We are pleased to announce that our new exhibition will explore the Rutter Scrapbooks. Our preview evening is being held on Monday 17th April, from 7.00pm, in the Library. As usual wine and nibbles will be served. We hope as many as possible will be able to attend. The scrapbooks date from the 1850’s to
Our next exhibition will be The Rutter Collection which you may remember the Friends raised money to have conserved. This will be quite a task as we have over 700 items to choose from! The collection came back to us from Chippenham about 14 months ago and has taken a considerable amount of time to
Our current exhibition is celebrating 50 years of Mere Museum. The flat showcase cabinet is displaying some of the first 85 objects received by the museum. At the time businesses were approached to see if they had any items to start the collection. The main showcase cabinets show both items received in the decades and
Our new exhibition will celebrate 50 years of Mere Museum. Mere Museum started in 1972 and the museum now represents the events, people and developments which Mere has experienced to the present day. The new exhibition, opening on December 3rd, will celebrate the interesting History of the museum. As always, visitor comments on photographs and
The Jubilee exhibition has been well received and will run until the end of June. The museum would like to thank everyone who kindly loaded items for the display which have contributed to its success. Year 5 children from Mere School visited the exhibition and had a questionnaire to complete, the children enjoyed their visit
In June our exhibition will be of a Royal Theme and if anyone has any Royal memorabilia relating to Mere which they are willing to loan the museum for the duration then please do contact me. It will all be behind lock and key. We would also like to request stories and memories of life
Our new exhibition “Those were the days……A History of Mere through Postcards” is now up and ready to view. We have a wonderful collection of postcards which give a brilliant insight into the people who wrote them and received them. In June our exhibition will change and be of a Royal Theme. If anyone has any Royal
Since July 2021, we have been able to access the Museum again and prepare exhibitions. Our first one Memories and Mementoes was well received and featured items from different categories which do not always feature in themed exhibitions. Our new exhibition “Those were the days……A History of Mere through Postcards” is now up and ready
We are very pleased to announce that our new exhibition titled, ‘Those were the days’ is now live in the museum. This exhibition explores the postcards of Mere. Some of them date from the 19th century and feature many different aspects of Mere. We welcome new members who will find application forms at the Museum.
We will shortly be putting in a new exhibition based on Postcards of Mere. Some of them date from the 19th century and feature many different aspects of Mere. Members will be advised of the opening date and we welcome new members who will find application forms at the Museum. We always welcome donations of