Valley Museum (sample) has collected the history, art and everyday objects of the valley since 1898. Entry is free for children and on Thursday evenings.
The museum began with one room of finds from the old ford and a donated cabinet of minerals. Today it cares for twenty thousand objects (sample), from Bronze Age pottery to posters from last year’s town festival.
We are a charity. Admission, members and donations pay for most of what we do.
A small team and more than eighty volunteers (sample).
Director (sample)
Curator of archaeology (sample)
Curator of art (sample)
Learning manager (sample)
Collections care (sample)
Visitor services (sample)
Objects made, used or found in the valley, and art that shows it. We accept gifts after a curator has seen them; every object gets an accession number and a record anyone can ask to see.
Join as a member, give a gift in memory of someone, or volunteer on the front desk or in the stores.