Find out what’s coming up this autumn and winter at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton and Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury.
Horse Power: The story of horses in rural Somerset
For centuries horses played a central role in the everyday lives of Somerset people. This exhibition will feature a rich display of paintings, photographs, museum objects and oral histories to tell the story of how horses helped shape the rural landscape of the county.
As part of the exhibition artist and metalworker Jacky Oliver has been co-commissioned with Somerset Art Works to create an installation inspired by the history of the horse in agriculture. The large scale kinetic contemporary artwork will be displayed in the historic Abbey Barn throughout September and October. Read more.
Venue: Somerset Rural Life Museum
Dates: 17 September – 7 January
Fashionable Society: How society has changed what we wear (working title)
This exhibition will explore how different aspects of society have influenced what we wear. Technology, traditions, societal change and the media have all played their part in influencing how we dress. On display will be fashions from our collections from the 18th century to the 1960s.
Venue: Museum of Somerset
Dates: 12 November – 18 March 2023
Opening & Visit
Museum of Somerset, Taunton is open 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Tuesday to Saturday
Somerset Rural Life Museum, Glastonbury is open 10.00 am to 5.00 pm Tuesday to Sunday until 31 October and then Tuesday to Saturday 1 November to Easter 2023.
IMAGES: Farmer Budge of Haselbury Plucknett in a Stanhope Gig by James Loader, 1841