St. Barbe Museum

St. Barbe Museum
New Street
Lymington
Hampshire
SO41 9BH
England

Website

www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk

E-mail

office@stbarbe-museum.org.uk

Telephone

01590 676969

Fax

01590 679 997

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
St. Barbe Museum, Lymington
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St. Barbe Museum & Art Gallery tells the story of the coastal strip between the New Forest and The Solent and hosts a changing programme of high quality exhibitions.
St. Barbe Museum & Art Gallery is an independent, charitable organisation run by the Lymington Museum Trust. Since opening in its finished form in 1999 St. Barbe Museum has acquired a reputation as one of the finest small museums and art galleries in the region and has received national recognition for its superb exhibitions.

Venue Type:

Museum, Gallery

 Opening hours

Mon-Sat 1000-1600 Bank holidays Inclusive
Sun & Christmas Period Closed

 Admission charges

Museum and gallery: £4, concessions: £3, child: £2, family: £10

Discounts

  • Museums Association
 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Touch exhibits
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Library with public access

St. Barbe Museum
New Street
Lymington
Hampshire
SO41 9BH
England

Website

www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk

E-mail

office@stbarbe-museum.org.uk

Telephone

01590 676969

Fax

01590 679 997

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The area has seen a thriving salt industry, smugglers landing their illegal cargoes on the coast, and has a long tradition of innovative boat building. The museum's aim is to capture the unique flavour of life in the district and to bring first class art exhibitions into the town. Since the beginning of the project in 1988, we have pursued an active collections policy, and today we have catalogued over 20,000 individual items which will tell the story of the six parishes. The collection covers a wide range from geology - fossils from the 40 million years old Barton Beds; Old Stone Age hand axes, flint tools and medieval pottery; local industry - pistons and piston rings manufactured in Lymington by Wellworthy, as well as many familar and not so familiar objects illustrating the more recent history of the area.

Collection details

Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Fine Art, Maritime, Natural Sciences, Science and Technology, Social History

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

St. Barbe Museum
New Street
Lymington
Hampshire
SO41 9BH
England

Website

www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk

E-mail

office@stbarbe-museum.org.uk

Telephone

01590 676969

Fax

01590 679 997

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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