Venues
St Michaels Tower
The Tower is the surviving 15th-century tower of the Church of St Michael the Archangel.
The Tower, as it is known in the city, is usually open from April to September between 10.30 am and 4 pm Mondays to Saturdays.
The Tower volunteers are always ready with a warm welcome and can advise about the history of the Tower, interesting sights to see in the city and historical information about Gloucester.
In the Tower, you will find an exhibition on the History of St Michael the Archangel church including a historical timeline dating back to before 1066.
Gloucester is famous for its bell founding industry, notably the Rudhall and Henshawe families. Two Rudhall bells forged in 1710 are on display and the bell tower holds a bell from High Wycombe that was cast in 1711. These can be chimed during your visit.
St Michaels Tower, Southgate Street, Gloucester.
The Folk of Gloucester
The Folk of Gloucester is a project situated within a 16th-century Tudor building with the City community at its heart. Honouring and learning about our past, by bringing people together from the present, we aim to keep the history of Gloucester City alive through the telling of stories.
Gloucester is a beautiful, vibrant, and diverse city full of history and we intend that everyone in the local community will have the opportunity to be involved in The Folk of Gloucester. Through the display of objects, exhibitions, and delivery of programmes and events we will bring to life the stories of the people of the City of Gloucester from the Tudor period to the present day.
The Folk of Gloucester, 99-103 Westgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 2PG
Museum of Gloucester
Museum of Gloucester tells the story of Gloucester’s origins as a Roman settlement and its subsequent development through the Dark Ages and Medieval period.
Housed in a fine Victorian building on Brunswick Road, the Museum is home to a collection of over 750,000 objects of international importance as well as a significant gallery of paintings by famous artists including Richard Wilson, Thomas Gainsborough, John Atkinson Grimshaw and Thomas Dibdin.
Museum of Gloucester, Brunswick Road, Gloucester, GL1 1HP
St Mary De Crypt
St Mary de Crypt is a Grade I listed church and is regarded as one of Gloucester’s most important medieval churches. It is of Norman origin and was substantially rebuilt in the late 1300s.
Right next to St Mary de Crypt is the Old Crypt Schoolroom. It was the first free school in Gloucester, built in the 1500s and remains a remarkable example of a Tudor Schoolroom. Over time the Crypt School outgrew its site here, has relocated twice and is still a successful local grammar school.
Remarkably, one single church and its small school should produce in a single generation two world Christian leaders: Robert Raikes and George Whitefield.
St Mary De Crypt, Southgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 1TP
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