Museums
Fox Talbot Museum of
Photography (Lacock)
Inside a 16th Century barn, near the gates
to Lacock Abbey, this museum was opened in 1975 to commemorate
William Henry Fox Talbot of Lacock Abbey. His first camera and
calotypes are on view, with many of his international awards. The
museum house an audio-visual presentation and changing exhibitions.
The bookshop is the most comprehensive in Wessex for books about
photography.
DISTANCE FROM THE HOTEL: 10 miles/15 minutes drive
approximately
Tel: +44 (0) 1249 730459
Blaise Castle House Museum
A late 18th Century house containing a museum of West Country
rural and urban life, together with a thatched dairy and water
mill. The picturesque grounds include the remains of an Iron Age
hill fort, as well as the mid -18th Century Gothic castle which
gave Blaise its name.
DISTANCE FROM THE HOTEL: 18 miles/28 minutes drive
approximately
Tel: +44 (0) 1179 506789
Claverton
Ralph Allen, one of the creators of Georgian Bath, is buried in
the churchyard. The Manor House (1820) is the home of the first
Museum of American Life to be opened in Britain. The furniture as
well as the exhibits have been brought from America, and there are
especially interesting items dealing with the art of Red Indians
and with the religious sect called the "Shakers".
DISTANCE FROM THE HOTEL: 17 miles/30 minutes drive
approximately
Tel: + 44 (0) 1225 460 553
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Sally Lunn's House and Museum
A house of charm and delight, the oldest in Bath. In the cellar
museum, excavations show the remains of Roman, Saxon and Medieval
buildings. Sally Lunn came in 1680 and worked in the kitchen/bakery
with the ancient faggot oven. Here she created the delicacy named
after her, the Sally Lunn Bun.
DISTANCE FROM THE HOTEL: 14.2 miles/25 minutes drive
approximately
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 461634