Welcome to the website of The Friends of Blake Museum, Bridgwater

(Registered charity no.1099815)

Museum Website

Museum hours: Tuesday to Saturday 10.00am to 4.00pm

The Museum is now reopened after the Winter shut down. The Blake Room has undergone a complete re-organisation, with new illuminated display cases to replace the wooden ones. The Bygones room has new displays about horse-brasses, the Bridgwater drinks industry, Medieval woodwork, education and transport. Two more C18 Bridgwater-made clocks are on display.

Email the Museum:
Queries: blake@bridgwatermuseum.org.uk.
The Museum office: secretary@bridgwatermuseum.org.uk.

The contact page on this website is for queries about the Museum Friends.

Temporary Exhibitions forthcoming
The Gallery
Bridgwater Castle and Medieval life till Mid-August
Followed by Westonzoyland Airfield

The Blake Room
From 31 May - An exhibition about the Spaxton Roman Mosaic appeal.

The Meeting Room
Bridgwater's Railways from 31 May to mid August


Free Blake Gardens Music Festival at 2.00pm with refreshments from the Museum

Saturday 2nd July - Chilton Trinity Technology College and
Bridgwater College Show Choir
Sunday 10th July - Taunton Concert Band
Sunday 24th July - Weston Brass
Sunday 31st July - Midsomer Norton and Radstock Silver Band
Saturday 6th August - Live'n'Up
Sunday 21st August - Chard Concert Brass
Sunday 25th September - The Bandstand Marathon.



The Blake Museum was founded in 1926 by Bridgwater Borough Council. In April 2009 it was returned to the ownership of Bridgwater Town Council, from Sedgemoor District Council.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND KEY AIMS
Bridgwater Town Council Museum sub-Committee, has adopted the following Statement of Purpose of the Blake Museum.

The Blake Museum Bridgwater is established:

To rescue from loss and destruction the relics of our ancestors.

To collect, conserve and to show relics of history relating (principally but not exclusively) to Bridgwater and its immediate surroundings.

To show visitors that Bridgwater is not indifferent to its own history.

To interest visitors in what has happened in Bridgwater since it was granted its first Royal Charter in the reign of King John.

To give the townspeople of Bridgwater pride in their past.

To reveal that great events have taken place within the town and adjacent areas and set them in the context of the history of England.

To honour the lives of great men who have lived or been associated with the town, and, in particular but not exclusively, Robert Blake.

The Statement of Purpose is incorporated in the newly adopted Museum Acquisitions Policy.

Now that the Purpose of the Museum has been restated (and brought closely in line with the original purposes declared on its founding in 1926), we can move together to the next stage.

Please see the News Page for progress reports.