Museums · West Midlands
Discover Bucks Museum
Discover Bucks Museum — a other in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
Richard Croft — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Discover Bucks Museum is a other in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom, listed in the Wikipedia register of British heritage and tourism sites. See the linked Wikipedia article for full details.
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Place summary
Discover Bucks Museum is located in the West Midlands. This institution showcases the history and culture of Buckinghamshire through a range of exhibits. It serves as a community resource, promoting local heritage and education.
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Background
History
building that forms part of the museum]] The oldest part of the museum complex is Ceely House which was built for the Fraternity of the Virgin Mary and dates back to 1473. It is a red brick building and features a fine porch formed by a pair of Corinthian order columns supporting an entablature and a modillioned pediment: it is a Grade II* listed building. It was bought by a medical doctor, James Henry Ceely, in 1866, and then by another medical doctor, John Baker, in around 1901. The adjacent building to the northwest of Ceely House is the old Aylesbury Grammar School which opened in October 1720. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing towards St Mary the…
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- Coordinates
- 51.8172, -0.8151
- District
- Buckinghamshire
- Parish
- Aylesbury
- Postcode
- HP20 2QP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Aylesbury
- Official site
- www.buckscountymuseum.org
Sources
- wikipedia: Discover Bucks Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Discover Bucks Museum?
- Discover Bucks Museum is in West Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.8172°, -0.8151°.
- Is Discover Bucks Museum wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Discover Bucks Museum. Check ahead for specific facilities.