Somerset Archives and Libraries

Bath Record Office
Bath Record Office Guildhall High Street Bath, Somerset BA1 5AW UK Telephone: 01225 477421 Email: [mailto:archives@bathnes.gov.uk archives@bathnes.gov.uk] Website" Bath Record Office


 * Bath Record Office collects and keeps safe historical records relating to Bath, and we make them available for research to all who wish to use them.

Somerset Archives and Local Studies
Somerset Archives and Local Studies Somerset Heritage Centre Brunel Way Langford Mead Norton Fitzwarren Taunton, Somerset TA2 6SF UK uTelephone: 01823 278805 (enquiries) 01823 337600 (appointments) Email: [mailto:somersetarchives@swheritage.org.uk somersetarchives@swheritage.org.uk] Website: Somerset Archives and Local Studies Holdings: Holdings


 * Somerset Archives and Local Studies exists to find, preserve and make available written records of Somerset's people and communities.

Taunton Library
Taunton Library Paul St Taunton, Somerset TA1 3XZ UK Telephone: 300 123 2224 Email: [mailto:taulib@somerset.gov.uk  taulib@somerset.gov.uk] Website: Taunton Library

For a list of Somerset libraries, go to Libraries in Somerset.

The Museum of Somerset
The Museum of Somerset Taunton Castle Castle Green Taunton, Somerset TA1 4AA UK Telephone: 01823 255088 Email: [mailto:museumofsomerset@swheritage.org.uk museumofsomerset@swheritage.org.uk] Website: The Museum of Somerset


 * Set in the heart of Taunton, the Museum of Somerset lies within the 12th Century Taunton Castle and tells the county’s story from prehistoric times to the present day, using real objects, interactive games, eye-catching film projections and the words and voices of Somerset people, past and present.

Somerset Brick and Tile Museum
Somerset Brick and Tile Museum East Quay Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 4DB UK Telephone: 01278 426088 Email:[mailto:museumofsomerset@somerset.gov.uk museumofsomerset@somerset.gov.uk] Website: Somerset Brick and Tile Museum


 * The museum is dedicated to the local industry of brick and tile making, one of the many labour-intensive coal based industries once found in Somerset. The core of the museum is the only remaining tile kiln in Bridgwater. It used to be one of six at the former Barham Brothers’ Yard at East Quay. It was last fired in 1965, the year that the works closed.

Somerset Rural Life Museum
Somerset Rural Life Museum Abbey Farm Chilkwell St Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 8DB, UK Telephone: 1458 831197 Email: [mailto:SRLM@swheritage.org.uk SRLM@swheritage.org.uk] Website: Somerset Rural Life Museum


 * Visitors to the Glastonbury museum will be able to explore rural life from the 1800s onwards and discover more about the county’s heritage including its landscape, food and farming, working life and rural crafts.

For a long list of Somerset museums, go to List of museums in Somerset in Wikipedia.