Family Days Out In Kent

Dover Museum, The Bronze Age Boat

The Dover Museum was founded in 1836 which makes it one of the county's oldest. The current home of the collection is actually a modern building covered by the original Victorian facade of the museum's first home. The exhibits are spread over three floors; the ground floor holding The Archeological Gallery, the first floor is dedicated to a regularly changing series of special exhibitions and the second floor charts Dover's history from 1066 and is home to the Bronze Age Boat Gallery. The museum has a very strong local focus and such is the breadth and depth of East Kent's history that there are a number of important local artifacts on display, most notably The Bronze Age Boat. The Bronze Age Boat is the oldest known seagoing boat in the world and an exhibit of international importance. The vessel is over 3,500 years old and remarkable well preserved and was discovered in 1992 when the new Folkestone to Dover link road was under construction. The museum works very hard at appealing to a wide audience and includes a range of interactive displays and relevant well presented material. Family Fun Days are central to the broad appeal of the museum and are a good tool to make history accessible to children of all ages. Check the museum website for a diary of events. Dover Museum is situated in the Market Square in the centre of Dover. The nearest parking available is in the St. James Street Car Park (entrance off Woolcomber Street or Russell Street off the A20) or parking off York Street (both pay and display). There is a coach drop-off point outside the museum in King Street (from Castle Street). The bus station in Pencester Road is about a five minute walk from the museum, along Pencester Road with the traffic flow, then left along the pedestrianised Cannon Street into Market Square. Wheelchair access Dover Museum has Wheelchair access, also lifts to upper floors

Opening Hours

10am - 5.30pm Monday to Saturday 12pm - 5.00pm Sunday Closed Sundays September to March, Closed December 25th and 26th and on 1st January

How Much Does It Cost?

Dover District residents - Free Adult £2.50 Child/Senior/Concession £1.5

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