Poole Museum

4 High Street
Poole
Dorset
BH15 1BW
England

Website

www.boroughofpoole.com/museums

E-mail

museums@poole.gov.uk

Telephone

01202 262600

Fax

01202 262622

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.
Poole Museum
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Poole Museum is housed in a nineteenth century quayside mill, extended in 2007.

Poole's rich history is revealed in four floors of galleries, with displays and exhibitions ranging from archaeology to art and pirates to potteries.

The Poole Local History Centre, part of the Museum Service, is housed in an attached medieval wool house, one of the most important early port buildings in Europe.

Scaplen's Court, a medieval domestic domestic building, is the home of the Poole Museum learning service, and is open to the public in August. Scaplen's Court herb garden is open to the public May to September.

The learning service also uses a reconstructed Romano-British farmstead in Upton Country Park.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

April-October
Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00
Sun 12.00-17.00
November-March
Tues-Sat 10.00-16.00
Sun 12.00-16.00

 Admission charges

Free

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Toilets
  • Gardens open to public
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Children's play area
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
  • Library
  • Library with public access
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

The Local History Centre is open Tuesday-Saturday 10.00 to 15.00

4 High Street
Poole
Dorset
BH15 1BW
England

Website

www.boroughofpoole.com/museums

E-mail

museums@poole.gov.uk

Telephone

01202 262600

Fax

01202 262622

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.

Collections services

  • 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)

4 High Street
Poole
Dorset
BH15 1BW
England

Website

www.boroughofpoole.com/museums

E-mail

museums@poole.gov.uk

Telephone

01202 262600

Fax

01202 262622

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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