Swinford Museum
Small volunteer-run village museum in a 17th-century cottage in Filkins, showing everyday tools and objects from local homes, farms and trades.
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About the museum
Swinford Museum is a small local museum in the Oxfordshire village of Filkins. It was founded in 1931 by George Swinford, who had the support of Sir Stafford Cripps, and it still carries his name. The collection is kept in a cottage that dates from the 17th century.
The displays show how people in and around the village lived and worked in earlier times. They bring together domestic, agricultural, trade and craft tools and objects of everyday use that were once found in the parishes of Filkins and Broughton Poggs.
Today the museum is run as a registered charity with a small group of trustees. Its stated purpose is to look after the collection and to show it to the public.
Highlights
- Tools and objects from local homes, farms and workshops
- Domestic, agricultural, trade and craft collections
- Housed in a 17th-century cottage in the Cotswold village of Filkins
- Founded in 1931 and run as a small charity
Permanent exhibition
- Collection of local domestic, agricultural, trade and craft tools – Displays of tools and everyday objects that show how people in Filkins and the surrounding area lived and worked.
- Founded
- 1931
- Operated by
- Swinford Museum (registered charity no. 280623)
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission is free.
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