Wincanton Museum

About the museum

Wincanton Museum was created in 1986, at the suggestion of a local enthusiast, in a Grade II listed cottage owned by the Quakers further up the High Street. There it showed the social history of Wincanton and the surrounding district. For about ten years it was later housed in a room at the town library.

Today the museum is at No. 5 The High Street and is run by the Wincanton Museum and History Society, a registered charity staffed by volunteers. The society says that the new location lets it bring more aspects of local life through the centuries back into public view.

The museum holds a store of objects, documents, posters and photographs on the social history of the town and district, and items are gradually being added to the displays, with the aim of subject displays that change every few months. Volunteer stewards are on hand to share information about the area and to help with local family connections. Wincanton is a Georgian town of about 6,000 people on the borders of Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire, best known for its racecourse.

Highlights

• Social history of Wincanton and the surrounding district
• Objects, documents, posters and photographs
• Volunteer stewards who help with local and family history
• Rotating subject displays

Founded

1986

Operated by

Wincanton Museum and History Society (registered charity 1114027)

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