Portland Museum
217 Wakeham
Portland
Dorset
DT5 1HS
England
Website
www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=323047
Telephone
01305 821804
Fax
01305 761654
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The Museum is based in two thatched 17th century cottages above Church Ope, one of which was a known location from Thomas Hardy's novel, "The Wellbeloved".
There are exhibitions on shipwrecks, the history of stone, local archaeology, and Dr Marie Stopes, the famous birth control pioneer, who gifted the cottages to the people of Portland in 1930. Fossil collection, garden, picnic area, refreshments and shop.
Venue Type:
Museum
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