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Trowbridge Museum
The Shires Shopping Centre
Court Street
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8AT
Court Street
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8AT
Contact
Telephone: 01225 751 339
Fax: 01225 754 608
Email: info@trowbridgemuseum.co.uk
Telephone: 01225 751 339
Fax: 01225 754 608
Email: info@trowbridgemuseum.co.uk
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Overview of collections
The museum contains working woollen textile machines including early spinning, weaving, fulling and finishing machinery; social history collections; archaeology; costume and textiles; topographical prints; and items relating to Isaac Pitman, the inventor of shorthand.Overview of how collections are displayed
The museum tells the story of the West Country woollen town of Trowbridge, its people and its history.Star Objects at this location
Rare surviving example of a Spinning Jenny; operational Hattersley loom; ancient fire engine; historic Parliament clock;Olympic torch; miniature beam engine.| Collection Descriptions | |
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| Agriculture Collection (Trowbridge Museum) |
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| Archaeology Collection (Trowbridge Museum) This collection comprises the finds from the medieval Trowbridge Castle and from excavation of a clay pipe kiln. |
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| Archives Collection (Trowbridge Museum) There is the Lansdown collection of printed ephemera. |
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| Costume & Textile Collection (Trowbridge Museum) There is the Taylor collection of materials from a Trowbridge drapery shop. The collection includes shop fittings an... |
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| Fine Art Collection (Trowbridge Museum) There is the Garlick collection of topographical prints and drawings, given to the town by Herbert Garlick in 1932. |
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| Geology Collection (Trowbridge Museum) This is the Crabbe collection of fossils, there is also a herbaria. This collection relates to the poet George Crabb... |
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| Medals Collection (Trowbridge Museum) |
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| Oral History Collection (Trowbridge Museum) |
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| Personalia Collection (Trowbridge Museum) There is material relating to Sir Isaac Pitman, Trowbridge's most famous citizen. His form of shorthand has become a... |
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| Photographic Collection (Trowbridge Museum) |
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| Science & Industry Collection (Trowbridge Museum) There is a significant collection of textile machinery, tools, woollen cloth samples and other material relating to t... |
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| Transport Collection (Trowbridge Museum) |