Westgate Museum, Winchester

High Street
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 8ZB
England

Website

The Westgate Museum, Winchester City Council

www.winchester.gov.uk/heritage

E-mail

museums@winchester.gov.uk

Telephone

01962 840 222

Fax

01962 848 427

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.
Westgate Museum
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Medieval gateway, positioned close to Winchester's Great Hall, with portcullis slot and early gunports. Interesting graffiti from its use as a debtor's prison from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Contains unique collection of the city's weights and measures, including the Winchester bushel and the standard yard of Henry VII's reign. Displays also include a fine ceiling from Winchester College painted to celebrate Queen Mary I and Phillip of Spain's marriage in 1554. Also armour, gibbet, leg-irons. Rooftop viewing of the Great Hall and the oldest High Street in England. Brass rubbing. Children's quiz. Artefact handling.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

April-October
Mon-Sat 1000-1700
Sun 1200-1700
February & March
Tues-Sat 1200-1600
Sun 1200-1600

February-April Closed Mon
November-January Closed

 Admission charges

Free Admission

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Education facilities available

High Street
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 8ZB
England

Website

The Westgate Museum, Winchester City Council

www.winchester.gov.uk/heritage

E-mail

museums@winchester.gov.uk

Telephone

01962 840 222

Fax

01962 848 427

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.

Collection details

Architecture, Decorative and Applied Art, Law and Order, Social History, Weapons and War

Collections services

  • Specialist publications on collections available

High Street
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 8ZB
England

Website

The Westgate Museum, Winchester City Council

www.winchester.gov.uk/heritage

E-mail

museums@winchester.gov.uk

Telephone

01962 840 222

Fax

01962 848 427

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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