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Chepstow Museum
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Chepstow Museum is open 11am - 4pm every day (except Wednesday).

The wine trade, shipbuilding and salmon fishing are among Chepstow's many industries featured in displays with atmospheric settings. Photographs, programmes and posters recall the pastimes of local people, whilst 18th and 19th century paintings and prints illustrate the everlasting appeal of Chepstow and the Wye Valley to artists and tourists alike. The Museum is just across the road from Chepstow Castle in an elegant 18th century house built by a prosperous Chepstow merchant family.

Regular special exhibitions
Workshops and activities
Quizzes and worksheets for children
Children free (when accompanied by adult)
Special facilities for educational and group visits (pre-booked educational groups free)
Museum Shop
Access to ground floor and WC for wheelchair users
Adjacent car parks
Across the road from Chepstow Castle

Picturesque Wye Tour

The beauties of the Wye Valley were discovered for the first time at the close of the eighteenth century when it became fashionable to take a boat tour down the Wye Valley, to view its romantic sites and picturesque landscape.

Pre Visit Information

We have prepared information to tell you everything you need to know to plan a great day out at Chepstow Museum.

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Events

30th Sept 2024 - 30th Sept 2024

Durer, Self portrait at 26, cropArt History In Person - Facing the Past : The Art of PortraitureJoin MonLife Heritage Museums’ exciting new art history course. From van Eyck to van Dyck, Raphael to Reynolds and Pissarro to Picasso, explore how artists’ portrayal of their sitters reflected the art, politics and religion of their era.
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30th Sept 2024 - 30th Sept 2024

Van Gogh, Wheatfield under Thunderclouds, 1890, cropArt History Online - Introduction to Art : The Late 19th Century into ModernismThis broad ranging and absorbing course needs no background in art history, just a desire to look harder at art and understand its developments more clearly. This series of ten evening lectures takes us from 1880 and Post Impressionism through some of the first movements in Modernism.
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2nd Oct 2024 - 2nd Oct 2024

Leonardo, Lady with an ermine, 1489-90 cropArt History Online - Facing the Past : The Art of PortraitureJoin MonLife Heritage Museums’ exciting new art history course. From van Eyck to van Dyck, Raphael to Reynolds and Pissarro to Picasso, explore how artists’ portrayal of their sitters reflected the art, politics and religion of their era.
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Facilities

Accessibility

  • Accessible Toilet
  • Disabled access
  • Disabled toilets

Booking & Payment Details

  • Free Entry

Children

  • Baby changing facilities
  • Children welcome

Groups

  • Education/study area
  • Facilities for educational visits
  • Facilities for groups

Property Facilities

  • Gift shop
  • Public toilets

Map & Directions

Road Directions

The Castle Dell Car Park is opposite Chepstow Museum. The Car Park is a long stay pay and display. Accessible bays are provided. Blue Badge holders have free parking.

Public Transport Directions

The nearest bus station is Chepstow Bus Station.  The Bus Station is located on Thomas Street. It is approximately 15 minute walk from Chepstow Bus Station to the Museum.

 

Chepstow Museum

Type:Museum

Chepstow Museum, Bridge Street, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, NP16 5EZ
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Tel01291 625981

Awards

  • Visit WalesVisit Wales VAQAS Visit Wales VAQAS 2016
  • Regional and MiscellaneousWTTC Safe Travels WTTC Safe Travels 2021

Opening Times

Season (10 Feb 2024 - 22 Dec 2024)

* During the open season Chepstow Museum is open every day 11am - 4pm except Wednesdays.

What's Nearby

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    0.12 miles away
  2. Chepstow Bridge is the World's largest iron arch road bridge from the first 50 years…

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  3. St Mary's Priory has been a centre for prayer and worship for over 950 years. St Mary's…

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    1.29 miles away
  3. Medieval parish church of potential ninth century Celtic origin, named after the 9th…

    1.85 miles away
  4. Anthony and Sarah Clay are thrilled to welcome garden visitors.

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    2.04 miles away
  5. Wyndcliff Wood is a superb example of a lower Wye Valley gorge woodland with ancient…

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  6. A modern house built on the site of a former sawmills for the Itton Court Estate. Garden…

    3.54 miles away
  7. The ruins of St. Mary's Church are on the hill above the former Abbey Hotel and…

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  8. Cistercian abbey, founded in 1131 in the beautiful Wye valley village of Tintern.…

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  9. Located deep in the heart of Monmouthshire, Veddw House Garden has been created through…

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  10. Set amidst breathtaking scenery and situated on the banks of the River Wye in the…

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  11. Built in 1876 to provide a rail link to the Lower Wireworks site, the Wireworks Bridge is…

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