Museums in Dorset

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Grove Prison Museum Portland Dorset

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Free

Grove Prison Museum Portland Dorset

History of daily life for Convicts, Wardens & Youths from 1848 right up to today - still a fully working Prison with 500 inmates .

Museum of East Dorset

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Adults £5.50

Museum of East Dorset

Step into our historic house and discover the fascinating stories of the people who lived and worked here over the centuries.

Gold Hill Museum

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Free

Gold Hill Museum

Shaftesbury's local history museum at the top of Gold Hill with a cottage garden and wonderful views.

The Dinosaur Museum
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Adults £8.99

The Dinosaur Museum

The Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester is the only museum in the UK solely devoted to dinosaurs and their fascinating world.

Castletown D-Day Centre
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Adults from £6.50

Castletown D-Day Centre

Authentic recreation of the busy wartime dockyard on the Isle of Portland with an impressive array of original WW2 equipment.

Poole Museum
Attraction
Free

Poole Museum

The Museum's galleries tell the story of the historic maritime town of Poole and it's Harbour from prehistory to the 21st century.


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