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Museums long ago ceased to be stuffy
rooms full of glass cases containing bits of old pottery
and fossilised bones. Today even most conventional
museums including displays which change but over recent
years there has been a growth in industrial and "living"
museums. Here you can get a feel for how people lived
and worked, the hardships they endured...
Galleries listed include not just civic
galleries displaying publicly owned artworks, but also
privately owned galleries with items for sale.
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Not all the
museums and galleries in the Bournemouth area are listed.
Please provide details of any we have missed here.
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RED HOUSE MUSEUM
Quay Road, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 1BU
Tel: 01202 482860
Web:
www.hants.gov.uk/museum/redhouse
Open: Tues to Sat 10am - 5pm. Sun 2pm -
5pm (last admission 4.30pm).
Spring & Summer Bank
Holidays. Closed Good Friday, Christmas and New
Year.
The Red House Museum and Gardens (once a
Georgian workhouse) is the setting for
outstanding displays of local social and natural
history. Includes and interactive archaeology
gallery, display of Arthur Romney Green
furniture (of the Arts & Crafts Movement) in a
1930's room setting, costume gallery and bygones. Also a
temporary exhibitions gallery.
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WATERFRONT MUSEUM
4 High Street, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1BW
Tel: 01202 262600
Fax: 01202 262622
E-mail:
museums@poole.gov.uk
Closed due to £1 million redevelopment, due to
open Spring 2007
The Local History Centre
remains open during the building works, Tues -
Sat 10am until 3pm.
Traces the social and
maritime history of the town.
Waterfront Museum tells of
Poole's history. Displays include a street
scene, Roman occupation, trade with
Newfoundland, the Studland Bay Wreck and more.
Poole Local History Centre offers research
facilities on the history of the town.
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THE MUSEUM OF ELECTRICITY
The Old Power Station, Bargates, Christchurch,
Dorset, BH23 1QE
Tel: 01202 480467
Housed in an Edwardian
Power Station the museum displays a unique
collection of electrical memorabilia, ranging
from one of the original Bournemouth trams and
other items from the turn of the
century to the present day.
Plenty of hands-on and very
a popular demonstration gallery which ties in
with the National Curriculum. Regular
demonstration talks held. Plenty to do for all
ages. 5 mins walk from town centre.
Open: Easter to end September. Mon to
Thurs 12noon - 4.30pm, last admission 4pm.
Open: Fridays during local school holidays
and half-terms.
School Educational Tours & Group:
Bookings taken at all times by prior
arrangement.
Access to the ground floor only
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