Free Museums and Galleries deals page discussion / Report top spots

machloop

If you are near Stoke-on-Trent the Potteries museum is well worth a few hours...........

WWW :j.stokemuseums.org.uk/pmag

Now with the Saffordshire hoard on show.

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NeverInDebt

http://www.visiteastofengland.com/things-to-do/default.aspx

enwhite

The Red House Museum and Gardens Quay Road, Christchurch
Dorset BH23 1BU. Tuesday to Saturday10am to 5pm
Sunday 2pm to 5pm
(last admission 4.30pm)

Admission Free
A charming Georgian building, built as a workhouse in 1764, now filled with a rich variety of displays and objects which reflect the social and natural history of the area, its geology and archaeology.

CCP

Portsmouth City Museum, Museum Road, Portsmouth - http://www.portsmouthcitymuseums.co.uk/

It's a really good museum - there's an interactive display of Sherlock Holmes stuff, narrated by Stephen Fry (:)), a section on the history of Portsmouth with recreated rooms from the 17th century to the 1960s, a section on seaside amusements with old games to play, a section of Portsmouth FC memorabilia, various art displays, and two sections that change regularly (last time I went there was a display of photos of early rock and roll artists, and a display of abstract art).

There's also a little cafe that does decent, very reasonably priced food, including some delicious homemade cakes (you can tell where my interests lie, I think! )

cyborgurl

The Shire Hall Gallery in Stafford is free and has a wonderful exhibition of multisensory sculpture at the moment, as well as an old court room and prison cell.

Myamoth

Some for Herefordshire (West Midlands):

Hereford Museum and Art Gallery

The Old House, Hereford

Museum Resource and Learning Centre, Hereford

Market House Heritage Centre, Ross on Wye

Ledbury Heritage Centre

RosiePhilpott

The New Walk Museum in Leicester does not appear in the list, but is the biggest museum in Leicester with a good Eygyptian section, dinosaur hall, a variety of interactive displays suitable for children, and an art gallery. It is free except for special exhibitions.

JamesHickford

Yes New Walk Museum & Art Gallery in Leicester is great. Has some great exhibitions including touring shows from the V&A and British Museum and Fine and Decorative Art and Egyptians displays. Special exhibitions are also free!

vikingaero

The Museum of London near the Barbican is free;

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/

They also have a sister Museum in Docklands which is free for children but charges adults £5 for annual entry:

http://www.museumindocklands.org.uk/English/

ampersand

Kettles Yard, Cambridge. Free talks on Thursday lunchtimes too.

On Castle Street in Cambridge, is a beautiful and unique house containing a distinctive collection of modern art. Kettle's Yard was founded by H.S. 'Jim' Ede as a place where visitors would 'find a home and a welcome, a refuge of peace and order, of the visual arts and of music.'

Check their Calendar of Events:
http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/index.html

I love this place: it is a haven.