The Red Lodge Museum, Bristol
The Red Lodge Museum is a time capsule with more personality changes than a theatre troupe. Built in 1580 as the lodge for a grand house鈥攍ong gone, now replaced by Colston Hall鈥攊t later became home to the physician and ethnologist James Prichard, who penned The Natural History of Man here in 1827.
Its next act came in 1854, when, with financial backing from the widow of Lord Byron, it got transformed into Britain鈥檚 first girls鈥� reform school. The venture lasted until 1917, shaping young lives behind its oak-paneled walls.
By the 1920s, the Red Lodge found itself hosting the Bristol Savages, an art club who met in a barn-like 鈥渨igwam鈥� built in the garden鈥攚hile the rest of the property passed into the hands of Bristol City Council.
Today, it鈥檚 part of the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery family, alongside the Georgian House Museum. Step through its seven rooms and you鈥檒l wander from the Tudor Great and Small Oak rooms to the Georgian print room, parlor, and reception. The Exhibition Room nods to its reform school past, honouring Mary Carpenter鈥檚 work, while the New Oak Room showcases a fireplace from Ashley Manor and paneling rescued from Saint Michael鈥檚 rectory.
It鈥檚 a building that has reinvented itself for over four centuries鈥攑roof that history, like fashion, comes in many styles.
Its next act came in 1854, when, with financial backing from the widow of Lord Byron, it got transformed into Britain鈥檚 first girls鈥� reform school. The venture lasted until 1917, shaping young lives behind its oak-paneled walls.
By the 1920s, the Red Lodge found itself hosting the Bristol Savages, an art club who met in a barn-like 鈥渨igwam鈥� built in the garden鈥攚hile the rest of the property passed into the hands of Bristol City Council.
Today, it鈥檚 part of the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery family, alongside the Georgian House Museum. Step through its seven rooms and you鈥檒l wander from the Tudor Great and Small Oak rooms to the Georgian print room, parlor, and reception. The Exhibition Room nods to its reform school past, honouring Mary Carpenter鈥檚 work, while the New Oak Room showcases a fireplace from Ashley Manor and paneling rescued from Saint Michael鈥檚 rectory.
It鈥檚 a building that has reinvented itself for over four centuries鈥攑roof that history, like fashion, comes in many styles.
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Sight Name: The Red Lodge Museum
Sight Location: Bristol, England (See walking tours in Bristol)
Sight Type: Attraction/Landmark
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Sight Location: Bristol, England (See walking tours in Bristol)
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