Frenchay Village Museum

About the museum

Frenchay Village Museum is run by the Frenchay Tuckett Society and is housed in a former lodge of Frenchay Park. Volunteers renovated the derelict building with a Millennium grant and the museum opened to the public in May 2000. In 2017 the society took a long lease on the building.

The displays show the history of Frenchay and the surrounding area. They include material on the Fry chocolate family, a porcelain collection, mountaineering displays and sketchbooks, wartime memorabilia and a large display on the history of Frenchay Hospital, with objects saved from the hospital. A window is dedicated to Radio Lollipop, the hospital radio service for children. Visiting exhibitions are shown from time to time.

The society also holds a regular series of talks and publishes local history books, which are sold in the museum. The museum depends on volunteers to open and asks for more help.

Highlights

• Display on the Fry chocolate family
• History and objects from Frenchay Hospital
• Porcelain collection
• Mountaineering displays and sketchbooks
• Second World War memorabilia

Permanent exhibition

• Frenchay village collections – Displays on the Fry chocolate family, Frenchay Hospital, porcelain, mountaineering and the Second World War.

Founded

2000

Operated by

Frenchay Tuckett Society

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Entry to the museum is free according to a local community site; talks cost £2.

Accessibility

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Kids & families

A local community site reports a Fry’s chocolate room with children’s dressing-up clothes.

Getting there & parking

The museum is at the corner of Begbrook Park and Bristol Road, at the mini roundabout with Frenchay Park Road (B4058).

Amenities & dining

Books published by the society and prints are on sale in the museum.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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