Great West Way® Travel Magazine | Issue 04

including the last Concorde to be built and to fly. Also in Bristol, don’t miss
Brunel's SS Great Britain, one of the most important historic ships in the
world or We The Curious on Bristol’s harbourside, with all sorts of different
experiences and exhibits for you to interact with, and experiments you can
take part in.
Our next ports-of-call are altogether more restful, starting at the charming
Georgian town of Chippenham, there's the Chippenham Museum &
Heritage Centre, set in an immaculate 18th century townhouse and relating
the story of the town’s development since the prehistoric era. On the way
to the nearby market town of Corsham, a small detour will bring you to the
picture-perfect village of Lacock, and National Trust’s Lacock Abbey, Fox
Talbot Museum and Village.
Here, in 1835, William Fox Talbot created the world’s first photographic
negative and it is only proper that the Museum of Photography is established
here.
Pretty Corsham offers two museum ‘treats’, a moving historical experience
in the original 17th century Corsham Schoolroom and Almshouse and The
Pound Arts Centre, a North Wiltshire hub for the performing and visual arts.
The City of Bath, in its entirety, has been awarded UNESCO World
Heritage status and this modest feature cannot do it full justice. Explore it
for yourself, at leisure, and marvel at the splendour and grace of its Georgian
beauty. 2021 is the year to immerse in English history and Bath is offering it
in abundance.
The city was built up around its mineral rich hot springs, so you’ll want to
explore the Roman Baths, where it all began - walking on the very ground
bathers did more than 2,000 years ago.
The Archway Project has recently converted the former Victorian spa
buildings close to the Roman Baths into a World Heritage Centre, exploring
the internationally recognised historic city, and opened previously unseen
areas of the Roman Baths themselves – including a Roman sauna!
Other impressive museums and exhibitions include the imaginative
recreations at No. 1 Royal Crescent and the Jane Austen Centre and the
superb collection of fine and decorative arts to be viewed at the Grade I listed
The Holburne Museum. Plus don't miss the brand new Mary Shelley's House
of Frankenstein, the world's first horror experience dedicated to author Mary
Shelley and her most infamous creation, Frankenstein.
VIDEOS AND MULTIMEDIA
› Keep busy at home with Wiltshire
Museum's new At Home programme
featuring do-it-yourself craft activities,
learning resources for kids, stories about
intriguing objects and documents from
their collections and libraries:
wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/donations/at-home
› Take a Google Street View tour of
the Roman Baths: romanbaths.co.uk/
walkthrough Or have a go at these online
games: romanbaths.co.uk/online-games
› Test your fashion knowledge with the
Fashion Museum and Assembly Rooms
online quiz: www.fashionmuseum.
co.uk/quiz and download some children's
activities: fashionmuseum.co.uk/
childrens-page
› Keep an eye on the Youtube account for
The Pounds Art Centre, where they post
videos of performances and readings:
youtube.com/user/PoundArts/videos
› For any foodies out there, you can now
book a virtual food tour of Bath to enjoy
from your own home thanks to Savouring
Bath. You can even purchase a box of tasty
samples to eat during the tour, which will
be delivered to your door: savouringbath.
com/tours/virtual-food-heroes
› Enjoy a live view of the ancient
standing stones at Stonehenge with
their Stonehenge Skyscape tool. Watch
the sun rise and set and experience the
atmosphere and mystery of the iconic
stone circle: english-heritage.org.uk/
visit/places/stonehenge/things-to-do/
stone-circle/skyscape/
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