Knighton Museum announces it will remain closed until April next year

Knighton Museum operators say the water problems have forced the museum to close the doors of the Broad Street Museum for at least the next six months.

“We regret to announce that due to ongoing leakage issues we are closing the museum until April 2025,” the Knighton Museum announced on its Facebook page on Thursday.

Barry Samuels called it “a huge disgrace” when reacting to the news.

An upcoming talk by Chris Franklin on ‘Anglo-Saxons and life on the Welsh border’, taking place on October 6th at 2pm, will be held at the Offa’s Dyke Center in Knighton.

The museum opened in 2017 on the site of one of the city’s most famous stores of the 20th century, Clee & Sons, which was Knighton’s first department store.

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The museum reflects the social history of the region. Most of the exhibits have been either donated or loaned by locals and illustrate the varied history of the Powys border town, from drovers to flannel weavers, trading to farming.

The museum’s exhibits include a kitchen and scullery from the time of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, as well as elements of late Victorian to early Elizabeth II schoolrooms. The star attraction is what may be the oldest fire apparatus in the UK – a hand-pulled, hand-pumped fire engine from the Georgian era.

Many of the exhibits can be handled by visitors, making the entire experience both child-friendly for children and memorable for adults.

The museum is a registered charity run by volunteers and funded by donations. Entry is completely free.

Its trustees and volunteers are made up of Knighton Town Council, Powys County Council and members of the public interested in history, archaeology, re-enactments, agriculture and education.