Our weekly Quiet Mornings offer a calmer museum experience, especially suited to visitors who prefer a more relaxed environment.
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Three brilliant Gloucester residents, three historic communities, three extraordinary portraits by renowned photographer Emilie Sandy.
Celebrate the season with an imaginative cardboard window display, created by over 1,000 pupils from five local schools. Inspired by winter traditions and the joy of advent, these colourful creations fill the museum with light, warmth and community spirit.
Discover a seasonal adventure through stories, creativity and winter traditions! This festive museum trail invites families to explore global customs through fun challenges, colouring, riddles and recipes. Design a winter window, imagine your own bonfire celebration, and take home a medieval spiced pie recipe!
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Let imaginations run wild at our drop-in LEGO building sessions perfect for kids aged 5 and up!
Join our Medieval Mercenary Sir Miles for a fascinating visit underground to the Eastgate chamber. Find out all about its history including the myths and superstitions surrounding it…
Step into a world of sparkle, colour, and imagination this holiday season with Cracker Creations, a joyful hands-on workshop where kids become the designers of their very own Christmas crackers.
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…
Join our Medieval Mercenary Sir Miles for a fascinating visit underground to the Eastgate chamber. Find out all about its history including the myths and superstitions surrounding it…
A grown-up ghost tour through Gloucester’s hidden history Starts at Museum of Gloucester.
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.
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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Discover how the Arts and Crafts Movement blended with folk music, dance, puppetry and theatre in early 20th-century Gloucestershire. Join curator Kirsty Hartsiotis and explore objects from the Museum of Gloucester’s collections.
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