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Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)



Dorset Museums Association



Museum Celebrates 50th Birthday

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The Museum tells the story of the town, the immediate parishes and their people. Over a thousand generations have seen this corner of the Blackmore Vale grow from a Neolithic settlement to the bustling Gillingham of today.

Opening Times (All year round):

Mon:
10am – 1pm

Tues, Thurs, Fri:
10am - 5pm

Saturday:
9:30am - 4pm

Weds, Sun, Bank Hols:
Closed

For visits at other times or Group visits, please contact the Chairman 01747 822600.

At present there is no entrance fee but donations are essential to enable us to continue to run the Museum.

Email contact: office@gillinghammuseum.co.uk

The Museum is looked after by the management committee of Gillingham Local History Society (Registered Charity no 1014970).

Restaurant and toilet facilities are available in the Waitrose Supermarket on the opposite side of the road.

The whole exhibition area is on ground level and therefore suitable for wheelchair access. Parking (with disabled bays) is available in the adjoining public Car Park.

Address: Chantry Fields, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 4UA    > How to find us

Heinkel Crash 1940

David Lloyd writes about a German bomber which crashed at Huntingford on the outskirts of Gillingham.

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Future Events...

17 February - Gillingham Through Old Maps
- by Dr. John Porter
7:30pm Town Hall, School Road


17 March - Annual General Meeting
-- followed by --
Milton-On-Stour's hidden treasures
some recently discovered artifacts from the Stone Age to present
- by metal detectorist Peter Barker
7:00pm Town Hall, School Road


21 April - TV Archaeology
- by Julian Richards
7:30pm Town Hall, School Road


19 May - The Fovant Badges
Their origin, deterioration and conservation
- by Dr. Tony Phillips
7:30pm Town Hall, School Road


15 September - The Matthews Family and their influence on Gillingham
- by David Lloyd, Peter Crocker and Sam Woodcock
7:30pm Town Hall, School Road


20 October - "Richard Colt Hoare" His Life and Times
- by Emily Blanshard, House Manager of Stourhead House
7:30pm Town Hall, School Road


17 November - End of season fun
A Quiz Night
Team groups and mince pies
7:30pm Town Hall, School Road