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OBJECTS AND THEIR STORIES

We absolutely love having visitors to the Museum, but it has been difficult because of covid so we started to feature some of our objects online. It is also true that we often have interesting stories to tell about some of our objects that are not on display, or even if on display, we have a bigger story to tell. With advance notice, we can arrange to show you objects that are safely tucked away in our store room.

This page has been set up to let you discover more about some of our objects in our collection, and some of the details that go with them.

Click on the picture (or link) or the caption to get the full details.

Jeannie Lewis Lewis in a traditional Welsh hat

Welsh flannel - more of the story.

This note, with a small sample of red flannel pinned to it, is just one of nearly 1500 documents in our Amelia Ray collection. She was the owner of a draper's shop in High Street, Newtown in the 1870s and she is the subject of our 2023 Summer Exhibition.

The sample of red flannel is important as everyday fabrics from that period are uncommon, but they form an important part of the story of our Museum as fine quality flannel was highly sought after. Read the story attached for more detail and make sure you visit us to see our fascinating exhibition - Amelia Ray: A Victorian Entrepreneur At The Cutting Edge which opens on 2 May 2023.