MuseumsBedfordshire

With its emphasis clearly focused on the local community the Social History collections reflect both the home and working environments of the people of north Bedfordshire. The collections of some 20,000 items cover the wide range of domestic, corporate, military and agricultural life as well as local…

Wardown Park Museum is situated in a beautiful landscaped park around 1.5 miles north from the centre of Luton. The first floor galleries opened as the Luton Life displays in February 2003. The ground floor galleries include the Living Landscape gallery with displays on archaeology and…

Stockwood Park Museum is housed in tranquil parkland on the site of the former Stockwood House around 2 miles to the south of Luton town centre, close to junction 10 of the M1. Stockwood Park Museum includes displays on rural Bedfordshire Crafts, the Mossman Collection of horse‐drawn…

Over 600 acres of parkland set in the Chiltern Hills makes this one of Europe's largest conservation parks. /pp/ppAnimals to see include tigers, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, bears, hippos, przewalski's wild horse, crocodiles, flamingos, buffalo, camels, cheetahs, goats, wolves, mongoose, red panda, pere david's deer, chinese water deer,…

For a day packed with animal encounters and wonderful wildlife, visit Woburn with over 80 species of animals including lions, tigers and bears. Today, it is an award winning attraction which makes a valuable contribution to conservation. Most of all, it is a place where families can enjoy…

Alan Davie (b.1920) is a Scottish painter and was one of the first British artists to win international acclaim after the Second World War. /pp/ppA highly individual painter, Alan Davie is considered to be one of the most important British artists of the post war era./pp/ppMuch of Davie's…