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

(Registered charity no.1099815)

The Museum is closed to casual visitors so we can do more refurbishment of the building, and sorting out of the collection. It is open for research queries and organized parties. Please phone or email to arrange a date. It is re-opening on Tuesday 31 March 2010.

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 now open
The Gallery -
The Meeting Room -

Forthcoming exhibitions - 25 May - 6 June 2010 an exhibition to celebrate 103 years since the launch of the Irene, the last Bridgwater-built ship




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.