Tewkesbury Borough Museum

<body bgcolor=#a4adfe> <p>This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.</p> <table border="0" width="67%" id="table1"> <tr> <td width="14"> </td> <td> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="images/logo02.jpg" width="200" height="204"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="14"> </td> <td><b><u><font color="#000080" face="Arial" size="3">Welcome to the Official Tewkesbury Museum Web site</font></u></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="14"> </td> <td><b> <font face="helvetica" size="2" color="#000080">The collections in Tewkesbury Borough Museum reflect human activity in the region over the last 5000 years. <p>Roman finds, include a skeleton, metalwork, pottery and coins. </p> <p>There is a fine collection of Medieval material particularly from the Holm Castle excavations. These consist of 12th-13th century tiles, pottery, coins, metalwork, and stone masonry </p> <p>The Victorian to Twentieth century collections cover every aspect of civic, social and industrial life in the locality. There is a particularly fine set of of large-scale fairground models celebrating Tewkesbury's role as the home of fairground equipment manufacture </font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="14"> </td> <td><u><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#000080"> <a target="main" href="friends.htm">Friends of Tewkesbury Museum</a></font></u></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="14"> </td> <td> Tewkesbury Borough Museum The mission of Tewkesbury Borough Museum (TBM) is to explore and celebrate the cultural history of the region. Its collections are housed in a fine half-timbered building of Seventeenth Century date. They consist of archaeological material spanning Neolithic to Medieval times and social history material to the present day. Of note are the Holm Hill Medieval archive and fairground models from the 20th Century. TBM's objective is to provide a value local studies resource for the benefit of the whole community and visitors to the region. The museum does this through exhibitions, special event days, public lectures, supportive literature, and outreach projects. Tewkesbury Borough Museum is a fully-registered museum with independent charity status. </td> </tr> </table> </body>