Museums and Art

Fox Talbot Museum of Photography (Lacock)

Inside a 16th Century barn, near the gates to Lacock Abbey, this museum was opened in 1975 to commemorate William Henry Fox Talbot of Lacock Abbey. His first camera and calotypes are on view along with many of his International awards. The museum houses an audio-visual presentation and changing exhibitions. The bookshop is the most comprehensive in Wessex for books about photography.

Approximately 10 miles/15 minutes drive from the hotel

Tel: +44 (0) 1249 730459 

Sally Lunn's House and Museum

A house of charm and delight, the oldest in Bath. In the cellar museum, excavations show the remains of Roman, Saxon and Medieval buildings. Sally Lunn came in 1680 and worked in the kitchen/bakery with the ancient faggot oven. Here she created the delicacy named after her, the Sally Lunn Bun. 

Tel: +44 (0) 1225 461634 

American Museum of Bath

Ralph Allen, one of the creators of Georgian Bath, is buried in the churchyard. The Manor House (1820) is the home of the first Museum of American Life to be opened in Britain. The furniture as well as the exhibits have been brought from America and there are especially interesting items dealing with the art of Red Indians and the religious sect called the "Shakers". 

Approximately 14 miles/30 minutes drive from the hotel

Tel: + 44 (0) 1225 460 553

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No.1 Royal Crescent

No.1 Royal Crescent is a magnificently restored Georgian town house that creates a wonderfully vital picture of life in Georgian Bath. Nowadays No.1 provides visitors to the Crescent with an opportunity to look beyond the famous Palladian façade and see what life was like for the wealthy in 18th Century Bath. Each room is an exquisite example of Georgian interior design with authentic furniture, paintings, textiles and carpets.

Approximately 14 miles/30 minutes drive from the hotel

Tel: +44 (0) 1225 338727

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Bath Fashion Museum

A world-class collection of contemporary and historical dress. The displays include 150 dressed figures to illustrate the changing styles in fashionable clothes from the late 16th Century to the present day, chosen from the museum's collection of 30,000 original items.

Approximately 14 miles/30 minutes drive from the hotel

Tel: +44 (0) 1225 477789

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Museum of East Asian Art

Just a few metres off The Circus in central Bath, is one of the most unique art collections in England – The Museum of East Asian Art. Situated in a restored Georgian house, the Museum attracts the interest of students, scholars and tourists, and also has a loyal local following.

Approximately 14 miles/30 minutes drive from the hotel

Tel: +44 (0)1225 464640

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Blaise Castle House Museum

A late 18th Century house containing a museum of West Country rural and urban life, together with a thatched dairy and water mill. The picturesque grounds include the remains of an Iron Age hill fort, as well as the mid -18th Century Gothic castle which gave Blaise its name. 

Approximately 14 miles/30 minutes drive from the hotel

Tel: +44 (0) 1179 506789

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Bristols City Museum and Art Gallery

Bristol's major museum and art gallery houses an outstanding and diverse range of objects, from sea dinosaurs to magnificent art. A visit to the region's largest museum and art gallery is guaranteed to inspire you!

Approximately 20 miles/34 minutes drive from the hotel

Tel: +44 (0) 117 922 3571

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SS Great Britain

In 1970 millions of people in this country and all over the world were fascinated and thrilled by the salvage from the Falkland Islands of the hull of Brunel's Steam Ship 'Great Britain'. The ship represented a vital stage in the transition from sail to steam. Launched in 1843 she was the first ever ocean-going propeller-driven steamship. Since July 1970 preservation and restoration work has been steadily going forward in the dock in which she was originally built.

Approximately 20 miles/34 minutes drive from the hotel

Steam Museum

STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway is housed in a beautifully restored Grade II railway building in the heart of the former Swindon railway works. The Museum tells the story of the men and women who built, operated and travelled on the Great Western Railway - 'God’s Wonderful Railway' - a railway network that, through the pioneering vision and genius of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was regarded as the most advanced in the world.

Approximately 20 miles/35 minutes drive from the hotel

Tel: +44 (0) 1793 466637

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Corinum Museum

Visit the Corinium Museum and step back in time. Learn what the Romans did for us and how life wouldn’t be the same without them! Take a peek through a Roman town house and enjoy the sights and smells of our Roman garden. Marvel at the stunning mosaics and experience what it was like to be a Roman soldier.

Approximately 22 miles/40 minutes drive from the hotel

Tel: +44 (0) 1285 655 611

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Fleet Air Arm Museum

The Museum comprises four large halls. Each hall has ground floor and upper levels telling the stories of naval aviation from the first manned kites towed behind naval vessels to helium filled airships, seaplanes, bi-planes and the carrier borne aircraft of WW2 and modern Sea Harriers and helicopters.

Approximately 50 miles/1 hour 20 minutes drive from the hotel

Tel: +44 (0) 1935 840565

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