Wells and Mendip Museum Museums

The Balch Room houses a unique collection of artefacts, the bulk of which were collected on and around Mendip. The collection includes the skull of a brown bear discovered at Wookey Hole, a large number of stone-age tools, and an impressive collection of Iron Age artefacts discovered by Balch during his many years of excavation at Wookey Hole caves.

The Geology Room houses an important collection of minerals and fossils, many of which originated in the Mendip area. Included here are ferns from the Carboniferous, fish from the Jurassic, and cave pearls from Mendip.

As well as the Archaeological and Geological Collection the Museum houses many social history artifacts. This includes a collection of samplers dating from the mid eighteenth century, displayed in the Eveleen Perkins Sampler Room.

The Library houses a collection of books, papers and proceedings of local and national interest, and is a valuable store of knowledge.