- Wikidata identifier:
- Q111817856
- Instance of:
- museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 1201
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q111817856/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Social History Collection
This is the core subject of the heritage centre. The collection comprises items of domestic life and local history, including a large number of photographs. There are also shop signs and fittings.
Subjects
Social History
Science and Industry Collection
There is foundry and forge material, including large machinery of c.1850, which was in the museum building prior to c.1912, when it was converted to a workshop for Whatley and Company. Whatley’s started in Pewsey around 1870 as water and agricultural engineers. The workshop became redundant in the 1970s. There are examples of Whatley’s castings in the collection.
Subjects
Science and Industry
Agriculture Collection
There are some farm implements and small items of machinery. There are also some agricultural models of traction engines, an elevator and a threshing machine.
Subjects
Agriculture
Transport Collection
The collection includes some railway signs.
Subjects
Transport
Archives Collection
There is archival material relating to the local history of Pewsey and comprises photographs, postcards, invoices, documents and other ephemera.
Subjects
Archives
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC