Our collections include paintings, drawings, sculpture, archaeology, local and social history, and objects from all over the world. The Summerfield galleries contain displays of paintings, furniture and everyday objects from the medieval period to the present day.

Gustav Holst the composer was born here in 1874. The story of the man and his music is told alongside a fascinating display of personal belongings including his piano on which he composed his masterpiece The Planets. The museum is also a fine period house showing the...

Francis Close Hall (FCH) is the University campus nearest to Cheltenham’s town centre, being just a short walk away from Cheltenham’s lively bars, clubs, friendly terraced streets, department stores, specialist shops, community cafes, diners and restaurants.

The Faculty of Media, Art and Communications at Pittville Studios promote creativity within a rigorous academic framework. We aim to produce creative and disciplined thinkers equipped with the right skills for a chosen career path or vocation. We encourage all our...

The museum first opened in 1968 and contained the original collection put together by Tim Petchey and his fellow Trustees. Since that date both the collection and the garden has grown and now covers around half an acre, and encompasses track-side signs and boundary...

Whittington Court is an Elizabethan manor house set on an ancient site. The house, built of ashlar stone, stands within the remains of a medieval moat, next to a small Norman church. Nearby is the site of a Roman villa. Whittington Court was probably built by John...

The Castle has changed hands over a dozen times during its history and today it is the private home of Lord and Lady Ashcombe, Henry and Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst and their families. Sudeley’s glorious gardens are amongst the very best in England, from the...

Nature in Art is the world’s first Museum and Art Gallery dedicated exclusively to fine, decorative and applied art inspired by nature. Our growing collection is housed in a fine Georgian mansion dating from the mid 1700’s. We regularly change our displays and...

Hailes Abbey enjoys a beautiful setting on the western fringe of the Cotswolds surrounded by wooded pasture. In the Middle Ages the Cistercian Abbey was one of the main centres of pilgimages in Britain due to a phial possessed by the monks said to contain the blood...

A late 18th century house designed by famed Georgian architect Robert Smirke and built 1816-17 for the Lloyd-Baker family. The interiors feature a suite of attractive Georgian chambers, including a Dining Room, Drawing Room, Library, and Entrance Hall. Hardwicke...