Museums in Somerset
With an emphasis on heritage and history museums
This fascinating local heritage museum is housed in a historic 17th-century inn and tells the story of people and places linked to the town of Wellington, including the town's association with the Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley.
28 Fore Street, Wellington, Somerset, England, TA21 8AQ
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Heritage Highlight: 17th-century Fox company strongbox
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An engine house dating to 1830s houses the oldest working steam-powered drainage pump on the Somerset Levels. The museum features steam pumps and stationary steam engines as well as a narrow-gauge railway.
Hoopers Lane, Westonzoyland, nr Bridgwater, Somerset, England, TA7 0LS
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Heritage Highlight: The oldest Somerset Levels drainage pump still in working order
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"I have looked further into space than any human being did before me". So said William Herschel, one of the most famous pioneers in the study of astronomy. Herschel lived in this Georgian townhouse and it was here in 1781 that he discovered the existence of the planet Uranus which helped to double the size of the then-known solar system.
19 New King Street, Bath, Somerset, England, BA1 2BL
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