Castle Cary Museum

28/07/2026

Would you like to visit Castle Cary's oldest house? The Old House at Cockhill is possibly Castle Cary’s oldest dwelling. It has the remains of a medieval hall dating back to the early 15th century and a small painted room of around the year 1480.

Tours of the house are offered on Sunday 9 August & Sunday 13 September at 3 p m, due to the limited space advance booking is essential. Tickets for these tours (£5) are now on sale In Bailey Hill bookshop.

MORE!: Additionally, there will be a Virginals Concert: “Shun Melancholy” in the former medieval hall on Sunday 23 August at 3 p.m.

Internationally known Sophie Yates will play music from the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Concert goers will also have a chance to see the wall paintings. Again, due to limited space advance booking is essential. Tickets for the concert are £20.
To book the concert please reply to this email.

Profits from the above events are being donated to the Castle Cary Museum which is a charity.

15/06/2026

Our friends at Cary History Society are hosting their annual Coffee Morning at the Market House this coming Saturday 20th June 2026 from 10am to 12.00 noon. They will have hot drinks & delicious cakes, a Quiz, a great Raffle and a Somerset & Local History bookstall (supporting the Museum). All are welcome, come and join them for refreshments and chat - there's always lots to talk about! The Market House Also the Castle Cary Museum will be open from 10.30am.

26/04/2026

Sunday 10th May 2026 - Cary History Society presents their second talk in 2026 'The Lost Manor of Cary' - not to be missed! Full details in the Cary History Society post below.

Our second talk in 2026 will be ** 'The Lost Manor of Cary' **, presented by Professor Will Vaughan. Cary lost its manor some time ago, however, there are still traces of it to be found around the town. This talk explores the history of the Manor and considers how it affected later developments in the community.
This illustrated talk is on Sunday 10th May @ 3 p.m at Caryford Hall, Castle Cary BA7 7JJ. Tickets are £5 from Bailey Hill Bookshop and on the door if space allows. Refreshments available. Doors open 2.30 p.m. Proceeds are in aid of the Castle Cary Museum

11/04/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to our annual Coffee Morning at The Market House today and made this social get together and fund raiser a great success! We all enjoyed the delicious cakes and the raffle (thank you to the contributors) and our bookstall of Somerset & Local History publications was well patronised together with sales of our new 'Cary in the Domesday Book' Tea Towels! We We also welcomed many visitors to the Museum itself upstairs, whilst outside the Tools for Self Reliance group and in the Shambles the Textiles Exhibition enjoyed lots of visitors. It's not often the Market House has three events at the same time and everyone seemed to enjoy it all - THANK YOU!

10/04/2026

All are welcome to visit our Museum Coffee Morning tomorrow, Saturday 11th April 2026 at the The Market House, from 9.30 to 12.30. The Museum will also be Open from 10.30 to 15.30pm. We will have refreshments, cakes, a raffle and a Book Stall featuring Somerset & Local History books - come and join us!

09/04/2026

We're hosting our Museum Coffee Morning at The Market House this coming Saturday, 11th April 2026. We'll have refreshments, cakes, a Quiz, a Raffle and a Book Sale comprising secondhand, mostly local Somerset interest PLUS our Castle Cary local history books (new). Come and join us - we'd love to meet you AND the Museum itself will be open too. The Market House