Dinosaurs and dragons will be taking over the Museum of Somerset for October half term. Dino Day is on Sunday 23 October, from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. Families can explore the museum’s amazing collection of real fossils, take a dino trail around the museum and enjoy some dino crafts. The day includes a chance to dress up like a dinosaur, dino disco dancing and storytelling. It costs £3 per person (£10 for a family ticket) and no booking is required. Full story: Read more
From Wild Beginnings to Wild Art at the Museum of Somerset
The Boys’ Own adventures of Taunton brothers Andrew and David Neal have inspired the Museum of Somerset’s autumn exhibition, ‘Wild Art: Nature Re-imagined’. Opening on Saturday 8 October the exhibition features photography, sculpture and painting by the brothers. Fascinated by nature since childhood, they explored the Somerset countryside on family walks and on cycling and canoe adventures in the 1940s and ’50s. Full story: Read more
Autumn Talks at the Museum of Somerset
The Museum of Somerset’s autumn events programme of heritage and history talks has been announced. The programme opens on 4 October with Dr Hilary Custance Green. ‘Writing to a Ghost’ explores the untold stories of the Thailand– Burma railway and of the families waiting at home in Britain. Full story: Read more