Land of Lost Content

The museum was founded by Stella Mitchell, who had begun collecting everyday objects while studying art in Birmingham in the 1970s. She opened her first museum in 1991 with her husband Dave in West Sussex, before moving to Craven Arms in 2003. Its final premises occupied the town's former market hall, constructed in 1888, which the couple bought for £165,000. In 2018, the museum was threatened with closure because it did not meet modern safety standards. The owners retrofitted the premises with additional fire doors and extinguishers. In 2023, the premises closed following legal problems over co-ownership with Wayne Hemingway. Two years later, the property was put up for sale.