Wells & Mendip Museum — Attraction in Wells

We happened to spot this museum as we were exploring Wells Cathedral. The museum is across the road from the cathedral.

We were welcomed into the museum by a lovely lady, who gave us some information as to the displays in each room and in which order to visit them.

There are some permanent and some temporary displays. One room houses mined objects such as Mendip lead and other minerals, another display provides details about cave diving, and there was a display of pictures by local artists.

It is a lovely little museum. Admission is £6 per adult, and there are concessions for children and students. A family ticket is also available for £12.

Accessibility isn't very good as the building is a converted house. Some parts are quite narrow, and there are stairs to the...

Such a huge variety of local history, I was amazed at the things found on my doorstep. There is an extremely moving and somewhere disturbing exhibition of the lives of patients from the Victorian Asylum at the moment. I have previously paid a visit to the Asylum cemetery, which has open days and is cared for by a team of volunteers. The graves there are marked by numbered markets and this exhibition goes someway to putting names and faces to those numbers and telling the stories of these poor people. The Victorian age fascinates me. A time of change, learning and development, it was almost shameful to read some of the accounts but at the same time moving to read of the pioneers who faught for change. Covid restrictions were well adhered to and I would very...

I made purely a museum visit, whilst there are frequently art exhibitions and activities held here. Delightful old school museum, mainly centred round the pioneering and lifelong archaeological work of Herbert Balch its founder. Very nice experience for adults and perhaps older children. All sorts included from geology and prehistory to local 'byegones' like a miniature replica of a Victorian antique shop and a display about an early photography studio. Wonderful icthyosaur fossil on the way in. I was not enamoured of the WW1 trench with dummies and recorded sounds, it seemed out of place to me, but...