Mendips & North Somerset Museums & Galleries

Glastonbury Lake Village Museum

The Tribunal, 9 High St, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9DP
Tel: 01458 832954

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?

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.

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.