Chard Museum
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 The museum building | |
  Location within Somerset | |
| Established | 1970 |
|---|---|
| Location | Godworthy House, Chard, Somerset, England, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 50°52′22″N 2°57′31″W / 50.8728°N 2.9587°W |
| Type | Local museum |
| President | Tony Prior |
| Website | Chard Museum |
Chard Museum is a small local museum in Chard, Somerset, England. It opened in 1970, in a converted 16th century listed building, with collections of exhibits about local history and displays related to the lives of notable local residents.
The basis of the collection dates from around 1880 when Arthur Hull collected ‘curiosities’. He left these to the town and in 1917 they were transferred to the Museum of Somerset in Taunton, before returning to the new museum in 1970.[1]
The museum is housed in a 16th-century thatched building which was originally four cottages.[2] The building was converted and restored for use as a museum in 1970, and later incorporated the building next door which had been the New Inn public house.[1][3]
In 2010 doubts were raised about the ongoing funding of the museum.[4][5]