Market Lavington Village Museum

Market Lavington Village Museum
15 Church Street
Market Lavington
Wiltshire
SN10 4AB
England

Website

Museum web site

www.marketlavingtonmuseum.org.uk

Market Lavington history and photos

www.lavington.site90.com/lavington/index.html

E-mail

Rog Frost, Curator

curator@marketlavingtonmuseum.org.uk

Telephone

Sally Reynolds, Secretary

01380 816222

Rog Frost, Curator

01380 813596

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Market Lavington Museum - January 2010
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The home of the Museum is the Old Schoolmaster's House, built in 1846. The museum illustrates village life and work mainly from Victorian times to the present day. Basket making, brick making and brewing have been local industries in the past.

Market Lavington has had professional photographers since 1880 and their efforts have recorded every aspect of village life through to the present day.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

1 May- 31 October
Wed Sat-Sun 1430-1630
Bank Holidays 1430-1630
Other times by appointment

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
 Schools services and facilities
  • Primary school education service available

Market Lavington Village Museum
15 Church Street
Market Lavington
Wiltshire
SN10 4AB
England

Website

Museum web site

www.marketlavingtonmuseum.org.uk

Market Lavington history and photos

www.lavington.site90.com/lavington/index.html

E-mail

Rog Frost, Curator

curator@marketlavingtonmuseum.org.uk

Telephone

Sally Reynolds, Secretary

01380 816222

Rog Frost, Curator

01380 813596

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Market Lavington Museums holds artefacts and records which relate to the parish, past and present, of Market Lavington.

Photographic records and social history are particular strengths along with artefacts relating to the many and varied crafts carried out in the area.

Collection details

Weapons and War, Trade and Commerce, Toys and Hobbies, Sport, Social History, Science and Technology, Religion, Photography, Personalities, Music, Medicine, Literature, Law and Order, Land Transport, Industry, Fine Art, Costume and Textiles, Coins and Medals, Archives, Archaeology, Agriculture

Key artists and exhibits

  • History of Market Lavington, Wiltshire

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
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