Castle Cary and District Museum

The Castle Cary and District Museum is a small local museum in Castle Cary, Somerset, England. The historical center is housed in the Market house, a review recorded building worked in 1855 fully expecting expanded exchange after the anticipated landing of the railroad in 1856, by F.C. Penrose. It supplanted the previous house on the site which had remained since 1616, and consolidating a few highlights from the prior building. The building additionally contains two old jail cells, and the Information Center.

There is a shifted gathering of displays spread over the two stories of the building. The most punctual are nearby fossils including ammonites and a showcase about the disclosure of an ichthyosaurus at Alford. Neighborhood industry and farming are spoken to with showcases on the creation of rope and hemp, especially John Boyd Textiles and Donne and Sons who were rope creators in the town among 1797 and the 1960s. There is likewise a gathering of horticultural actualizes, instruments and relics and geography of the neighborhood. Data is likewise given about Cary Castle, a motte and bailey chateau which was assembled either by Walter of Douai or by the accompanying proprietors, the Perceval family, after the Norman success.