 The museum is housed in an 1830 brick-built pumping station which was the first of several similar pumping stations to be built on the Somerset Levels which are prone to flooding.The main attraction is the 1861 Easton and Amos steam engine and pump, the only one still in its original location and in working order.The museum, which is run by a charity, also restores and displays a number of other steam engines and pumps.