Bakelite Museum
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Coordinates: 51°09′53″N 3°18′31″W / 51.1648°N 3.3087°W
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 Location within Somerset and the United Kingdom
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| Location | Williton, Somerset |
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The Bakelite Museum is in Williton, Somerset, England.
The Museum is housed in the Orchard Millhouse, which has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.[1]
It is home to the personal collection of Patrick Cook,[2] and includes vintage plastics including radios, cameras and telephones to a Bakelite coffin.[3]
In September 2010 a fire safety inspection found various problems which needed to be rectified if the museum was to remain open to the public and satisfy the Regulatory Reform (Fire safety) Order 2005.[4][5]
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Interior
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A Bakelite caravan?
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Disused water wheel
[edit] See also
- Leo Baekeland, inventor of Bakelite (1907)
[edit] References
- ^ "Orchard Millhouse". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=265006. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ "Bakelite Museum". Everything Exmoor. http://www.everythingexmoor.org.uk/exmoor-encyclopedia/contents-list/34-b/99-bakelite-museum.html. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ "Bakerlite Museum". Culture 24. http://www.culture24.org.uk/am21823. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ "Costs 'may shut Williton Bakelite Museum'". BBC. 23 September 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-11398171. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ "Bakelite museum in Somerset tangled in red tape after fire visit". This is Somerset. http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/news/Bakelite-museum-tangled-red-tape-visit/article-2667183-detail/article.html. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
