Gunnersbury Park Museum

Gunnersbury Park
Pope's Lane
Acton
London
City of London
W3 8LQ
England

Website

www.hounslow.info/arts/gunnersburyparkmuseum/index.htm

E-mail

gp-museum@laing.com

vanda.foster@laing.com

Telephone

020 8992 1612

Fax

020 8752 0686

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.
School group outside Gunnersbury Park Museum
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The local history museum for the London Boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow, housed in a Grade II* listed mansion which was the home of the first English Rothschilds.

Venue Type:

Museum, Historic house or home

 Opening hours

April-October
Daily 1100-1700
November-March
Daily 1100-1600

Closed: December 25 and 26

 Admission charges

Free

 General services and facilities
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Gardens open to public
  • Picnic area
  • Shop
 Disability access
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Gunnersbury Park
Pope's Lane
Acton
London
City of London
W3 8LQ
England

Website

www.hounslow.info/arts/gunnersburyparkmuseum/index.htm

E-mail

gp-museum@laing.com

vanda.foster@laing.com

Telephone

020 8992 1612

Fax

020 8752 0686

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.

Local history of West London, including archaeology, costume, toys, the Rothschild carriages, a hansom cab, a Stanhope printing press, laundry equipment, Victorian kitchen wares, photographs, prints and a range of locally made products, including Hoovers.

Collection details

Weapons and War, Trade and Commerce, Toys and Hobbies, Sport, Social History, Science and Technology, Religion, Photography, Natural Sciences, Medicine, Land Transport, Industry, Fine Art, Film and Media, Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles, Coins and Medals, Archives, Archaeology

Key artists and exhibits

  • The carriages and the Stanhope printing press are on permanent display. All other displays are changed regularly.

Gunnersbury Park
Pope's Lane
Acton
London
City of London
W3 8LQ
England

Website

www.hounslow.info/arts/gunnersburyparkmuseum/index.htm

E-mail

gp-museum@laing.com

vanda.foster@laing.com

Telephone

020 8992 1612

Fax

020 8752 0686

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.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Boxes, objects and other kit

Loan boxes

Loan boxes of original and reproduction objects, with pictures, games, teacher's guide, are available at a small charge, for schools and for community centres.
Subjects: Victorians
World War 2
Planned for 2009: Archaeology

Creator

  • Lisa D'Agostino

Publisher

  • Gunnersbury Park Museum
 Face to face resources

School workshops for KS 1, 2 and 3.

A range of drama history workshops, linked to National Curriculum Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. Includes Romans, Tudors, Victorians, War Child, Great Fire of London, Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole.

Workshops for Secondary Schools and Colleges

Out of the Doll's House - the changing role of women traced through Victorians, suffragettes and war work to the flappers of the 1920s.
World War II - for Key Stage 3 and GCSE, covering the turning points of the war and the home front during the Blitz, with references to the Holocaust and the legacy of the War for Britain.

 Resources

Adult Tours "Below Stairs"

One hour tours for adult groups. A Victorian servant will take you through the grand house and show you life below stairs and in the original Victorian kitchens.

ESOL

Special workshops with the "Housekeeper" in the Victorian Kitchens

Gunnersbury Park
Pope's Lane
Acton
London
City of London
W3 8LQ
England

Website

www.hounslow.info/arts/gunnersburyparkmuseum/index.htm

E-mail

gp-museum@laing.com

vanda.foster@laing.com

Telephone

020 8992 1612

Fax

020 8752 0686

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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