local history museum in Dorset

Weymouth Museum

The Dorset History Centre is the archives service and local studies library for Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole. We house Dorset's local archives - from council records to personal collections.

Beaminster Museum in the glorious west Dorset countryside is an accredited local history museum with plenty to see and do for all ages.

A small local museum run entirely by volunteers, you will find us at The Square, High Street, Swanage.

Lively local history talks and exhibitions featuring Roman, Saxon, traditional domestic, Dorset buttons, lace, costumes, World War memorabilia. Open daily, April - end October 10.30-4.30. Free en…

We are a vibrant, community-based museum entirely run by volunteers for the purpose of preserving and displaying items of local heritage. The first museum of its type in Dorset to become fully ac…

A small local museum run entirely by volunteers, you will find us at The Square, High Street, Swanage.