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Based in the historic town of Usk, the
Museum aims to conserve and display aspects of the history,
heritage and traditions of rural life in the county of
Monmouthshire.
A recent report on provincial museums
described the Usk Rural Life Museum as ‘one of the best of
its kind in Britain’. It presents a huge range of
interesting items in an informal setting backed by well
researched information.
The Museum portrays life in Monmouthshire
as it was at any time between 1850 and the end of World War
II. The collection is housed in a traditional malt barn and
adjoining buildings.
The exhibits have been collected over
the years by a group of local enthusiasts determined that
examples of the equipment on which country people depended
from day to day should be preserved for posterity.
The Museum is run entirely by volunteers
of The Rural Crafts Preservation Society.
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