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Welcome to the Wells & Mendip Museum website.

Welcome to the Wells and Mendip Museum web site, where you can. . .

Find out how to visit us and how to volunteer.

Keep up to date with future exhibitions.

Find out more about our collections.

Find out about hiring the museum as a venue for your group or society meetings.

Find out about the Wells Natural History and Archaeological Society.

 
 
Finds Surgery Service

Bring along your old bits of metal, pottery and curiosities to be identified by Anna Booth, the Somerset Heritage Service’s Finds Liaison Officer.

The next surgeries will be on the 29th of July.

Please note that Anna cannot give valuations. If you cannot make it on the day, then please bring in your finds to the museum, prior to the surgery so that we can pass them to Anna on the day for identification. She will write down any information she has for you, which you can then collect back from the museum after her visit.

Although this is a free of charge service, any donation to museum funds will help ensure that we continue to offer this kind of service in the future. We are an independent museum, which relies on the generosity of volunteers, entry fees and donations to stay open.

 
25th June - 23th July - 'Romance and Reality' Costume Exhibition by Andrea Galer.

Award winning costume designer Andrea Galer has worked in film and television for over thirty years.  Her credits include several Jane Austen productions including most recently ‘Persuasion’ and ‘Miss Austen Regrets’ and these costumes are exhibited in the Wells and Mendip Museum.

‘Romance and Reality’and the world of Jane Austen is an exhibition which uses her costumes to bring awareness to the plight of the lace makers in Galle and the development of social conscious products.

Supporting the Power of Hands Foundation.

 
13th - 19th July    Wells Painting Group Exhibition and Sale

A collection of outstanding artwork by local artists. Held in the Lecture Hall. Free entry.

 
1st - 16th August    Victoria Hillman’s ‘Wild’ Photography Exhibition and Sale

Exceptional photography of wild animals taken from around the world. Held in the upstairs exhibition room. Free entry.

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