The Museum was formed in the early 1980’s by a group of very enthusiastic people who felt there should be some record made of ‘Cowbridge past’ and having it based in Cowbridge.
The Museum is housed in the cells of the Cowbridge Town Hall, right in the centre of the town. The Town Hall itself is a modern building having been built in 1829. It was built over a much older building which had over the years been called a prison, bridewell, house of correction and even for a short period the County Gaol. It was first licensed as a prison in 1576, but there is some evidence that it was being used as a prison as early as 1525.
All the museum exhibits are housed in six cells set in two corridors in the centre of the ground floor of the Town Hall.
