Swindon Museum and Art Gallery

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Location:: Bath Road, Old Town, Swindon SN1 4BA
Phone number:: 01793 466556
Nearest station:: Swindon (Wilts)

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The Museum was founded by Charles Gore in 1919 as a place to display his extensive geological collections. Gore was the first curator of the museum and the collections were built up following the fashions of the time, focussing on broad themes rather than local connections. He acquired natural history, egyptological and ethnographic collections, along with archaeological materials.

Through time the collections have become more focussed on Swindon and the surrounding areas and we hold objects dating from prehistory to the present showing the development of the area and the people who lived in it.

In 1941 the art collection was established by an impressive donation of 21 works by a local businessman HJP Bomford. This collection has been built on and today Swindon Museum and Art Gallery owns a modern art collection of outstanding quality and importance. In addition we also hold an excellent collection of studio ceramics and a number of local artworks.

Objects which are not on display are cared for in storage. We hope to showcase the stored collections through an on going programme of temporary exhibitions.

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