Wells Museum
Set on Cathedral Green you can find permanent and temporary exhibitions, primarily relating to local history and geography of Wells. Unfortunately, due to the Grade 1 Listing of the building, disabled access is limited to the ground floor exhibits.
Accessibility Rating: 3/5
Visit Length: 30 minutes
“If you have an interest in local history and geography then a quick stop here is interesting and entertaining – the reduced price is very realistic”
FG wheelchair user
Disabled visitors have access to:
- The Balch Room with stone age tools, excavations of Wookey Hole Caves and the bones of the Witch of Wookey Hole
- Netherworld of Mendip – covering caving in the Mendip Hills
- Jurassic Sea Dragon – the Ichthyosaur discovered in Glastonbury
- Herbert Balch’s study
- Video displays to create virtual access to the first floor exhibits
- Disabled toilet
- Half price admission (£3 in 2025) for visitors with disability and free carer entry.
Wells Museum has much to offer visitors. It must be understood that the star ratings and suggested visit duration relate specifically to disabled visitors – they reflect the fact that a limited number of displays are available to disabled people and that wheelchair users are likely to have difficulty seeing into many of the display cases.
