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The Folk of Gloucester is a museum which is housed in two of the oldest buildings in the
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The Folk of Gloucester is a museum which is housed in two of the oldest buildings in the City of Gloucester
Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east of the ...
, a Tudor merchant's house and a 17th-century town house. The museum, at 99–103 Westgate Street, is devoted to the social history
Social history, often called the new social history, is a field of history that looks at the lived experience of the past. In its "golden age" it was a major growth field in the 1960s and 1970s among scholars, and still is well represented in his ...
of Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean.
The county town is the city of Gl ...
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Bishop Hooper is said to have lodged in the buildings now occupied by the museum the night before he was burned at the stake in front of St Mary de Lode Church in 1555.
The Museum was called Gloucester Folk Museum before rebranding itself in 2016. and then became Gloucester Life until it rebranded itself again in 2019.
Exhibits
Exhibits include: *Local crafts *Items relating to theRiver Severn
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fisheries
*Historic costumes
*A reconstructed Victorian classroom
*A reconstruction of the pin factory that once operated on the premises
*Displays relating to domestic life over the last 500 years
Selected publications
*Taylor. ''Guide to the Collection of Bygone Agricultural Instruments''. 1950. *''Gloucester Folk Museum: A Guide to the Collections''. 1963. (New edition, Chris Morris, 1986.) *Morris, Christopher I. ''Dairy Farming in Gloucestershire''. 1983.See also
*The Museum of Gloucester
The Museum of Gloucester in Brunswick Road is the main museum in the city of Gloucester, England. It was extensively renovated following a large National Heritage Lottery Fund grant, and reopened on Gloucester Day, 3 September 2011.
In March 201 ...
* List of museums in Gloucestershire
References
External links
Official website
Museums in Gloucester Local museums in Gloucestershire History of Gloucester Westgate, Gloucester {{Gloucestershire-struct-stub