Museum displays concentrate on the history of Somerset County cricket. The displays are mainly static but there are two TV screen features, one interactive. There are displays illustrating the development of cricket equipment over the years, the playing records of past Somerset heroes, anecdotes about some of the lesser known players, cricket blazers and benefit ties.
Last year (2022) we featured Victorian Art – a collection of miniature Paintings, One Day Matches (pre T20 and The 100), Hat-trick Heroes and contrasting Players Contracts (1939 & 2021).
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There are also displays covering England women’s cricket and I Zingari, a cricket club founded in 1843 and one of the oldest wandering clubs in the world.
In 2019 (before Covid struck) there were displays about Jimmy Cook, Somerset players in the World Cup and the series of four books about the lives in and out of cricket of every player who played for Somerset between 1882 and 2000. The books, which make for easy and interesting reading, are based on meticulous research and are available from the County Sports shop, next to the museum.
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