The museum is a thriving centre for the local community. It is housed within a converted 17th century cloth merchant's house with modern extensions and a reconstructed barn. The museum reopened in July 1999 after extensive refurbishment and includes an interactive auditorium. Many of the collections are on show for the first time and tell the story of Wantage and its surrounding area. There are many hands-on activities, special events and temporary exhibitions.
a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire
(0.1 miles, 0.2 km)Wantage is a small historic market town in Oxfordshire, famous for being the birthplace of King Alfred the Great, who was born there during the 9th century, though the site of the.....
a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire
(4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction E)East Hendred is one of the spring line villages nestling just below the Downs in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire...
a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire
(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction NE)Interesting town, developed around the gates of an abbey founded in 675...
a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire
(10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction NE)This is a popular Thames side village which was the choice of Jerome K. Jerome for a setting for one of the riotous scenes of his "Three Men in a Boat" and it is easy to see just.....
a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire
(13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction NW)This pleasant little market town, set beside the upper reaches of the Thames, is dominated by the elegant spire of the beautiful parish church of St.Lawrence..
All towns in Oxfordshire
Displays of Hendred's Millenium history housed in a Grade one Listed ex-Carthusian Chapel (15th Century)...
This charming rural water mill was built in the local timber and weather-boarded style with a hipped roof and dates from 1807. .....
Memorabilia of Uffington and district ranging from pre-historic and Roman times up to the present. Information on recent digs at.....
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Abingdon Abbey was founded in 675 and demolished following Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries. During the life of the.....
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