The Netherworld of Mendip is a new, permanent exhibition at the museum portraying the fascinating world of caves that lies hidden beneath the Mendip Hills and charting the development of caving and cave diving that has led to their discovery and exploration.  We have been lucky enough to receive not only funding from the AONB Sustainable Development Fund but also grants and materials from local businesses and caving equipment suppliers....

We are delighted to announce that the City Archives reading room at the Museum opened at the end of March. The first readers were researching the Wells bread riots in 1847 and were thrilled with the documents which the City Archives contains. There is now a regular readers’ slot in a reading room at the Museum on Tuesday mornings to enable members of the public to consult items from the City Archives. Visits are by prior appointment only...

Exhibitions History of Policing in Wells 26 March to 16 July This display, which has been researched and put together by volunteer Bob Love, aims to showcase some of the material available in the City Archives at the Museum and is being made available for public viewing for the first time.  The exhibition relates to the original Wells City Police Force, formed in 1836 and surviving until 1856, and demonstrates the range of documents which...