Description of the attraction
The small old town of Glastonbury is located in Somerset in the southwest of England. The ancient history and many legends associated with this place attract thousands of tourists from all over the world. One of the city's most popular and tourist attractions is the Somerset Rural Museum.
The main building of the museum is a 14th century tithe barn, formerly owned by the influential and wealthy Glastonbury Abbey. Here the grain was threshed and winnowed, and here it was stored. The barn is built from local shell rock. In 2011, Glastonbury craftsmen made new barn doors using old technology and materials. The height of the doors is 4, 3 meters.
In the barn and in the courtyard next to it, samples of agricultural machinery from the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries are collected. In the museum, you can learn how butter, cheese and apple cider were made in the past, how peat was harvested and much more. Most of these exhibits are active, and visitors to the museum can see all this with their own eyes. It is good to come here with the whole family, because the museum is designed for visitors with children. Interactive demonstrations are arranged for them, in which children take part with pleasure.
On the territory of the museum there is an apiary and an apple orchard, and also rare breeds of sheep and poultry are bred here.
