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Gray's successor, Wilfred Seaby, planned the major refurbishment of the museum, and by the time he departed in 1952 had completed negotiations which brought the Low Ham Roman pavement to Taunton. Financial difficulties which had affected the Society at least since the Second World War were greatly eased in 1958 when the castle and the museum collections were leased to Somerset County Council, an arrangement which has continued ever since. In 2011, after £7m pounds of investment supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the museum reopened to the public as the Museum of Somerset, still with the Society's collections at its heart.

Registration numbers: 201929 (W)

Primary location: Taunton United Kingdom