Vale and Downland Museum

Vale and Downland Museum

Location in Oxfordshire
Established	1958 (1958)
Location	Wantage, Oxfordshire, England
Coordinates	51°35′17″N 1°25′41″W / 51.588047°N 1.428090°W / 51.588047; -1.428090
Type	Museum of Local Culture and History
Visitors	53,000^[1]
Director	Julia Reynolds
Curator	Suzie Tilbury
Public transit access	X30 & 31 buses from Oxford and Abingdon 32A & X32 buses from Didcot
Website	wantage-museum.com

The Vale and Downland Museum is a local museum in the market town of Wantage, Oxfordshire, England. Its galleries present the cultural heritage of the Vale of White Horse region around Wantage. There is a Victorian kitchen, Iron Age skeleton and a bust of Sir John Betjeman amongst its attractions, along with a cafe serving homemade food. During school holidays there are several themed days, most of which are 'entry by donation'. The museum also acts as a community hub holding a weekly Women's Institute market, several book groups and various drawing, knitting and needlework classes. The museum is located in the Old Surgery, Church Street, in the centre of the town.^[2] The museum has around 1,500 books, pamphlets and periodicals in its library.^[3]

References

↑ "Visit Us". Wantage-museum.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
↑ "Vale and Downland Museum". Culture24.org. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
↑ "Vale and Downland Museum Wantage". Wantage-museum.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

External links

Vale and Downland Museum - official site

Museums and galleries in Oxfordshire

City of Oxford	Ashmolean Museum Bate Collection of Musical Instruments Christ Church Picture Gallery Modern Art Oxford Museum of the History of Science Museum of Oxford Oxford University Press Museum University of Oxford Botanic Garden Oxford Castle Oxford University Museum of Natural History Pitt Rivers Museum Science Oxford The Story Museum

Region	Abingdon County Hall Museum Ashdown House Banbury Museum Benson Veteran Cycle Museum Blenheim Palace Bloxham Village Museum Broughton Castle Buscot Park Bygones Museum Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred Charlbury Museum Chastleton House Chipping Norton Museum Churchill and Sarsden Heritage Centre Cogges Manor Farm Combe Mill Didcot Railway Centre Dorchester Abbey Museum Greys Court Hook Norton Brewery Museum Hook Norton Village Museum Kelmscott Manor Mapledurham House Mapledurham Watermill Oxford Bus Museum Oxfordshire Museums Resource Centre The Oxfordshire Museum Pendon Museum Project Timescape River and Rowing Museum Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum Stonor Park Swalcliffe Barn Swinford Museum Thame Museum Tolsey Museum Tom Brown's School Museum Vale and Downland Museum Wallingford Museum Waterperry Museum of Rural Life Witney and District Museum

Coordinates: 51°35′16″N 1°25′42″W / 51.58778°N 1.42833°W / 51.58778; -1.42833

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