🏠 IndoorEducational
What’s there
- Café on site
- Free parking
Free, unrestricted parking in the centre of Montacute near the village square, according to the venue's contact page.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Set in a Georgian building in the centre of Montacute village, this small museum is built around television and radio memorabilia. Visitors walk through rooms of vintage sets, novelty transistors, toys, books, games and annuals linked to programmes from the 1920s onwards. Children's programmes get their own displays, from early puppet shows through to more recent favourites, and there are life-size figures of well-known characters, a Tardis-themed area with Doctor Who figures, and a superhero and science fiction section. Older visitors often come for the memories, while younger ones tend to enjoy spotting characters they recognise. The museum is compact, so a visit can be done in an hour or so. A tearoom with a conservatory and garden is attached, and the village's National Trust house is a short walk away, so a visit fits well into a wider day out.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
- Portable phone charger
- Bum bag
- A penForms, competitions, name badges.
- Spare carrier bagFor the wet things. There are always wet things.
- Audiobook or story CD
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