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*[https://en.powys.gov.uk/article/1693/Museum-Contacts '''Powys County Museums'''] | *[https://en.powys.gov.uk/article/1693/Museum-Contacts '''Powys County Museums'''] | ||
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'''Llanidloes Museum'''<br>Town Hall<br>6 Great Oak Street<br>Llanidloes, Powys SY18 6BN UK<br>Telephone: 01938 554656<br> | |||
Email: [mailto:powysland.museum@powys.gov.uk powysland.museum@powys.gov.uk]<br><br>[http://www.powys.gov.uk/index.php?id=905&L=0 Website] | |||
::The museum depicts the history of the Borough of Llanidloes during the last 300 years. Exhibits include a recreated Victorian kitchen, parlour, and gentleman’s study. | |||
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'''Newtown Textile Museum (Amgueddfa Wehyddu'r Drenewydd)'''<br>5-7 Commercial St<br>Newtown SY16 2BL UK<br><br>Telephone: 1686 622024<br> | |||
Email: [mailto:admin@newtowntextilemuseum.co.uk admin@newtowntextilemuseum.co.uk]<br>[https://newtowntextilemuseum.co.uk/ Website] | |||
::The Textile Museum in Newtown gives visitors a chance to see how the handloom weavers of the mid-19th century lived and worked. The block which houses the Museum was built in the 1830s as a hand-loom weaving factory, the looms occupying the third and fourth floor above three pairs of back-to-back cottages on the lower floors. Newtown's development into a centre of industry is described through exhibits in the former cottages, while on the top two floors the story of fleece to flannel is illustrated by looms and spinning wheels. | |||
'''Old Bell Museum'''<br>Arthur Street<br>Montgomery, Powys SY15 6RA UK<br><br>Telephone: 01686 668313/01686 669940<br> | |||
Email: [mailto:curator@oldbellmuseum.org.uk curator@oldbellmuseum.org.uk]<br>[http://www.oldbellmuseum.org.uk/ Website] | |||
:The Old Bell, a 16th century inn, has been converted into a local history museum by Montgomery Civic Society. Eleven rooms house displays illustrating the long social and civic history of the ancient County Town of Montgomeryshire. There are permanent exhibitions relating to the medieval and Norman castles and their archaeological excavations with excellent scale models of both. Two rooms are devoted to the Workhouse and the Cambrian Railways. A small room in the museum has been restored to demonstrate the various methods of construction in this half timbered building. | |||
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'''Powysland Museum'''<br>Canal Wharf<br>Welshpool, Powys SY21 7AQ UK<br><br>Telephone: 01938 554656<br> | |||
Email: [mailto:powysland.museum@powys.gov.uk powysland.museum@powys.gov.uk]<br> | |||
[http://www.powys.gov.uk/en/museums/visit-your-local-museum/powysland-museum/ Website] | |||
::Powysland Museum illustrates the archaeology and social history of Montgomeryshire from the earliest prehistoric settlers to the 20th century. | |||
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