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Great Places To Visit

Royal Albert Memorial Museum

9 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

RAMM holds the leading collection of prehistoric material from Devon, with objects spanning the period from c.500,000 years ago to the Roman Conquest. The long tradition of Devonshire craft is well represented in the collections of decorative art. The Museum’s fine art collection comprises over 7,000 objects in an eclectic mix of paintings, drawings, prints […]

Filed Under: Devon Tagged With: Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Roman Legionary Museum

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Step back in time at the National Roman Legion Museum and explore life in a far-flung outpost of the mighty Roman Empire. Wales was the furthest outpost of the Roman Empire. In AD 75, the Romans built a fortress at Caerleon that would guard the region for over 200 years. Built in 1850, the museum […]

Filed Under: Gwent Tagged With: Military, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

Roman Baths And Pump Room

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The Roman Baths is below the modern street level and has four main features, the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman bath house and finds from Roman Bath. The Georgian Pump Room is on the ground level. Regarded as the social heart of Bath for more than two centuries, the Pump Room is a […]

Filed Under: Avon Tagged With: Museums, Roman, Sandford Award Winners

River And Rowing Museum

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Permanent Wind in the Willows exhibition heralds the return of Mr Toad, Ratty, Badger and Mole to the banks of the River Thames. The Treasures Gallery, Sir Graham Kirkham Gallery and The Wall provide inspiring venues for a varied programme of special exhibitions throughout the year. Schwarzenbach International Rowing Gallery, rowing is one of the […]

Filed Under: Berkshire Tagged With: Art Galleries, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

The Red House

9 January 2010 by bigdaysout Leave a Comment

The Red House, West Yorkshire Delightful 1830’s cloth merchant’s home with fascinating Brontë connections. Charlotte Brontë visited often and featured Red House in her novel “Shirley”. Includes period rooms, enchanting recreated gardens and exhibitions in restored outbuildings. Built in 1660, the house was home to the Taylor family who were cloth merchants and manufacturers. Mary […]

Filed Under: Yorkshire Tagged With: Houses, Museums, Sandford Award Winners

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