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North Somerset Museum in Weston-super-Mare tells the story of the district through the objects in our care.

We offer a range of heritage services including:

  • Collecting objects which tell the story of North Somerset
  • Making those objects and their stories available to you via our exhibitions and events
  • Caring for the objects to help preserve them for the present and future generations
  • Recording information about each object to help build the public awareness of the district and its past
  • Inviting you to send us information to build our knowledge of North Somerset and answer any questions through our new Notes and Queries service

We also run a cafe and shop, which sells of variety of gifts including a wide range of prints, postcards, books and CDs telling you about the history of North Somerset.

In addition we provide a wide range of direct services for you including:

  • conference facilities
  • object identification at our special sessions in North Somerset's libraries
  • information searches from our extensive local history files
  • heritage talks on North Somerset
  • historic landscape walks
  • writing publications and leaflets on local history
  • providing special access to our collections for study and research
  • providing venues for hire for parties.

We also have specialist staff to help with queries you may have concerning archaeology, social and local history, and natural history.

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