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All talks start at 19:30 and are held in the Great Hall of the Museum of Somerset during the Summer and on-line via ‘Zoom’ when the country is on Greenwich Mean Time during the Winter.
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Non-members are welcome at all meetings. Just introduce yourself at the museum reception desk. Please email contact@fotmos.org.uk for further details or write to
Park Field Cottage, Langford Budville, Wellington, Somerset TA21 0QU
The Friends meet regularly throughout the summer to enjoy illustrated talks, outings and social events as well as working on specific projects. Members receive a regular newsletter. During the winter talks are held on-line via “Zoom”
| Programme – 2025/26 | |||
| (3rd Tuesday of the month) | Venue & time | Speaker | Title or subject |
| Tuesday August 19th | Museum 19:30 | Mary Siraut | Booze, Blood, and Baskets – electing Taunton’s MPs |
| Tuesday September 16th | Museum 19:30 | John Young | Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1832-1917) |
| Tuesday October 14th | Museum 19:30 | Simon Baker | The History of Railway Posters |
| Tuesday November 18th | On-line 19:30 | Chris Jessop | The Five Piers of Somerset |
| Tuesday January 20th | On-line 19:30 | Jonathan Holt | Somerset Follies |
| Tuesday February 17th | On-line 19:30 | AGM followed by Sean Pringle Kosikowsky | Hadrian’s Wall |
| Tuesday March 17th | On-line 19:30 | Amy Downes | The Snailman of Pontefract |
| Tuesday April 21st | Museum 19:30 | Richard Cooper-Knight | Commonwealth War Graves in Somerset |
| Tuesday May 19th | Museum 19:30 | Mike Motum | The History of the Somerset Light Infantry |
| Tuesday June 16th | Museum 19:30 | Brian Wright | Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall: Nursery Rhymes – a hidden history |
Our aims are to:
• further the education of the public by promotion, support, assistance and improvement of the Museum through the activities of a group of Friends
• encourage, promote and assist the formation and development of a group of Friends of the Museum
• further the charitable purposes of the Museum and encourage the development of the facilities which it affords
• engage in, support and co-ordinate research, publishing, education, advertising and other charitable work
• make the individual skills of its members available to the Museum and assist the staff with voluntary help
The Friends help the Museum in a number of ways, including helping with their collections, supporting and co-ordinating research, raising funds for special projects and improving access to the collections.
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Friends of the Museum of Somerset 