Welcome to Banbury Museum

Find out what happened when ... Roundheads beseiged the town, plush cloth was made and exported around the world, World War II came to Banbury. Watch from the Waterways Gallery ... the Oxford Canal pass beneath your feet, boats being repaired in historic 'Tooley's Boatyard'.

Discover treasures never before displayed. Costume,spanning four centuries from baldrics to corsets. A cannon from Banbury Castle, the hangman's gibbet, Victorian toys , a carrier's cart and momentos from the Home Guard.

Opening information - Monday to Saturday 9.30am - 5.00pm / Sunday and Bank Holidays 10.30am - 4.30pm. How to find us - Banbury Museum's main entrance is in the Castle Quay Shopping Centre.

Contact Banbury Museum

  • Castle Quay Shopping Centre
  • Banbury
  • Oxon
  • OX16 2PQ
  • 01295 753752

Website: www.cherwell.gov.uk/museum/index.cfm?articleid=5758

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Opening Hours *

  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
  • Saturday
  • Sunday
  • Bank Holidays

* Times may vary, see in store for more details

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