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Gloucester Folk
Museum
Fs.4 FOLKLIFE STUDIES: MUSEUMS (in specialist folklife or general museums)
v We list by country where Museum is physically based - area of interest may be national, international, or local
ALBA / SCOTLAND
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF RURAL LIFE
.................... ................... : www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/museum_of_rural_life.aspx
⊕ East Kilbride, Scotland. Escape to the country to take in the sights, smells and sounds of a 1950s working farm, complete with dairy cows
and sheep. From ploughing fields to sowing seeds, hay making to harvesting.
CYMRU / WALES
NATIONAL SLATE MUSEUM ....................
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: www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/slate
⊕ Heritage centre at Llanberis, bringing back to life the inheritance of the North Wales slate industry.
ST FAGANS: NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM ....................
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: www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/stfagans
⊕ One of Europe's leading open–air museums and Wales's most popular heritage attraction.
BIG PIT: NATIONAL COAL MUSEUM
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: http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/bigpit
A real coal mine and one of Britain’s leading mining museums. Multi-media tour, exhibitions, historic colliery buildings. All this AND the world famous Underground Tour. Go 300 feet underground with a real miner!
ENGLAND
ACTON SCOTT HISTORIC WORKING FARM ....................
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: www.actonscottmuseum.com
⊕ One of Britain's leading working farm museums. We specialise in practical demonstrations of historic farming using traditional skills and
period horse-drawn machines.
BEAMISH
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: www.beamish.org.uk
⊕ Beamish is a world famous open air museum. We tell the story of life in North East England in Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian times.
v CAMBRIDGE & COUNTY FOLK MUSEUM ....................
01223 355159
: www.folkmuseum.org.uk
* 2 -3 Castle Street, CAMBRIDGE, CB3 OAQ.
[email protected]
⊕ A rich and varied collection housed in the 16th century former White Horse Inn. Display themes include the bar, the kitchen, fenland, arts
and artisans, childhood, town and university life. Courtyard display area, education facilities, shop and children's acvtivities.
v GLOUCESTER FOLK MUSEUM
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01452 396868
: www.gloucestermuseums.co.uk
* 99-103 Westgate Street, GLOUCESTER, GL1 2PG.
[email protected]
⊕ One of the oldest museums dedicated to social history, these Tudor timber-framed buildings give a unique atmosphere for exploring its
many treasures, participating in family activities or simply enjoying the refreshments in the vintage Tea Rooms and Cottage Garden.
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