Clun Museum

About the museum

The museum occupies Clun Town Hall on The Square, a neoclassical building completed in 1780 to replace a medieval courthouse. It served as a market hall with a lock-up on the ground floor and an assembly room on the first floor, and today it is a Grade II* listed building.

When the markets left Clun in the early twentieth century the hall passed to the parish, and a local museum was opened on the ground floor in the early 1930s. It is run by the Clun Town Trust, a charity set up in the 1920s. The museum expanded onto the first floor in 2004, doubling its space, and the Town Hall was renovated again in a project started in 2023.

The collection shows the history of Clun and the surrounding Clun Forest. It includes two Elizabethan silver maces and the seal of the former Corporation of Clun, a large collection of prehistoric stone tools and flints, many of them found on nearby hills and traded along the Clun-Clee ridgeway, and artefacts, documents and photographs showing how life in this farming community changed over the centuries.

Highlights

• Two Elizabethan silver maces and the seal of the Corporation of Clun
• Collection of prehistoric flint tools traded along the Clun-Clee ridgeway
• Local documents, photographs and everyday objects from the Clun Forest area
• Exhibits on two floors of the 1780 Town Hall

Permanent exhibition

• Museum of Clun collection – Local history of the Clun Forest area, including Elizabethan silver maces, the seal of the Corporation of Clun, prehistoric flints and everyday objects, documents and photographs.

Founded

1931

Operated by

Clun Town Trust

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is free; donations are welcome.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The exhibits are on two floors of a Grade II* listed building; no access information is published.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum is in the Town Hall on The Square in the centre of Clun.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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