[2] The museum is located in the centre of Banbury by the Oxford Canal.
[3] They include the English Civil War, Banbury as a market town in Victorian times, the Oxford Canal, and Tooley's Boatyard next to the museum.
The boatyard is a scheduled ancient monument that can be visited on a guided tour.
The Competition was won by ECD Architects of London and the new building opened in 2002.
It is accessible over a bridge from the Castle Quay Shopping Centre or via Spiceball Park Road.