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The Swindon Art Gallery collection was established in 1944 by a local benefactor, H. J. P. Bomford, through a significant donation of artworks. [1] Until June 2021 it was displayed in Apsley House, a 19th-century former house [2] on the corner of Bath Road and Victoria Road in Swindon's Old Town, [3] but had to leave when Swindon Borough Council decided in the summer of 2021 that the building ...
website, local history Museum of Computing: Swindon: Swindon Science History of computing and digital development including the Internet and video games Mompesson House: Salisbury: Wiltshire Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 18th-century Queen Anne house with period furniture, collection of drinking glasses, walled garden Museum ...
Swindon is a town in Wiltshire in the South West of England. People have lived in the town since the Bronze Age and the town's location, being approximately halfway between Bristol and London, made it an ideal location for the Locomotive Factories of the Great Western Railway in the 19th century.
The Historic England Archive building in Swindon. The Historic England Archive is the public archive of Historic England, located in The Engine House on Fire Fly Avenue in Swindon, formerly part of the Swindon Works of the Great Western Railway.
The Wiltshire and Swindon Archives Service cares for and gives access to the archival heritage of the county and borough. It was established in 1947 and now holds over seven miles of archives, representing over 3,000 organisations and millions of individuals and their history, stretching back to Norman times.
Museum & Art Swindon has collections related to local history, archaeology and natural history, as well as an important collection of modern British art and studio ceramics. [ 128 ] The Museum of Computing was the first computer museum in the UK.
The Town Gardens is a public park and gardens in Old Town, Swindon, England. The park and several of its structures are Grade II listed. [1] The park is owned by Swindon Borough Council. In 2018 the park was transferred to South Swindon Parish Council on a 99 year lease, and the parish is now responsible for operating and maintaining the park.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 22:36, 5 February 2011: 640 × 480 (264 KB): GeographBot == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |description={{en|1='STEAM' museum, Kemble Drive, Swindon The museum celebrates the years between 1843 and 1986 when Swindon was home to the Great Western Railway manufacturing centre where locomotives, carriages and w