Dover Museum
Dover Museum
Market Square
Dover
Kent
CT16 1PB
England
Website
Telephone
01304 201066
Fax
01304 241186
Dover Museum is a local history and archaeology museum situated in the town centre of Dover, Britain's historic port town. It is home to the Dover Bronze Age Boat, the world's oldest known seagoing boat and a fascinating archaeological discovery. It is a modern museum which tells Dover's rich and important history through the museum's fine collection, including a splendid archaeology collection; clear and legible illustrated panels (with French precis); models and replicas, including a wonderful set of scale models showing the development of the town and port of Dover from the Roman times up to 1990; informative computer displays, which include games and interactives for all ages; and access to an illustrated database of the museum's reserve collection.
Venue type
Museum
Dover Museum
Market Square
Dover
Kent
CT16 1PB
England
Website
Telephone
01304 201066
Fax
01304 241186
Dover Museum's displays cover the prehistory and history of Dover: Prehistoric Dover, including one of the finest Bronze Age displays in the country; Roman glass and pottery from some of Dover's many Roman sites; Anglo-Saxon finds from the Buckland Cemetery excavation (on loan from the British Museum); the Norman conquest and the burning of Dover
the history of Dover Castle, the medieval development of the town and port, including a magnificent portrait of Elizabeth I, the Victorian rebuilding of the town and Dover's important place in both World Wars.
Collection details
Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Land Transport, Maritime, Natural Sciences, Personalities, Social History, Weapons and War
Key artists and exhibits
- Bronze Age finds
- Roman glass and pottery
- The Dover Bronze Age Boat
- Channel swimmers
- Noel Coward
- Ian Fleming
- Sawyers Velocipede
- Court's The Wine Merchants
Collections services
- Object identification and/or written enquiry service
- Public access available to collections information
- Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Dover Museum
Market Square
Dover
Kent
CT16 1PB
England
Website
Telephone
01304 201066
Fax
01304 241186
Family Day at Dover Museum - Design and make your own Board Game
As part of the temporary exhibition 'Toys and Games' adults and children alike can design and make their own board game.
Drop in anytime between 10.00 - 16.30.
Suitable for
- Especially for children
- Family friendly
- All ages
When
10am-4:30pm
Where
Dover Museum
Admission
Normal admission rates to the museum of £2.50 per adult and £1.50 per senior, student and child apply. There is no extra charge for the workshop.
Entry to the museum is Free for DDC residents.
For more information please contact Miss Kim Norton, Education Officer, Dover Museum, Market Square, Dover, Kent CT16 1PB Tel: 01304 201066 Fax: 01304 241186 Email; museumeducation@dover.gov.uk
Dover Museum
Market Square
Dover
Kent
CT16 1PB
England
Website
Telephone
01304 201066
Fax
01304 241186
Family Day at Dover Museum - Seaside Mobile
Adults and children alike can use a wide variety of materials to make and decorate a mobile with a seaside theme.
Drop in anytime between 10.00 - 16.30.
Suitable for
- Especially for children
- Family friendly
- All ages
When
10am-4:30pm
Where
Dover Museum
Admission
Normal admission rates to the muuseum of £2.50 per adult and £1.50 per senior, student and child apply. there is no extra charge for the workshop.
Entry to the museum is Free for DDC residents.
For more information please contact: Miss Kim Norton. Education Officer, Dover Museum, Market Square, Dover, Kent
CT16 1PB. tel: 01304 201066 Fax: 01304 241186 Email: museumeducation@dover.gov.uk.
Family Day at Dover Museum - Toys and Games
As part of the 'Toys and Games' exhibition adults and children alike can try a wide variety of games from table bowls to tiddly winks, snakes and ladders to beetle.
Drop in anytime between 10.00 - 16.30
Suitable for
- Especially for children
- Family friendly
- All ages
When
10am-4:30pm
Where
Dover Museum
Admission
Normal admission rates of £2,50 per adult and £1.50 per senior, student and child apply. There is no extra charge for the workshop.
The museum is Free for DDC residents.
For more information please contact:
Miss Kim Norton, Education Officer, Market Square, Dover, Kent CT16 1PB. Tel: 01304 201066, Fax: 01304 241186, Email: museumeducation@dover.gov.uk.
Family Day at Dover Museum - Name Plaque
Adults and children alike can make and decorate their own pottery name plaque.
Drop in anytime between 10.00 - 16.30.
Suitable for
- Especially for children
- Family friendly
- All ages
When
10am-4:30pm
Where
Dover Museum
Admission
Normal admission rates of £2.50 per adult and £1.50 per senior, student and child apply. There is no extra charge for the workshop.
Admission to the museum is Free for DDC residents.
For more information please contact: Miss Kim Norton, Education Officer, Dover Museum, Market Square, Dover, Kent CT16 1PB. Tel: 01304 201066, Fax: 01304 214886, Email: museumeducation@dover.gov.uk.
Family Day at Dover Museum - Animal Masks
Adults anc children alike can make and decoarte an animal mask. Choose from a variety of animals from a ti=ger to a giraffe, a bear to a monkey.
Drop in anytime between 10.00 - 16.30.
Suitable for
- Especially for children
- Family friendly
- All ages
When
10am-4:30pm
Where
Dover Museum
Admission
Normal admission rates of £2.50 per adult and £1.50 per senior, student and child apply. There is no extar charge for the workshop.
Entry to the museum is Free for DDC residents.
For more infromation please contact: Miss Kim Norton, Education Officer, Dover Museum, Market Square, Dover, Kent
CT16 1PB Tel: 01304 201066, Fax: 01304 214886, Email: museumeducation@dover.gov.uk.
Family Day at Dover Museum - Halloween Collage
Adults and children alike can use a wide variety of materials to make a collage picture with a Halloween theme.
Drop in anytime between 10.00 - 16.30.
Suitable for
- Especially for children
- Family friendly
- All ages
When
10am-4:30pm
Where
Dover Museum
Admission
Normal admission rates of £2.50 per adult, £1.50 per senior, student and child apply. There is no extra charge for the workshop.
Entry to the museum is Free for DDC residents.
For more information pleae contact:
Miss Kim Norton, Education Officer, Dover Museum, Market square, Dover, Kent CT16 1PB. Tel: 01304 201066, Fax: 01304 241186, Email: museumeducation@dover.gov.uk.
Family Day at Dover Museum - Roman Shields
Adults and children alike can design and make their own miniature Roman style shield.
Drop in anytime between 10.00 - 16.30.
Suitable for
- Especially for children
- Family friendly
- All ages
When
10am-4:30pm
Where
Dover Museum
Admission
Normal admission rates of £2.50 per adult and £1.50 pers enior, student and child apply. There is no extra charge for the workshop.
Entry to the museum is Free for DDC residents.
For more information please contact:
Miss Kim Norton, Education Officer, Market Square, Dover, Kent CT16 1PB. Tel: 01304 201066, Fax: 01304 241186, Email: museumeducation@dover.gov.uk
Family Day at Dover Museum - Christmas Decorations
Adults and children alike can make and decorate a wide range of Christmas decorations.
Drop in anytime between 10.00 - 16.30.
Suitable for
- Especially for children
- Family friendly
- All ages
When
10am-4:30pm
Where
Dover Museum
Admission
Normal admission rates of £2.50 per adult and £1,50 per senior, student and child apply. There is no extra charge for the workshop.
Entry to the museum is Free for DDC residents.
For more information please contact:-
Miss Kim Norton, Education Officer, Dover Museum, Market Square, Dover, Kent CT16 1PB. Tel: 01304 201066, Fax: 01304 214886, Email: museumeducation@dover.gov.uk
Dover Museum
Market Square
Dover
Kent
CT16 1PB
England
Website
Telephone
01304 201066
Fax
01304 241186
Dover Museum
Market Square
Dover
Kent
CT16 1PB
England
Website
Telephone
01304 201066
Fax
01304 241186



