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If you like your thermoset phenol formaldehyde resin formed from an elimination reaction of phenol with formaldehyde, then you’ll love the Bakelite Museum.

Set deep in the peaceful Somerset countryside and housed within a historic watermill which used to do less Bakelitey things, the Bakelite Museum is dedicated to everything about the first plastics to be made from synthetic compounds, and features everything you have always wanted to know about electrically non-conductive polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride.

The museum boasts one of the largest collections of vintage plastics in Britain, with exhibits from the inter-war period including hundreds of the domestic items that people now in old or middle-age were once glad to see the back of.

A Disneyland for lovers of phenolic resins, those who wish to commemorate their visit can also choose from the range of exclusive Bakelite-themed postcards (not actually printed on Bakelite), while those who have completely lost touch with reality can choose to stay overnight at one of the museum’s range of pod caravans. Which aren’t made of Bakelite, before you ask.