44 (0)1926 492212
OPEN
Easter to October
Saturdays, Sundays and Bank and Public Holiday Mondays.
10.00 - 13.00, 14.00 - 16.00
Other
times by appointment.
ADMISSION
FREE
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