The temporary move, which began in July 2019, was to make way for a multimillion pound expansion project funded by The Heritage Lottery and Trowbridge Town Council. In addition, we also moved a wide-ranging collection of objects and collections which demonstrate the social and cultural history of the people of Trowbridge, its parishes and its significant citizens including poet George Crabbe and the inventor of Phonographic Shorthand Sir Isaac Pitman.

Other significant and interesting collections included – the Aplin collection, the Lansdown Collection, the Morrison Collection and the Taylor Collection.

The construction team have done an amazing job in refurbishing the building to enable us to move the extremely valuable items and collections back in to its new home. This includes a large learning space which will give visitors the opportunity to engage with the past history of the West Country cloth industry.

We have thoroughly enjoyed working with the staff from Trowbridge Museum who are truly passionate about their collections and sharing it with the public. We look forward to visiting in August when you hopefully re open to the public.