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Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)



Dorset Museums Association



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Gillingham - The Making of a Dorset Town

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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.

Normal Opening Times below - Closed January & February 2012 for alterations:

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

Wednesday 15 February 2012
7.30pm at the Town Hall

A Look at Roman Gillingham

by John Porter, Peter Barker and Peter Cox

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Future Events...

Wednesday 15 February 2012
7.30pm at the Town Hall

A Look at Roman Gillingham

by John Porter, Peter Barker and Peter Cox

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Wednesday 21 March 2012
7.00pm at the Town Hall

Annual General Meeting

followed by a talk
Upstairs/Downstairs Life in Victorian & Edwardian Days
by Emily Blanshard


Wednesday 18 April 2012
7.30pm at the Town Hall

Fairgrounds

by Kay Townsend


Wednesday 16 May 2012
at the Town Hall

It's a Grave Business - Dead Interesting Dorset

by Rob Curtis



Tuesday 12th June 2012
SUMMER OUTING

Trip to Honiton Museum[Allhallows Museum] and the historic town and market.


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Wednesday 19 September 2012
7.30pm at the Town Hall

Pirates of the Caribbean & All That

by Justin Pollard


Wednesday 17 October 2012
7.30pm at the Town Hall

Postcards and Their Messages

by Ian McLellan


Wednesday 21 November 2012
7.30pm at the Town Hall

Who Do You Think You Are?

speaker to be arranged