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This section covers museums
including working heritage museums and both civic and
commercial art galleries
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The Peat Moors Iron Age
Centre
Shapwick Rd, Westhay, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6
9TT
Tel: 01458 860697 Fax:
01458 860246
E-mail:
ironage@peatmoors.freeserve.co.uk
Explore reconstructed houses from Iron Age
Glastonbury lake village! Other displays cover
the archaeology, wildlife and peat digging
heritage of this unique region.
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Glastonbury Lake Village
Museum
The Tribunal, 9 High St, Glastonbury, Somerset,
BA6 9DP
The fascinating story of the Glastonbury Lake
Village can be viewed in the Tribunal, a 15th
century grade 1 listed building, that also
houses the Tourist Information Centre. The Lake
Village Museum, housed on the upper floor of the
historic Tribunal building in Glastonbury High
Street, presents a fascinating insight into
everyday life in an Iron-Age settlement, dating
from around 2000 years old, when much of
Somerset's landscape was covered by marshy sea.
Although these marshes have long since been
artificially drained, the excellent preservative
properties of the peaty wetland soils in the
Glastonbury area left an archaeological legacy
of international importance - why not visit the
Museum and see the story of the Glastonbury Lake
Village described in a modern and informative
way?
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Blackswan Arts
The Black Swan, 2 Bridge St, Frome, Somerset,
BA11 1BB
Tel: 01373 473980 Fax:
01373 451733
E-mail:
ann@blackswan.org.uk
Black Swan Arts is a dynamic venue for
contemporary arts and crafts. Our purpose is to
provide an enriching and challenging arts
experience for everyone. There are two galleries
dedicated to an ambitious programme of
exhibitions showing high quality innovative
work. We offer a range of educational events
including talks, residencies and workshops in
support of the exhibition programme.
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The Museum of Pagan
Heritage
11 -12 St Johns Square, Glastonbury, Somerset,
BA6 9LJ
Tel: 01458 831666
E-mail:
info@themuseumofpaganheritage.org
The Museum of Pagan Heritage is an innovative
modern museum, telling the story of Paganism
just the way it is. The Museum is dedicated to
the pagan cultural and spiritual heritage of the
UK and other countries. It features an Egyptian
gallery including a reconstruction of an
Egyptian tomb, a mystical landscape area. Two
Glastonbury galleries focusing on the history,
myths and legends of Avalon and a gallery on
traditional Paganism.
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Somerset Rural Life Museum
Abbey Farm, Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury,
Somerset, BA6 8DB
Tel: 01458 831197 Fax:
01458 831197
E-mail:
county-museums@somerset.gov.uk
The Somerset Rural Life Museum is set in a
Victorian farm and the magnificent 14th Century
Abbey Barn. Displays of traditional farming
practices and local industries of peat cutting,
with growing, cheese and cider making.
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