Museum of Shops – Exhibition of Social History

Posted by Frances Spiegel Aug 28, 2009

Take a walk down memory at the Museum of Shops located at the seaside town of Eastbourne in south-east England.

One hundred years of shopping, packaging and social history is displayed in authentic room and shop settings.

The Grocer's shop, the Tailor's shop, the Photographer's studio, the Village Post Office and the Ironmonger's shop are displayed side by side with a Victorian kitchen and World War II room settings.

The history of the British Royal Family, from before Queen Victoria to the modern day, is explored through a display of mugs, china and coronation memorabilia.

This is an amazing exhibition guaranteed to bring back memories and raise questions about how we lived in the Victorian era and through the World Wars.