Wincanton Museum

Wincanton Museum is a small local museum, originally located in the High Street and then in the Wincanton Library, Wincanton, Somerset, England.

Wincanton Museum
Shown within Somerset
LocationWincanton, Somerset, England
Coordinates51.0568°N 2.4077°W / 51.0568; -2.4077
TypeLocal museum
PresidentRichard D’Arcy (2016)
CuratorChris Forester (2016)
WebsiteWincanton Museum

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

The Museum had a collection of artifacts, documents, posters and photographs related to the social history of Wincanton and the surrounding district. There was also a replica of a Victorian kitchen and a collection of 19th and 20th century farm implements.[3] A separate room was 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, reopened in the original space in 2010,[2] and closed again in 2011. In 2012, the museum moved into the Wincanton Library with a smaller collection.[5]

References
  1. "Number 30 and 32 High Street". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage.
  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.
  5. Blackmore Vale Magazine (17 February 2012). "Wincanton Museum to open in library". Blackmorevale.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
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