Weston-super-Mare Museum
| Weston-super-Mare Museum | |
|---|---|
  Location within Somerset and the United Kingdom | |
| Location | Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England |
| Coordinates | 51°20′55″N 2°58′12″W / 51.3485°N 2.9700°W |
| Website | Museum web site |
The Weston-super-Mare Museum is a museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. The museum, which charges a fee for entry, details the history of Weston-super-Mare and the surrounding area from pre-historic times up to the present day.
The collection includes archaeological exhibits, including those from Worlebury Camp an Iron Age hill fort. Social history is also covered with a particular focus on local industries including Royal Potteries in the town,[1] seaside holidays, costume and domestic life.[2]
There are also replicas of a 19th-century chemist shop, and exhibits which explores life on the Home Front for the people of North Somerset during the Second World War, from air-raids to vegetable plots, and secret weapons developed on Birnbeck Island.[3]
The museum ran an exhibition of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual history in the South West during May 2008.[4]
In August 2008, the museum added the Grand Pier exhibition, telling viewers about the fire.
References
- ↑ "North Somerset Museum". Culture 24. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ↑ "Galleries". North Somerset Museum. North Somerset Council. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ↑ "North Somerset Museum". Visit Somerset. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ↑ LGBT History Month at the North Somerset Museum