Banbury MuseumExciting modern displays illustrate Banbury's history. These include the Civil War, the Victorian market town and the Oxford Canal and Tooley's Boatyard.

The boatyard adjoins the museum and is a scheduled ancient monument that can be visited as part of a guided tour (for more information about guided tours and charges, please use the contact details top right).

Significant collections on display include costume from the 17th Century.

There is a regularly changing programme of temporary exhibitions and events, as well as a cafe, shop, resource room and conference facilities.

Find out what happened when ...

• Roundheads besieged 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 the 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
• mementos from the Home Guard.

Admission is free

How to find us

Banbury Museum's main entrance is in the Castle Quay Shopping Centre. Follow signs to Castle Quay.

By car - from junction 11 off the M40. Public car parks near the museum.

By public transport - Banbury Bus Station is adjacent to Castle Quay and Banbury Railway Station is a short walk away.

By boat - Banbury Museum is on the Oxford Canal. It is 12 cruising hours north of Oxford and 23 hours south of Coventry.