NOTICE: The Museum will be Closed from 10th December 2011 until 14th February 2012
             
The Regency terrace house where Gustav Holst, composer of The Planets was born in 1874. The story of the man and his music is told alongside a fascinating display of personal belongings including his piano. The museum is also a fine period house showing the upstairs downstairs way of life in times past, including a working Victorian kitchen and laundry, elegant Regency drawing room and charming Edwardian nursery
 
The Piano on which much of 'The Planets was composed.

 
The Holst Birthplace Museum is a rich resource for formal and informal learning. Find out about the life of one of Britain’s greatest composers,
     
  Theodor Von Holst:
Portraits and Self Portraiture.
Artist Led Workhop
  Learning Resources:
Gustav Holst Loans Box
  Life in Holst’s Victorian Home
  A Holst Family Enquiry / 19th Century Cheltenham
  Self-Led Visits
    Holst's Birthplace in the 1930's
  Online Resource: Timportals
     
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  Holst Birthplace Museum at the Everyman Victorian Street Fair!  
 



  The Gustav Holst Way was officially Launched by BBC's Mark Cummings.  
     
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December 2011
A Victorian Christmas
in the Holst family home.
 
   
           
 
 
   
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Holst Birthplace Museum:
4 Clarence Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL52 2AY

TEL: 01242 524846
EMAIL:
holstmuseum@btconnect.com
 
  Adults: £4.50
Concessions: £4.00
- Senior Citizens
- Children(5-16)
- Students
- Registered Disabled
- Registered Unemployed
 
     
 

Family Ticket: £10.00
2 Adults & up to 3 Children

 
     
  Free Admission For:
Members of the Holst Birthplace Trust, - Children under 5, - Museum Association Members, Art Fund Members
 
 

Tours: Prior Booking required
Adult £5.50
Concessions £5.00

Education Groups
£1.00 per Child:Adults Free
(This includes schools, as well
as groups such as Scouts, Guides, Cubs etc)

 
     
  JAPANESE GUIDE  
     
     
 

10am - 4.00pm
Tuesdays to Saturdays

Closed from
mid-Dec to early-Feb

Open some Bank Holidays
please enquire

 
     
     
     
   
 
     
Holst Birthplace Museum: 4 Clarence Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 2AY | TEL: 01242 524846
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