Wellington Museum 2026

The museum's collection chronicles the town's rich history and includes its links to the Duke of Wellington; the development of, what was once, the South West’s biggest woollen mill; the transformation of the townscape, and how Wellington was home to the last provincial bank in England and Wales to issue its own banknotes. Along with an agricultural and veterinary goods manufacturer that became an aerosol and cosmetic company, Violin string making and iron foundries.