Gloucestershire Museums Gazetteer

An award-winning museum that traces the history of Cirencester from its origins as a Roman town, through its medieval prosperity as a centre of the Cotswold wool trade, to the turmoil of the Civil War years. As you might expect for an old Roman town, many of the exhibits showcase Roman artefacts, and there are opportunities for younger visitors to explore the fascinating history of the region through hands-on exhibits. Among the highlights are a Roman town-house interior, and reconstructed mosaic floors found nearby.
Park Street, Cirencester, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, GL7 2BX

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Gloucester Waterways Museum is an award-winning museum housed in a restored Victorian warehouse. Hands-on exhibits follow the history of inland waterways in Britain over the past 200 years, with floating exhibits and canal boat rides in the summer.
Llanthony Warehouse, Gloucester Docks, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, GL1 2EH

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Heritage Highlight: Historic Victorian docks and canal

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Composer Gustav Holst (The Planets) was born in this Regency house in 1874. Part memorial to the life and work of the composer, and part museum of "upstairs, downstairs" life.
4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, GL52 2AY

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Heritage Highlight: Holst's piano

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