Finds day 10th July Gillingham Museum was open from 10.00am to 3.00pm to allow visitors to bring in objects which they had found for identification by Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen, Finds Liaison Officer for Dorset. Read More...

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):

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. Read More...