[1][2][3] It is located in a Tudor style structure, known as The Tolsey,[a] and was formerly where market tolls were collected and where town meetings may have been held in the upper chamber.

The assembly room was used as a venue for borough court hearings and also operated as the local town hall.

[7] The room was furnished with a chair, a table and a chest of drawers bearing the coat of arms of Burford Corporation.

[6] A leading Burford antique dealer, Roger Warner, who had been collecting objects with a known Burford connection since the 1930’s,[12] ranging from rope-making tools to a boxwood clarinet, donated his collection to enable the museum to open as a local history museum in 1960.

[13] The Museum is open 2-5pm every day from April to October, weekends only in November & December and closed January to March.