Make Your Mark: A Communal Artwork

We want you to put your art right onto a gallery wall!
Make Your Mark is a giant communal artwork made from tape, created by the people of Gloucester, together.
Join in from 25 Oct 2025

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Discovery Centre

A year-long archaeological project is underway revealing fascinating finds unearthed during city developments. Watch archaeologists at work, explore real discoveries, and take part in hands-on activities and events.

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Festive Fun Awaits

Discover creative workshops, seasonal trails and family activities to make your December magical. Explore everything in one place and start planning your visit now.

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Events

Sep 18

Sep 18, 2025 – Mar 26, 2026

Families

Quiet Mornings

Sep 18, 2025 – Mar 26, 2026

Families

Our weekly Quiet Mornings offer a calmer museum experience, especially suited to visitors who prefer a more relaxed environment.

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Sep 18, 2025 – Mar 26, 2026

Families

Oct 25

Oct 25, 2025 – Dec 7, 2025

Art, Community

Make Your Mark

Oct 25, 2025 – Dec 7, 2025

Art, Community

We want you to put your art right onto a gallery wall!

Make Your Mark is a giant communal artwork made from tape, created by the people of Gloucester, together.

More info

Oct 25, 2025 – Dec 7, 2025

Art, Community

Oct 25

Oct 25, 2025 – Jan 4, 2026

Exhibitions, Community

The Time is Now

Oct 25, 2025 – Jan 4, 2026

Exhibitions, Community

Three brilliant Gloucester residents, three historic communities, three extraordinary portraits by renowned photographer Emilie Sandy.

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Oct 25, 2025 – Jan 4, 2026

Exhibitions, Community

Ghosts & Giggles: Family Tour of Haunted Gloucester

Dec 12

Dec 12, 2025

Families, Tours, Halloween

Ghosts & Giggles: Family Tour of Haunted Gloucester

Dec 12, 2025

Families, Tours, Halloween

Along the way, you’ll hear ghostly tales, explore areas not usually open to the public, and discover the secrets that linger in the shadows of these ancient buildings.

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Dec 12, 2025

Families, Tours, Halloween

Dec 30

Dec 30, 2025

Talks, Tours

Glorious Glevum Tour

Dec 30, 2025

Talks, Tours

Join Lucius Sita, our resident auxiliary Roman soldier, for a guided introduction to Roman Glevum and the treasures, visible and hidden in the Museum of Gloucester. Why did the Romans settle here? What was ‘fast food’ for an auxiliary foot soldier? All this and more with Lucius as your guide…

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Dec 30, 2025

Talks, Tours

Ghostly Gloucester: Museum to Blackfriars Tour

Jan 23

Jan 23, 2026

Tours, Halloween

Ghostly Gloucester: Museum to Blackfriars Tour

Jan 23, 2026

Tours, Halloween

A grown-up ghost tour through Gloucester’s hidden history Starts at Museum of Gloucester.

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Jan 23, 2026

Tours, Halloween

Feb 13

Feb 13, 2026

Families, Tours, Halloween

Ghosts & Giggles: Family Tour of Haunted Gloucester

Feb 13, 2026

Families, Tours, Halloween

Along the way, you’ll hear ghostly tales, explore areas not usually open to the public, and discover the secrets that linger in the shadows of these ancient buildings.

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Feb 13, 2026

Families, Tours, Halloween

Making Folk: Crafting Charms and Folk Motifs

Feb 14

Feb 14, 2026

FolkTrail, Workshop, Families

Making Folk: Crafting Charms and Folk Motifs

Feb 14, 2026

FolkTrail, Workshop, Families

A relaxed, hands-on session where you can choose to make charms using natural materials, beads, and fabric, or create folk-inspired motifs on fabric with simple embroidery stitches or felt scraps.

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Feb 14, 2026

FolkTrail, Workshop, Families

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Plan your visit

Read useful information for planning your visit to Museum of Gloucester including up to date opening hours, details of our facilities and important accessibility information.

Your Visit

Venue hire

Spaces for hire, steeped in history. The Museum offers the perfect city centre location for your gathering; with fully equipped facilities and a dedicated team.

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Make a donation to the Museum of Gloucester

Donations

Find out how you can support the Museum so that we can continue to offer important education programmes and preserve our historical sites and collections for generations to come.

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Featured

Collections

Dendrochronology project - Significant isotope dating result

Collections

A rare discovery from the Museum’s timber samples has just been confirmed by Swansea University, marking an exciting milestone in our dendrochronology project. Find out why this result matters and what it means for future research.

Collections