Welcome to the award winning Radstock Museum.
Home to the collection of The Radstock, Midsomer Norton & District Museum Society.
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Considered by many of our visitors to be ‘Somerset’s Best Kept Secret’
Radstock’s Old Market Hall
which is situated in the town centre and at the heart of the former Somerset coal field, displays a Heritage Collection of artefacts and memorabilia from the era of Victorian mining in Somerset.
We have a display area of approx. 500 square metres (over 5000 square feet) with galleries on two floors. Please visit our Exhibits and Collections pages.
We also have a cosy tea shop and a Shop selling over 200 publications of national and local interest including many by local authors.
Come and immerse yourself in the life and times of a Somerset Miner and his family. Discover the coal face where he worked, visit the store in which his wife shopped and sit at the desks where his children went to school.
Radstock Museum is run entirely by volunteers: please support us by coming for a visit, there is lots to see and do.
Current Exhibitions at Radstock Museum
New ‘Village Histories’ Exhibition until November 30th
Our autumn exhibition at the Museum is the fourth in the Villages and Communities series and will feature the villages of The Harptrees and Pensford & Publow.
Forthcoming Events: visit our Events and Talks pages for full details
Tuesday October 4th at 7.30pm
“An evening on the S&D” with Andrew Linham
A Bygone Days Talk in the Living History series: a powerpoint presentation with film footage.
This talk will be held at the Museum.
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- Special Exhibitions and Events
- Bygone Days and Science in Radstock talks
- New publications, including our Five Arches Journal, available to buy from the Shop
- Children’s Events
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