The Museum of Somerset is preparing plenty of festive family fun for the Christmas holidays. The Museum will be open until 2.00 pm on Christmas Eve, and will then close for Christmas and Boxing Day before re-opening on Tuesday 27 until 31 December. Full story: Read more
Explore your Family and Local History
A new programme of courses designed to help local people explore their family and local history has been announced by the South West Heritage Trust. The courses start in November and will be held at the Somerset Heritage Centre in Taunton. The centre provides access to 20 million historic documents and local history sources, the earliest of which dates from the 8th century. Full story: Read more
Collegium Singers: The Grand Tour at Museum of Somerset
Somerset-based chamber choir The Collegium Singers will be performing their ‘Grand Tour’ concert at the Museum of Somerset on Saturday 22 October. The concert is a musical voyage through Europe’s leading capitals in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It includes works by Biber, Monteverdi, Mozart, Lorenzani, Charpentier, Albrechtsberger and much more. Full story: Read more