Museum and Art Swindon

Museum & Art Swindon is a vibrant and creative cultural destination for everyone, sharing Swindon’s stories through its diverse collections.

Museum & Art Swindon, Civic Offices, Euclid Street, Swindon, SN1 2JH

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A creative cultural destination for everyone

Museum & Art Swindon is a vibrant and creative cultural destination for everyone, with a team of passionate experts at its heart.

It provides inspiration and enjoyment, offering a sense of place and pride for local residents and beyond; sharing Swindon’s stories through its diverse collections. The collection of modern and contemporary British art at Museum & Art Swindon is one of the most significant collections of its kind outside London.

Howard Hodgkin, ‘Gramophone’, 1964-66, ©The Estate of Howard Hodgkin. All rights reserved, DACS 2023

Outstanding quality and importance

Museum & Art Swindon looks after thousands of objects, specimens, artworks and ephemera.

The Museum was founded by Charles Gore in 1919 to display his extensive geological collections. Through time the collections have become more focussed on Swindon and the surrounding areas, holding objects dating from prehistory to the present.

In 1941 the art collection was established by an impressive donation of 21 works by local businessman HJP Bomford.

Today we have a modern art collection of outstanding quality and importance, plus an excellent collection of studio ceramics and local artworks.

Morris, Desmond - Girl Selling Flowers (1946)

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Permanent Collection

Museum & Art Swindon looks after thousands of objects, specimens, artworks and ephemera, collected from the early 1900s up until today. NB: Monday and Sunday Closed.

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