The Old Bell Museum

For other establishments with this name, see Old Bell.
The Old Bell Museum
General information
Type Museum, inn
Address 3-5 Arthur Street
Town or city Montgomery, Powys
Country Wales
Coordinates 52°33′38″N 3°08′56″W / 52.56067°N 3.14892°W / 52.56067; -3.14892Coordinates: 52°33′38″N 3°08′56″W / 52.56067°N 3.14892°W / 52.56067; -3.14892
Owner Montgomery Civic Society
Technical details
Material Half-timbered
Website
www.oldbellmuseum.org.uk

The Old Bell Museum is a former 16th-century inn, converted into a museum and run by volunteers from the Montgomery Civic Society of Powys.[1][2][3] The half-timbered building contains eleven rooms of various local exhibits, including information on the architecture of the building itself.[4] The building was originally opened as the Old Bell Hotel, and was a temperance hotel fashioned for teetotal visitors visiting Montgomery [5]

The Old Bell Museum was awarded "Accredited Museum" status by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council of Wales (MLA) in February 2009 and re-accredited in 2013.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Things to do". Montgomery-wales.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
  2. ↑ "Old Bell Museum". Visitmidwales. 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
  3. ↑ Hunter, David (21 July 2011). Offa's Dyke Path: A journey through the border country of England and Wales. Cicerone Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-1-84965-388-6. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Old Bell Museum". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
  5. ↑ Parker, Mike (2011). Real Powys. Seren (publisher). p. 156. ISBN 978-1-85411-553-9.
  6. ↑ "List of Accredited Museums in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, May 2015" (xlsx). Arts Council England. May 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-26.

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