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The South Somerset Heritage Collection looks after tens of thousands of objects and thousands of photographs that tell the story of Yeovil and the surrounding area. Its strengths include gloves and gloving tools from the local industry, historic costume, fine art, Petter and Westland engineering items, Roman and Neolithic archaeology and a large set of local photographs. Much of the collection is kept in a museum store, so visits have traditionally been arranged in advance rather than taken as a walk-in day out. Families interested in local history, industry or Roman finds may find the objects engaging, and the team has offered school loan boxes with themed object sets. The venue's own site says the building is currently closed to the public while a collections audit takes place, and it has no reopening date at the time of writing, so check before planning a trip.
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.
- Lunch boxes
- Backseat organiser
- Notebook
- Kids' headphones
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- Spare socksThe single most reliably useful thing on this list.
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