Bakelite Museum

Bakelite Museum
Location within Somerset and the United Kingdom
Location Williton, Somerset
Website Bakelite Museum

The Bakelite Museum is in Williton, Somerset, England.

The Museum is housed in the Orchard Millhouse, which has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.[1]

It is home to the personal collection of Patrick Cook,[2] and includes vintage plastics including radios, cameras and telephones to a Bakelite coffin.[3]

In September 2010 a fire safety inspection found various problems which needed to be rectified if the museum was to remain open to the public and satisfy the Regulatory Reform (Fire safety) Order 2005.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Orchard Millhouse". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=265006. Retrieved 2007-10-30. 
  2. ^ "Bakelite Museum". Everything Exmoor. http://www.everythingexmoor.org.uk/exmoor-encyclopedia/contents-list/34-b/99-bakelite-museum.html. Retrieved 20 November 2010. 
  3. ^ "Bakerlite Museum". Culture 24. http://www.culture24.org.uk/am21823. Retrieved 20 November 2010. 
  4. ^ "Costs 'may shut Williton Bakelite Museum'". BBC. 23 September 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-11398171. Retrieved 20 November 2010. 
  5. ^ "Bakelite museum in Somerset tangled in red tape after fire visit". This is Somerset. http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/news/Bakelite-museum-tangled-red-tape-visit/article-2667183-detail/article.html. Retrieved 20 November 2010. 

External links