Museum of South Somerset
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The Museum of South Somerset is in Hendford, Yeovil
, Somerset
, England. It is also the location of a Tourist information centre
.
The collection was started by Alderman W.R.E. Mitchelmore, Mayor of Yeovil from 1918 - 1921. It is based in the former coach house to Hendford Manor. The manor house itself was built around 1720 and has since been converted into offices and is a Grade II* listed building.
There are displays of local history and geology particularly local industries such as leather and glove-making, flax and hemp production, stone working, engineering and newspaper printing. The display cover various stages of the history of the area prehistoric and Roman occupation, through to agricultural and industrial revolutions.. The Lower Gallery is used to house temporary touring exhibitions, while the upper gallery has permanent displays, including a reconstructed Roman dining room and kitchen with mosaics recreated from excavations of local villas at Westland, Lufton and Ilchester
. There are also displays of local prehistory and geology. A period Georgian house provides intriguing glimpses into the museum's glassware, costume and social history collections. Items from the museum's firearms, pottery and painting collections are also exhibited and changed regularly. . There is also an exhibition on Jack The Treacle Eater from Barwick
.
Yeovil
Yeovil is a town and civil parish in south Somerset, England. The parish had a population of 27,949 at the 2001 census, although the wider urban area had a population of 42,140...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England. It is also the location of a Tourist information centre
Visitor center
A visitor center or centre , visitor information center, tourist information center, is a physical location that provides tourist information to the visitors who tour the place or area locally...
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The collection was started by Alderman W.R.E. Mitchelmore, Mayor of Yeovil from 1918 - 1921. It is based in the former coach house to Hendford Manor. The manor house itself was built around 1720 and has since been converted into offices and is a Grade II* listed building.
There are displays of local history and geology particularly local industries such as leather and glove-making, flax and hemp production, stone working, engineering and newspaper printing. The display cover various stages of the history of the area prehistoric and Roman occupation, through to agricultural and industrial revolutions.. The Lower Gallery is used to house temporary touring exhibitions, while the upper gallery has permanent displays, including a reconstructed Roman dining room and kitchen with mosaics recreated from excavations of local villas at Westland, Lufton and Ilchester
Ilchester
Ilchester is a village and civil parish, situated on the River Yeo or Ivel, five miles north of Yeovil, in the English county of Somerset. The parish, which includes the village of Sock Dennis and the old parish of Northover, has a population of 2,021...
. There are also displays of local prehistory and geology. A period Georgian house provides intriguing glimpses into the museum's glassware, costume and social history collections. Items from the museum's firearms, pottery and painting collections are also exhibited and changed regularly. . There is also an exhibition on Jack The Treacle Eater from Barwick
Barwick, Somerset
Barwick is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated south of Yeovil in the South Somerset district and on the border with Dorset. The parish, which includes the village of Stoford has a population of 1,289.-History:...
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