Home Front Museum
Living-history museum in a former garage in Llandudno, recreating civilian life in Britain in the Second World War with shops, rooms and tableaux.
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About the museum
The Home Front Museum opened in September 2000. It grew out of a personal collection of home front memorabilia that was assembled over about forty years. Visitors take a self-guided tour through shops, room displays and tableaux that show the six years of war as experienced by civilians in Britain.
The museum occupies a building from the mid-nineteenth century on New Street in Llandudno. For most of its working life it was a garage owned and run by Frank Meredith and his two sons. During the Second World War the garage was requisitioned by the Auxiliary Fire Service, which based a pump there with seven volunteers trained in many aspects of civil defence. Frank Meredith's son Francis was killed in Libya in 1942 while serving with the 69th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery.
The exhibition covers daily life in 1940s Britain, from gas masks and ration books to the Dig for Victory campaign and how the war was won on the kitchen front. Sound effects such as air raid sirens and exploding bombs add to the atmosphere, and the museum is lit at a low level, with torches provided to visitors. There is a gift shop at the entrance.
Highlights
- Shops, room displays and tableaux from 1940s Britain
- Gas masks, ration books and Dig for Victory displays
- Air raid shelter and wartime sound effects
- Former garage used by the Auxiliary Fire Service
- Gift shop
- Founded
- 2000
Admission & discounts
| Adults | £4.40 |
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| Reduced | £4.10Concessions |
| Children & teens | £2.50Under 16 years. |
| Students & apprentices | £3.50 |
| Families | £12.502 adults and 2 children under 16. |
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The museum is all on one level and accessible to standard wheelchairs; gangways are at least 800 mm wide with an anti-slip surface. The entrance door is 730 mm wide and the inner door is 770 mm wide; staff open it on request. Seating is available in the air raid shelter and near the exit. Assistance dogs are allowed in all areas; electric scooters are not permitted. All staff have disability awareness training.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
By car
No on-site parking at the museum.
There is no parking at the museum and New Street has double yellow lines. The nearest pay and display car parks are on Maelgwyn Road (LL30 2YN) and behind the Town Hall off Market Street (LL30 2ST).
The museum is on New Street, within 100 metres of central Llandudno. Brown tourism signs for the war museum lead from the Maelgwyn Road car park.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Museum shop
There is a gift shop at the entrance. Public toilets are available behind the Town Hall off Market Street.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Good to know | Visitors follow a self-guided route. Loud sound effects such as air raid sirens and explosions can be heard throughout, and lighting is low; torches are provided. |
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