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Portland Museum |
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217 Wakeham Portland Dorset DT5 1HS |
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Contact |
Shelayne Richards |
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Telephone |
01305 821804 |
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| Website | www.weymouth.gov.uk |
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tourism@weymouth.gov.uk |
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Times of Opening |
Easter - September, Term time, Friday - Tuesday, School holidays, all week. 10.30 - 5.00 (Closed 1.00 - 1.30). Closed November - Easter. Open to schools and parties by prior appointment. |
| Esablished 1930 in thatched
17th Century cottages above Church Ope Cove, location for Thomas
Hardy
novel "The Well Beloved". Exhibitions, shipwrecks and
smuggling, the Royal manor of Portland, people, places, artefacts,
Dr Marie Stopes (founder and famous birth control pioneer), fossil
collection, garden, picnic area and shop.
Items relating to smuggling and shipwrecks include children's shoes from the Royal Adelaide. Free car park opposite. |
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