The Labor Temple was built in 1909, entirely by the Red Lodge Miners Local No. [2] The main additional building phases are from the 1730s and the early 19th century.[1]. The Henleys refurbished the Lodge's Reception Room and partly refurbished the parlour, leaving some original panelling and the original decorated ceiling,[12] but made minimal changes to the Great Oak Room, Small Oak Room and Bedroom, leaving the rich Tudor decoration largely untouched. There are seven rooms over two floors that tell the history of the house, from its Tudor origins to its role as a Victorian girls reform school. Sign up for monthly updates from Bristol Museums. Re-opening news! The historical society reopened the museum's doors with a newly remodeled basement and first floor in 1999. The Parlour has a mixture of Georgian Deal panelling and original Tudor oak panelling, and an original moulded plaster ceiling. [32] The fabric panel on the front of a Broadwood is usually made from silk,[33] so it is possible that the fabric and embroidery on this one were a project for the school girls. The back of the chair also carries the Arms of the Skinner family. The works contrast and compliment [sic] the architecture and decoration of the Red Lodge but none sit too comfortably, and the friction they create subtly transforms this Elizabethan house.
Find out more about visiting these museums. The Bedroom has the moulded plaster ceiling upon which the knot garden’s design is based. The only features which have changed since the room was built are the enlarged Georgian windows, giving a view onto the knot garden. The Red Lodge Museum What secrets lie behind the bright red door? The museum is the home to the Greenough and Linderman rodeo collections, the Waples family gun and projectile point collection, an interactive coal and hard rock mine exhibit, the Carbon County archives, and much more. [12] The panelling is pre-18th century, bought from the Refectory of St Michael-on-the-Mount,[12] and the mantelpiece and fire surround from Ashley Down House. From an ancient Somerset and Devon family, Dame Joan was a sister and co-heiress of Nicholas Wadham, co-founder with his wife Dorothy Wadham of Wadham College, Oxford. [22], The Small Oak Room and Bedroom are contemporary with the Great Oak Room but much less richly panelled. Hybrid furniture was not uncommon in the Tudor period (i.e. Discover life above and below stairs in Bristol over 200 years ago. Herbs and flowers are mixed together in beds as was the fashion in the 1630s, and all the plants used would have been common in a similar garden of the period. all rights reserved. The Red Lodge Museum (grid reference ST582731) is a historic house museum in Bristol, England. [34] The Museum and the Bristol Savages tune it every year and it is used as part of the Savages' festivities. M Shed and Bristol Museum & Art Gallery are reopening in September. Note that group visits should be booked in advance. Nestled against the Beartooths, Montana’s highest mountain peaks, Red Lodge is a place of extraordinary beauty and, wherever you turn, real smiles, genuine warmth and a welcoming, Western-style hospitality.