The Museum is currently closed for the winter and a refresh is taking place which has thrown up one or two surprises – all to be revealed when the Museum reopens in early March. In addition to many artefacts that have been on recent display, a number of different items from the reserve collection will be exhibited and some new themes introduced when we open again in the spring. Keep in touch with progress by visiting the Society’s social media channels on X and on Facebook.”

The curtain came down on a successful season for Wellington Museum with a theatrical performance staged by Somerset Youth Theatre in conjunction with Wellington Local History & Museum Society and with the kind permission of Wellington Town Council.

Join us this September as we mark the 200th anniversary of the first steam-powered passenger railway journey [pictured] & celebrate Wellington’s rich railway heritage, including a world speed record set on Wellington Bank.