Frome Museum
Frome is the birthplace of several noteworthy people, and many other celebrated men and women have made the town their home. You can read about just a few of them below.
The museum collection includes many original documents and artefacts about its past residents, and is proud to be the home of the archive of Working Memories, a 21st century video and audio project recording the recollections and experiences of a number of long-term residents of Frome.
Sylvia Green, born in 1915, was a noted artist, book illustrator, ballet lover, embroiderer and designer.
read moreThe Home in Frome community group was formed in 2009. Over 80 local residents were interviewed between 2009 and 2012 about their working lives in the past. These interviews form the Working Memories archive.
read moreEadred was a grandson of Alfred the Great and was born around AD 923.
read moreBorn in Frome, Mary Baily gifted the playing fields now named after her in her Will as a recreation ground for the children of Frome.
read moreThe 2009 Formula 1 world champion, Jenson Button, was born in Frome.
read moreBenjamin Baker, a renowned Victorian engineer born in Frome, is most famous for his work on the Forth Rail Bridge, declared in 2016 to be ‘Scotland’s greatest man-made wonder’.
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