Gunnersbury Park Museum

The Gunnersbury Park Museum houses the histories of Ealing and Hounslow in a Regency building that was first a home to royalty and was the first country residence of the Rothschild banking family.

Nathan Mayer Rothschild purchased the estate in 1835 and it remained in the family until 1925 when Leopold De Rothschild sold the estate to the Ealing and Acton Borough councils for £130,00. The house was made open to the public in 1926 and the opening of the museum followed in 1929. The permanent collections display local archaeological finds, examples of domestic equipment, costumes, toys, oral histories of local people, wartime memorabilia, swords, Victorian kitchens and coaches belonging to the Rothschild family.

The museum is continually collecting material to ensure that future visitors will be able to see how we live today. Collections are currently so large that the majority are in storage but are regularly brought out to participate in rotating exhibitions at the Museum.

The grounds of the museum are extensive and feature ornamental gardens, woods, lakes, an Orangery and modern day sports facilities including a golf course and cricket pitch. In addition to its permanent collection and rotating exhibition the museum also stages workshops for schools and special events for families, you can find out more about these in our Family section.

The Gunnersbury Park Museum is open from 11am to 5pm seven days a week from March to November and from 11am to 4pm from November to March.

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How to get there

The closest tube stations are at Acton Town, Gunnersbury and South Ealing.

If travelling by bus the E3 serves Popes Lane and the  70, 207, 266, 427, 440 and 607 all serve Acton Central.