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The Fleet Air Arm Museum is where Museum meets theatre. You'll be 'transported' by helicopter to the replica flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS ARK ROYAL. You'll see fighter aircraft and two enormous projection screens showing jet fighters takin...
This modern museum traces the developments of postal services both in the U.K and world wide, with particular references to the Bathonians Ralph Allen and John Palmer....
Since opening to the public in April 1993, the Museum has gone from strength to strength, and has become one of the most extensive collections of East Asian art outside London. With a collection of almost 2,000 objects, ranging in date from c.5000 BC...
The Haynes International Motor Museum is the UK's largest exhibition of the greatest cars from around the world. A living and working museum, with over 400 amazing cars and bikes from nostalgic classics of the 50's and 60's, glorious Bentleys and Ro...
From the earliest settlements in the Archaeology Gallery to the hustle and bustle of the port, and from the drama of the Monmouth Rebellion to the glamour of Bridgwater's annual Carnival - there is plenty to interest the whole family.
Blake Museum...
The volunteers at Bruton Community Museum change the exhibitions regularly throughout the year; they are changed in March, July and October. A free information sheet to guide you around the museum is available at the door.
From May to September t...
We have a large collection of domestic and agricultural implements, archaeological and historical information and artifacts and a room dedicated to the 18th century local diarist Parson Woodforde. There is also a costume room and an archive collecti...
Chard and District Museum is a Community Museum which focuses on the rich history of the Chard area.
Chard and District Museum is in a building which itself dates from as early as the 16th century. It was formerly a public house.
One of the M...
Frome Museum, in the historic market town of Frome, Somerset, houses a fascinating collection of local artefacts and sources of information, ranging from the Horner family to glass negatives from Singers Art Metal works.
It has a library, a colle...
The Somerset Rural Life Museum is based in Glastonbury. In the Abbey Farmhouse the social and domestic life of Victorian Somerset is described in reconstructed rooms and there is a lively events programme as well as regular temporary exhibitions. T...
The Blue Anchor Railway Museum is on the down platform at the Blue Anchor Station, and is housed in the former waiting room, a red brick built structure with a self-supporting canopy.
It opened in 1986 under the West Somerset Railway Steam Trust...
Over 900 dolls from around the world based on the collection of the late Mollie Hardwick. A unique display of dolls of many periods with many costume and foreign dolls, immense variety. Established 1971. A visit will bring back childhood memories. Al...
Street in Somerset is a shoe town, well more accurately a village. Since the 1830s Clarks have been making shoes in Street, and while their shoes are now manufactured abroad, its headquarters are still located there. Within these headquarters is hous...
The Bakelite Museum in Williton, Somerset is a museum of few words. At the entrance, a small sign introduces Bakelite 'The material of a thousand uses'. Invented by Dr Leo Baekeland in 1907 Bakelite was the world's first, and most successful syntheti...
The Museum is situated in the Old Priory Barn, a Grade Two listed building, and although it is located within the boundaries of the County Ground in Taunton behind the Centre of Excellence, is run entirely as an independent organization and is a regi...
Contains relics from the former Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway which ran from Bath to Bournemouth with branchlines to Highbridge, Burnham on Sea, Wells and Bridgwater. All finally closing in 1966.
Explore the mass of exhibits, ponder on the old s...
In the museum can be seen many different types of flatner, plus nets and other items associated with their use. There are displays of maps, knotwork and boards showing the various uses of withy.
There are activities specially designed for children...
Watchet Market House Museum was founded in 1978 by a band of far sighted volunteers who persuaded the Watchet Town Council and the Orchard Wyndham Estate to allow the former market house to become a museum of Watchet's history. It has developed since...
Wellington Museum and Local History Society aims to promote knowlege about Wellington and its history by organising talks and visits, running the Museum and publishing books on local topics.
We have a fantastic local history resource, call into th...
Wells and Mendip Museum houses a unique collection of artefacts, the bulk of which were collected on and around Mendip. The collection includes the skull of a brown bear (right) discovered at Wookey Hole, a large number of stone-age tools, and an imp...
Opened by HRH The Duke of York in 1989 this volunteer run museum has a unique collection of rare aircraft, many of which enjoy top benchmark status on the National Aviation Heritage Register. All profits from admission fees etc. go towards conserv...
Here at North Somerset Museum you can find out about the history of North Somerset from pre-historic times up to the present day....
A small, private museum run by the Ilchester Town Trust to show the fascinating life and history of this one-time county town of Somerset....
Visit the splendid displays of the newly refurbished Museum of South Somerset and discover what rural life and times from the Roman occupation to the agricultural and industrial revolutions were really like. See artifacts from the past set in scenes ...
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