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Museums & Art Galleries Bourton-on-the-Water

Museums and Art Galleries in or near Bourton-on-the-Water, such as Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection and Corinium Museum are listed below. Bourton-on-the-Water straddles the River Windrush with an array of low bridges, tidy stone banks and neat tree-shaded greens. Full of tradtional Cotswold buildings and described as the Little Venice of the Cotswolds. One of the most popular tourist destinations in the area.

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Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection

The Old Mill, Bourton-on-the-Water 0.2 miles away

The Museum has seven galleries - overflowing with vintage and classic cars, caravans, precarious looking motorcycles, original enamel signs, a unique toy collection and an intriguing array of motoring curiosities - and is even home to BBC TV’s Brum!... more

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Corinium Museum

Park Street, Cirencester 14.8 miles away

Discover the treasures of the Cotswolds at the award-winning Corinium Museum. Cirencester was Roman Britain second largest city and at Corinium Museum you can experience life as a Roman; marvel at the stunning mosaics, enjoy the sights and smells of... more

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Oxfordshire Museum

Fletchers House, Park Street, Woodstock 17.2 miles away

The Oxfordshire Museum is set in attractive gardens, and features collections of Oxfordshire´s rich history, reflecting the archaeology, local history, landscape and wildlife of the county. The 11 galleries provides an introduction to the astonishing... more

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Nature in Art

Wallsworth Hall, Twigworth, Gloucester 20.4 miles away

Nature in Art is the world´s only museum dedicated to all kinds of art inspired by nature. Displays embrace 2- & 3-D work in all mediums and styles from across the world, spanning 1500 years. So typically,you'll find exotic oriental treasures and... more

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City Museum & Art Gallery

Brunswick Road, Gloucester 21.0 miles away

Bring one of England’s most historical cities to life at the Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery, a recipient of heritage lottery funding, which now boasts a new lease of life and exciting interactive visitor experience. Home to some of the most... more

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Gloucester Folk Museum

99/103 Westgate Street, Gloucester 21.2 miles away

Gloucester Folk Museum has three floors of splendid Tudor and Jacobean timber-framed buildings along with new buildings housing the Dairy, Ironmonger´s shop and Wheelwright and Carpenter workshops. Displays feature local history, domestic life,... more

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Compton Verney

Compton Verney 21.7 miles away

Compton Verney offers a unique Art Gallery experience. Housed in a Grade I listed Robert Adam Mansion set in 120 acres of ´Capability´ Brown landscaped parkland, it houses art from around the world. Six permanent collections include: paintings from... more

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Banbury Museum

Spiceball Park Road, Banbury 21.7 miles away

Banbury´s stunning new canal-side museum. Exciting modern `hands-on´ displays tell of Banbury´s origins and historic past. The Civil War; the plush manufacturing industry; the Victorian market town; costume from the 17th century to the present day;... more

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STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway

Kemble Drive, Swindon 22.4 miles away

STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway is located in a beautifully restored railway building where seven generations of men and women built the great locomotives. STEAM tells the story of the men and women who built, operated and travelled on... more

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Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology

Beaumont Street, Oxford 23.0 miles away

You could spend days and days in the Ashmolean, the world’s first university museum, and still not see everything this Oxford treasure trove has to offer. Make a beeline for such gems as the lantern carried by gunpowder plotter Guy Fawkes, a... more

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Pitt Rivers Museum

Parks Road, Oxford 23.0 miles away

Pitt Rivers Museum is famous for its unusual Victorian atmosphere and outstanding collections of unusual and beautiful objects from all over the world. Founded in 1884 with the collection given by Lt General Pitt Rivers. The displays are... more

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Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Parks Road, Oxford 23.1 miles away

The Oxford University Museum of Natural History houses Oxford University´s extensive collection of entomological, geological, mineralogical and zoological material of international importance. The unique reference library houses manuscripts, prints... more

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Modern Art Oxford

30 Pembroke Street, Oxford 23.2 miles away

Established in 1965, Modern Art Oxford is one of the UK´s leading public galleries renowned for the quality of its exhibitions, activities and publications. Working with artists from around the world, our pioneering programme enables audiences and... more

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Heritage Motor Centre

Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwick 24.0 miles away

Fun for all the family. The Heritage Motor Centre houses informative and interactive exhibitions charting the history of British motoring from the 1890s to present day. Walk the 'Time Road' and discover how motoring and family life has changed... more

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Vale & Downland Museum

19 Church Street, Wantage 24.9 miles away

An ideal starting-point for exploring the area. The Museum tells the story of Wantage and the Vale from earliest times to the present, through objects, films and computer interactives.... more

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Warwickshire Museum

Market Place, Warwick 28.2 miles away

At Warwickshire Museum, a huge brown bear with ragged staff will greet you in the entrance to the museum and there are wilder beasts to follow. Enjoy ancient jewellery, fantastic fossils, bees and bugs. Trace the early history of Warwickshire and... more

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Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, Royal Pump Rooms

The Parade, Leamington Spa 29.3 miles away

This award winning Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, Royal Pump Rooms has a fine art collection, an exhibition on the history of Royal Leamington Spa, cabinets of curiosities, gallery of interactive exhibits, Hammam (restored Turkish bath),... more

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Alexander Keiller Museum

High Street, Avebury 32.0 miles away

Alexander Keiller Museum, founded by Alexander Keiller in the 1930s, contains the prehistoric collections from the Avebury complex of monuments, which are of similar age to Stonehenge. One of the displays is of a Neolithic child skeleton that was... more

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Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

Quainton Road Station, Quainton, Aylesbury 35.3 miles away

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre: a working Steam Museum with one of the largest railway collections in the UK. Opening Easter to end of October, Steam Trains and the Miniature Railway run on Sundays, Bank Holidays and School Holiday Wednesdays.... more

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Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Jordan Well, Coventry 37.6 miles away

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum: Located in the historic centre of Coventry, next to the Cathedral ruins, the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum is the cultural hub of the city. Visit us for FREE to immerse yourself and your family in arts, history and... more

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Coventry Transport Museum, Millennium Place

Hales Street, Coventry 37.7 miles away

One of the largest attractions of its kind in Europe, the Coventry Transport Museum is a serious draw for those with a thing for speed – it took some time for my car-mad husband to be prized away from the Thrust SSC, the vehicle in which Richard... more

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Shaw House

Church Road, Shaw, Newbury 37.8 miles away

Shaw House was built in 1581 by Newbury clothier Thomas Dolman. This fine Elizabethan building has enjoyed a colourful past from a Duke’s country retreat to a school. It was recently restored through a £6million project and the stories and characters... more

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Sarehole Mill

Cole Bank Road, Hall Green, Birmingham 38.1 miles away

Sarehole is the only surviving example of the 60 or so watermills that once existed in Birmingham. It was also the childhood haunt of JRR Tolkien and inspiration for the mill in ´The Hobbit´.... more

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National Motorcycle Museum

Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull 38.7 miles away

The National Motorcycle Museum is the largest motorcycle museum in the world, housing a breathtaking collection of over 700 British motorcycles dating from 1898, each painstakingly restored to its original specification. It is a tribute to this once... more

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Rugby Art Gallery & Museum

Little Elborow Street, Rugby 39.5 miles away

Rugby Art Gallery & Museum: See the remarkable Tripontium Collection of Roman artefacts and explore Rugby´s past in the Social History Museum. The Art Gallery hosts a series of changing temporary exhibitions, including the Rugby Collection of... more

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Barber Institute of Fine Arts

University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham 39.6 miles away

Barber Institute of Fine Arts is one of the finest small art galleries, housing an outstanding permanent collection that includes major paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints by Rubens, Gainsborough, Turner, Rossetti, Manet, Degas, Rodin, Monet... more

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The Canal Museum

Stoke Bruerne, Towcester 40.0 miles away

The Canal Museum in Stoke Bruerne is situated in a beautiful canal side village with a 'living canal' on its doorstep. The Museum is located in a restored corn mill alongside the Grand Union Canal and you can easily imagine what life was like in the... more

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Buckinghamshire County Museum & The Roald Dahl Children´s Gallery

Church Street, Aylesbury 40.5 miles away

Buckinghamshire County Museum & The Roald Dahl Children´s Gallery, houses displays that cover the diverse natural, social and cultural history of Buckinghamshire. In addition to curriculum based interactive exhibitions for children, there is a... more

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Bewdley Museum

The Shambles, Load Street, Bewdley 41.4 miles away

Bewdley Museum is housed in a historic and unusual 18th century Butchers Shambles and Brass Foundry. This unique museum provides a fascinating insight into the growth and trades of the town, the lives of its people, and the crafts of the surrounding... more

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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Chamberlain Square, Birmingham 41.6 miles away

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery was opened in 1885 and is home to one of the world´s largest collections of pre-Raphaelite art, with works by Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown and Holman Hunt. It also hosts a fine collection of 18th and 19th century art,... more

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Thinktank

Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham 41.6 miles away

Thinktank offers an extraordinary, fun-packed day out for all the family. From steam engines to intestines, this exciting museum has over 200 hands-on displays on science and technology from the past, present and future. This includes the... more

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American Museum in Britain

Claverton Manor, Bath 42.5 miles away

Opened in 1961, the American Museum in Britain was the original idea of Dallas Pratt and John Judkyn who wanted to show the achievements of Americans in decorative arts. A series of 18 period rooms demonstrate how Americans lived between the late... more

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Hereford Museum & Art Gallery

Broad Street, Hereford 42.7 miles away

Hereford Museum & Art Gallery is housed in a Victorian gothic building, the Museum has been exhibiting since 1874 with regularly changing exhibitions. The Museum displays `A Sense of Place´, a changing exhibition which gives an insight into the... more

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Holburne Museum of Art

Great Pulteney Street, Bath 42.9 miles away

Holburne Museum is a beautiful building in its own grounds at the top of the most impressive street in Georgian England. It houses Bath´s most exciting display of fine and decorative art assembled around the collection of Bath resident Sir William... more

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Fashion Museum

Assembly Rooms, Bennett Street, Bath 43.1 miles away

Fashion Museum: A world-class collection of contempoary and historical dress. Located in the magnificent Georgian Assembly Rooms, the Museum has been recently re-displayed. Special exhibitions during 2008 include: ´17th century gloves´, ´1977´ - a... more

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Bath Postal Museum

27 Northgate Street, Bath 43.2 miles away

We cover 4,000 years of communication from clay-mail to e-mail. This time-line also includes exhibitions in the Education Room on the Victorians, an essential ingredient in school curricula. Four computer games demonstrate how the post was ´carried´.... more

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Museum of East Asian Art

12 Bennett Street, Bath 43.2 miles away

The Museum of East Asian Art is situated in a restored Georgian building. The collection was founded by Brian McElney, a retired solicitor who practised in Hong Kong. This unique Museum houses a fine collection of objects from all over East Asia,... more

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Victoria Art Gallery

Bridge Street, Bath 43.3 miles away

Victoria Art Gallery, Bath and North East Somerset´s art gallery houses a substantial permanent collection. On display, in the recently refurbished Upper Gallery, are paintings by Gainsborough, Turner and Sickert, and many other leading artists from... more

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Roman Baths

Pump Room, Stall Street, Bath 43.4 miles away

The Roman Baths, the most popular visitor attraction in the West Country, contain the remains of one of the greatest religious spas in the ancient world and a fine Roman museum. It is one of the best-preserved Roman sites north of the Alps and at the... more

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Trowbridge Museum

The Shires, Court Street, Trowbridge 43.6 miles away

Trowbridge Museum, housed in a former woollen mill, with displays telling the fascinating story of Trowbridge Town and its people. Working looms still produce cloth, which is sold within the museum. Other displays include reconstruction of Trowbridge... more

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Bletchley Park

The Mansion, Bletchley, Milton Keynes 43.8 miles away

Once known simply as Station X, Bletchley Park was the country’s main decryption centre during World War II and is now a museum dedicated to the efforts of the startlingly smart code breakers who worked there, including the likes of Alan Turing,... more

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Northampton Museum & Art Gallery

Guildhall Road, Northampton 44.0 miles away

The Northampton Museum & Art Gallery houses Northampton´s famous collection of boots and shoes, the largest in the world. The displays show the history of shoemaking and how fashions have changed over a hundred years, with examples that include... more

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River & Rowing Museum

Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames 44.1 miles away

The River & Rowing Museum is situated in picturesque Henley-on-Thames. This award-winning Museum has three main themes, with galleries celebrating each one. The River Thames, the town of Henley-on-Thames and the sport of rowing are all brought to... more

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MK Gallery

900 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes 44.3 miles away

MK Gallery is the city´s purpose-built gallery for exhibitions of international contemporary art. Its free, regularly changing exhibition programme includes both emerging and established artists. Past exhibitors such as Phil Collins and Cathy Wilkes... more

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Black Country Living Museum

Tipton Road, Dudley 45.9 miles away

Black Country Living Museum was established in 1975 to collect, preserve, research and display items relating to the social and industrial history of the Black Country. The collection of well over 40,000 items ranges from hand made nails to whole... more

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Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

Queens Road, Bristol 46.8 miles away

Bristol Museum and Art Gallery houses an outstanding and diverse range of objects. There is a choice of 20 galleries over 3 floors full of spectacular collections of regional, national and international importance. Some of the treasures include... more

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Royal West of England Academy

Queen's Road, Clifton, Bristol 46.8 miles away

The Royal West of England Academy (RWA) is one of only five Royal Academies of Art in the UK. It is a registered charity which has been self-supporting for over 150 years and possesses an outstanding Grade II* listed building, galleries and permanent... more

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Natural History Museum at Tring

The Walter Rothschild Building, Akeman Street, Tring 47.1 miles away

The Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum was once the private collection of Lionel Walter, 2nd Baron Rothschild and is now part of The Natural History Museum. It houses more than 4000 specimens in a unique Victorian Setting. The displays comprise of... more

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The New Art Gallery Walsall

Gallery Square, Walsall 49.3 miles away

The New Art Gallery Walsall has The Garman Ryan Collection on permanent display. This was donated to the people of Walsall in 1973 by Lady Kathleen Garman, widow of sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein, and includes work by Picasso, Van Gogh, Modigliani and... more

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Leather Museum

Littleton Street West, Walsall 49.6 miles away

The Leather Museum is housed in a restored leather factory. Walsall was the British leathergoods capital where people have been making the world's finest saddles and leather goods for over 200 years. The displays tell the stories of the Walsall... more

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