Watchet Boat Museum

Watchet Boat Museum

Infobox Museum
name = Watchet Boat Museum


imagesize = 200
map_type =Somerset
latitude= 51.1795
longitude= -3.3242
established =
location = Watchet, Somerset
type =
visitors =
director =
curator = John Nash
publictransit=
website = [http://www.wbm.org.uk/index.html Museum Web Site]

Watchet Boat Museum is a small museum in Watchet, Somerset.

It is housed in an old victorian goods shed next to the station.

The exhibits include several types of boats found locally and associated artefacts, photographs and charts. It specialises in the shallow draft flatner, a form of vessel once prevalent in the Bridgwater and adjacent coastal areas. [cite web |url=http://www.swmaritime.org.uk/article.php?articleid=398&atype=r |title=Watchet Boat Museum Flatner Plans |accessdate=2007-11-19 |format= |work=SW Maritime History ]

References

External links

* [http://www.wbm.org.uk/index.html Museum Web Site]


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