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Where would we be without Museum Cake? It sustains us throughout meetings, boosts the morale of volunteers and entices the reluctant to attend talks and lectures. The promise of free cake often lures the unwary public into the darker recesses of the Museum, where they may discover objects and facts relating to the history of Sherborne that surprise and delight.
From time to time, the author (the Museum Curator) delves into food-related archives to provide appropriate historic recipes to support an event or exhibition; a taste of the past which can add an extra dimension to the visitor experience and perhaps encourage private experimentation in the home kitchen.

'Museums exist to tell history through objects', and there are over 13,000 objects in Sherborne Museum. The curator, Elisabeth Bletsoe, has selected some treasures from this collection and uses them to 'tell history'. This is the first selection from a series originally published in Elisabeth's 'Object of the Month' column in the Sherborne Times.

The building which housed the Sherborne Drapery and Outfitting Stores has an exuberant exterior of pilasters and plinths and carved foliated design. This is the history of the premises and the people who worked there, and follows a trail which embraces Mrs Beeton and her cookbook, the Epsom racecourse, and the 1940 bombing raid on Sherborne.

This booklet takes you on a walk round the sites of Sherborne's historic inns and breweries. It follows a route to the south of Sherborne Museum and should take no more than an hour. If you allow a little longer, you can sample a pint of beer in one of the pubs 'en route', or return at the end to the one that looked the most promising.

This booklet is the second in a series of three, which will take you round the sites of Sherborne's old inns and breweries. All walks start from Sherborne Museum, and the second of these follows a route to the north of the Museum. It's not a difficult walk, and should take around about an hour on a sunny summer's evening. If you allow a little longer, you can sample a pint of beer in one of the pubs en route, or return at the end to the one that looked the most promising.