Wincanton Museum

Wincanton Museum
Shown within Somerset
Location Wincanton, Somerset, England
Coordinates 51°03′24″N 2°24′28″W / 51.0568°N 2.4077°W / 51.0568; -2.4077
Type Local museum
Curator John Atkins
Website Wincanton Museum

Wincanton Museum was a small local museum in the High Street, Wincanton, Somerset, England.

It was housed in a late 18th or early 19th century cottage, which is a Grade II listed building,[1] which is owned by the Quakers.[2]

The Museum has a collection of artifacts, documents, posters and photographs related to the social history of Wincanton and the surrounding district. There is also a replica of a Victorian kitchen and a collection of 19th and 20th century farm implements.[3] A separate room is devoted to World War I and World War II when American soldiers were stationed in the town prior to the D Day landings.[4]

The museum closed in 2009, due to increased rents and the need for renovations to the building, but reopened in 2010,[2] and closed again in 2011.

References

  1. ↑ "Number 30 and 32 High Street". Images of England. English Heritage.
  2. 1 2 "Museum to reopen after rent rise talks". Western Gazette. 2010-03-26. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Wincanton Museum". South Somerset Council. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Displays". Wincanton Museum. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
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