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Heritage Open Days 2023
 Heritage Open Days 2023 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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Frome Museum will be hosting two events for this year’s Heritage Open Days event. read more
The Great Fire of Cheap Street
 The Great Fire of Cheap Street 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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The current Great Fire of Cheap Street display marks the centenary of a fire in August 1923 that threatened to destroy one of Frome’s most attractive streets. read more
Weddings 1930s -1950s
 Weddings 1930s -1950s 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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The exhibition ‘Weddings 1930s -1950s’ showcases a selection of stunning wedding outfits and memorabilia from the Museum’s collection. read more
Letting The Objects Speak
 Letting The Objects Speak 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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Letting the Objects Speak showcases selected pieces of creative writing inspired by objects from the Museum’s collection. read more
Frome street scenes
 Frome street scenes 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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The lower gallery showcases a traditional street scene with Maggs the Chemist, Garston Veterinary Group, a local smithy, pub and Post Office. read more
Object of the Month
 Object of the Month 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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The Object of the Month for November is a recent donation, a wonderful example of an ammonite fossil. read more
Books for sale
 Books for sale 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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Just inside the museum entrance there is always a rack of new and second-hand books. Please feel free to come in, browse and buy. Every purchase helps us to keep Frome Museum open for the community. The Frome Society for Local Study, with whom we work in close collaboration, commissions and publishes books about a…

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Election Special
 Election Special 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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Our Election Special display, to mark the Frome and Somerton by-election on 20 July, uses original documents from the Museum’s collection to tell some noteworthy stories about past elections in the town. read more
Textiles
 Textiles 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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Frome is renowned for its woollen and silk industries. Wander round the collection and find out how the Blue House is linked to woad. read more
Printing
 Printing 150 150 Frome Heritage Museum
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There have been printers in Frome since at least 1795. read more