Open Gardens
2025-05-26 13:30 - 17:00 UTC
The Museum courtyard will be open for this annual Crewkerne wide event.

Crewkerne Sail Cloth Industry - talk with Richard Sims
2025-06-05 14:00 - 15:30
Richard Sims talk on the Sail cloth industry Thursday 5th June at 2pm at the museum.
Limited numbers event so book early to avoid disappointment.

Volunteers' Day
2025-06-07 10:00 - 15:00
An Award Winning – Volunteer run – Independent Museum.
Without our Volunteers we cannot run. Can you help us keep open?
Come and see what we do, just drop in and find out more about Volunteering. 10.00am to 3.00pm
Free refreshments.

Industries Past and Present
2025-06-07 10:00 - 2025-06-28 16:00
Local trades display what they do and exhibits on historic trades and local industries.

Guided Tour of Historic Factory Sites - with Richard Sims
2025-06-19 18:00 - 19:30
Richard Sims guided walk of the historic factory sites on Thursday 19th June at 6.00pm – a walk taking in Abbey St., Popleswell, South St. is longer than our usual guided walks but will be within 100yds of the town centre.
Limited numbers event so book early to avoid disappointment.

Thatching
2025-06-21 10:30 - 14:30
As part of our Industries week come to the museum and talk to a Thatcher about his work and an insight to the art of Thatching.

Rope Making
2025-06-21 10:30 - 14:30
As part of our Industries week, volunteers from Dawes Twineworks are bringing a rope jack for you to try your luck at rope making, or just see how it is done.

Wydale Factory Tour
2025-06-26 14:30 - 15:30
Wyedale factory tour Thursday 26th June at 2.30pm at the factory in Cathole Bridge Rd. We are grateful to Liz Murnaghan for offering the opportunity to see how this site produces equipment for agricultural use and was evolved from the need of the farm to develop a calf feeder. A course in production led to a successful local industry. People taking part must wear sensible shoes to walk comfortably and safely around slopes/steps. The tour will last over 1 hour.
Limited numbers event so book early to avoid disappointment.

Ariel Car on View
2025-06-28 10:30 - 15:00
Local car manufacturer displays an Ariel car for the day outside the Town Hall.
Prize raffle for a ride in an Ariel car, tickets available in the Museum, £2 each. Other prizes are also on offer to win.

Food
2025-07-05 10:00 - 2025-08-30 16:00
Special Exhibition.
Food – a look at production, sales and ‘what we ate’
Full details to follow.

Weaving Wonder on Henhayes
2025-07-28 10:30 - 13:00
Monday 28th July 10.30am – 1pm “Weaving Wonder” a Play Day on Henhayes. Bring the family along to join in creating a Grand weave using webbing. Help to make a huge woven piece for display at the museum during August. Discover why weaving was important in Crewkerne in the past. Lots for everyone in the George Reynolds Centre and on the field, fun for all of the family! Working with “Awe & Wonder” for another fun summer holiday!
Peg loom weaving , part of the activity on our Weaving Wonder day on Henhayes.

Weaving Wonder Exhibition Launch & Coffee Morning
2025-08-02 10:00 - 12:00
Saturday 2nd August. Launch of “Weaving Wonder” exhibition.

Weave at the Coffee morning 10am -12noon. While you enjoy coffee and homemade cakes, weave away with your friends on the peg looms, children from 6 – 10 have enjoyed this easy weaving on school visits to the museum recently. Let’s see how much we can add to the project.

The Hidden Collection
2025-09-06 10:00 - 2025-11-01 16:00
Special Exhibition.
Another chance for our collections team to display a selection of interesting items from our storage archives that we cannot put on permanent display.

Talks & Teas - Monsterland - with Nicholas Jubber
2025-10-23 19:00 - 20:30
Thursday 23rd October at 7:00 pm
The museum is hosting this event.

NOTE: These events are very popular therefore due to the limited numbers that can be accommodated it is essential to book. Cost £5.00.
Call in at the Green Dragon Bookshop.

Halloween Activities at the Museum
2025-10-27 10:00 - 2025-11-01 16:00
Only during normal Opening hours. (closed Tuesday and Wednesday)

Talks & Teas - 1815-19 When we ruled France - with Sheila Seymore
2025-11-12 14:00 - 15:30
Wednesday 12th November at 2:00pm
After the French Revolution came the French Revolutionary Wars. The final battle was Waterloo.
Wellington, as Commander of the Grand Alliance, became in effect the French Head of State.
Surprised? Of course you are – we don’t like to talk about it….
NOTE: These events are very popular therefore due to the limited numbers that can be accommodated it is essential to book.
Call in at the museum or email admin@crekernemuseum.co.uk.

THE MISTLETOE BOUGH: A CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY
2025-12-01 19:30 - 21:30
This Christmas, Blabbermouth presents an atmospheric, candlelit performance of the classic Christmas ghost story, The Mistletoe Bough, at Crewkerne Museum. ​

Though now largely forgotten, The Mistletoe Bough was once one of Britain’s most popular and familiar Christmas songs, something like the Victorian equivalent of ‘Last Christmas’ or ‘The Fairytale of New York’. The story at the heart of the song, tells the chilling tale of a Yuletide wedding at a stately home, and celebrations which go tragically wrong. Versions of the tale can be found across the globe. There are several historic houses which claim to have been the location of the true events which are said to have inspired the story, at least one of which can be found here in England’s West Country.

Blabbermouth’s Dan Broadbent is both a storyteller and an award-winning archaeologist. His brand-new version of The Mistletoe Bough has been meticulously researched and explores the tale’s long history, taking the audience from 1920s New York to Elizabethan England, via the battlefields of the First World War.
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Why not make a ghost story part of your Christmas tradition and join us for an enchanting evening of story, music and history (plus mince pies!)

Talks & Teas - Special Plants of Somerset - with Dr. Fred Rumsey
2025-12-10 14:00 - 15:30
Wednesday 10th December at 2:00 pm
Dr Fred Rumsey will introduce a selection of the rare wildflowers I regard as characteristic of our varied county, some found nowhere else on earth. We will take in plants from the Levels, the Mendips, from Exmoor to the Avon Gorge, with a brief offshore excursion to Steep Holm. Looking at when they were discovered, by whom, where they are found and what makes them so special.
NOTE: These events are very popular therefore due to the limited numbers that can be accommodated it is essential to book.
Call in at the museum or email admin@crekernemuseum.co.uk.

Talks & Teas - Photographers of Crewkerne and Somerset- with Phil Nicholls
2026-01-13 08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 13th January at 2:00 pm
An illustrated talk on early photographers in Somerset (from 1839) and 19th and 20th century photographers of Crewkerne. Phil will use some of the Museums own photographs from our archives, as well as photographs from the book “Secure the shadow : Somerset photographers, 1839-1939” which he co-authored in 2018.
NOTE: These events are very popular therefore due to the limited numbers that can be accommodated it is essential to book.
Call in at the museum or email admin@crekernemuseum.co.uk.

Talks & Teas - Compton Durville - with Sarah Burden
2026-02-11 15:00 - 15:30
Wednesday 11th February at 2:00 pm
This talk covers research into a few people that have lived in the small hamlet of Compton Durville, near South Petherton. We will talk briefly about the origins of the hamlet but concentrate on people that called Compton Durville home. Some lived here for many years and others very briefly.
NOTE: These events are very popular therefore due to the limited numbers that can be accommodated it is essential to book.
Call in at the museum or email admin@crekernemuseum.co.uk.

Talks & Teas - "Other" Textiles Industries in Crewkerne - with Richard Sims
2026-03-11 14:00 - 15:30
Richard Sims will speak about the “other ” textiles industries in Crewkerne – shirt making, gloving and nightwear. Those of you who have read his books, or heard Richard speak before will know that he has a wide knowledge of this subject.
NOTE: These events are very popular therefore due to the limited numbers that can be accommodated it is essential to book. Cost £5.00.
Call in at the museum or email admin@crekernemuseum.co.uk.

Talks & Teas - 'Kincora' Church Street visit - with Miles Barton
2026-04-15 14:00 - 15:00
Wednesday 15th April 2026.
Miles Barton will take visitors on a tour of the art works in his own home at “Kincora”, Church Street.
Of necessity numbers for this event will be much lower than for talks at the museum, so book early to ensure a place.
Full details will be posted soon.
Call in at the museum or email admin@crekernemuseum.co.uk.
