Description
Oswestry Town Museum is full of interesting exhibits that are brought to life by the friendly and informative volunteers who run this excellent little place. Discover the history of Oswestry through a timeline exhibition that maps everything from the formation of rocks to present day. There are displays on a variety of subjects, such as Oswestry Town Football Club, and the geology of the area. You can also learn about Llanymynech Limeworks and the Welsh guards, plus there is a children's activity room. Kids will enjoy completing the quizzes and being able to handle and draw a number of interesting items.
If you are looking for Best Museums and Art Galleries in Oswestry , Shropshire then you can visit Oswestry Town Museum. Oswestry Town Museum is one of the places in Oswestry Shropshire for day out with kids and families. More details can be found on the website for this place.
Features
- Free
- Host birthday parties: No
Features
On Site Parking
On Site Cafe
MAIN EXHIBITION
The key feature of the main exhibition room is the ‘Timeline’, which aims to map the history of the town from the formation of the rocks to present day Oswestry and as such is an ongoing project. There is a variety of informative displays
JUDGE'S CHAMBERS
Including a display of exhibits from the Orthopaedic Hospital; memorabilia from Oswestry Fire Service and a TSB based in Oswestry; the Honours Boards from Maesbury School and more general memorabilia
MAGISTRATES' COURT
Exhibits in this room include; the Pegasus Stone, information about the Tanat Valley Railway, a pictorial reminder of Oswestry then and now, memorabilia of the Oswestry Musical Theatre Company, the Porthywaen Silver Band and more
OSWESTRY WALL OF WOMEN
To commemorate the centenary of 40% of British Women getting the vote Oswestry celebrated their Women Of Influence, Women of Power, by creating a ‘Wall of Women’ featuring 101 women with a connection to Oswestry.
OSWESTRY UNEARTHED
Have you ever wondered what lays beneath the earth that we walk over each day? Whether it be playing sports, the commute to work, travelling to school or just walking the dog – the Ground we walk over has seen years of activity.
LEARN
Throughout its history the museum has been involved in huge range of different projects and programmes – covering Heritage Open Days, preserving local artefacts from museums and putting together pieces on local regiments. As we built our new website, we wanted to hold onto these pieces and allow you to learn more about our local areas, whether it’s for a school project a university piece or simply for pleasure we hope you will be able to learn more from these pages.
4.30 miles
