Yate & District Heritage Centre

Church Road
Yate
Gloucestershire
BS37 5BG
England

Website

www.yateheritage.co.uk

E-mail

yate.heritage@southglos.gov.uk

Telephone

01454 862200

Fax

01454 862200

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Yate & District Heritage Centre provides an excellent public service for the local community and this is achieved through a range of thought provoking and varied exhibitions. All parts of the community are involved in generating historical information at the Yate Heritage Centre. The displays in the gallery aim to reflect the rich diversity of the area’s cultural, historical, social and industrial past.

The Heritage Centre produces exhibitions and events that regularly change; these are stimulating, accessible and aim to involve the community. Yate Heritage centre also work in conjunction with local groups who exhibit fine art, crafts, fashion, photography and local history. The centre provides a diversity of evening and day events throughout the year and this includes; regular series of quizzes, historical lectures and other one off events.

The Heritage centre aims to produce exhibitions, which are inspiring and cultivate a sense of pride in local people.

Venue Type:

Museum, Archive, Gallery

 Opening hours

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 10.30am – 4.30pm.

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Auditorium
  • Parking for coaches
  • Picnic area
  • Shop
  • Toilets
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Church Road
Yate
Gloucestershire
BS37 5BG
England

Website

www.yateheritage.co.uk

E-mail

yate.heritage@southglos.gov.uk

Telephone

01454 862200

Fax

01454 862200

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

At present, the Centre controls the two major local history collections in the area and these are both available to the public on open days and through appointment. There are over 3,000 objects in the Centre’s collections acquired since the mid 1990s. They include:- historic 3D objects, maps, photographs and documents, plus an educational handling collection. The Centre also houses the Oral History Project Group's collection of photographs, tapes, documents and of course oral history, accounting to 4,000 items in the Centre.

Collection details

Archives, Photography, Social History

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information

Church Road
Yate
Gloucestershire
BS37 5BG
England

Website

www.yateheritage.co.uk

E-mail

yate.heritage@southglos.gov.uk

Telephone

01454 862200

Fax

01454 862200

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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