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The museum is
open to the public
in 2006 from Good
Friday to April 17th
& May 3rd to
October 24th
Admission Charges
Adults £1.50
Children 50p
Opening Times
Weekdays
10.30am - 4.00pm
Wed, Thur & Fri
Sundays & Bank
Holidays
1.30pm - 4.00pm
School & Other
Parties by Prior
Arrangement
Maximum
number 36
Public Car Park
and Toilets
opposite the
Museum |
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Displays Comments Contact us |
Fundraising Run
by volunteers |
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The Rural Life Museum is housed in the
old Village School leased from the National Trust. It was a school
from 1821 to 1981 and opened as the Rural Life Museum in 1983.
The collection is owned and administered by a Charitable Trust.
The exhibits are displayed in three rooms,
the largest containing domestic, farm and local industry equipment
from a hundred years ago. |
The new room now houses the West Somerset
Photographic Archive together with displays on local groups and
personalities, which are changed from time to time. Local craft
people, such as lace maker and a weaver, can be seen at work
in the Museum, or in the Playground.
The Victorian Schoolroom has original
desks and forms, together with slates, textbooks, books and toys
of the period. There are Victorian era clothes in which individual
children can dress up. |
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Behind the school in the riverside garden
are
larger exhibits, a cobblers workshop and a
picnic area.
The Playground is used by school parties
for
organised activities with stilts and hoops and the
old singing games.
Morning educational visits covering the
Victorian aspect of the National Curriculum are
taken by experienced teachers and guides. |
There is a small shop for the purchase
of
souvenirs and replica Victorian toys and the
old School Kitchen is available for
refreshments.
Piles Mill, a National Trust property
a half
mile away, houses a Memorial to Sir Richard
Thomas Dyke Acland in the form of a
millstone sundial as well as various Museum
artifacts. Visits can be organised by prior
arrangement. |
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