Poole
Museum is housed in an 18th century harbour warehouse and tells
the story of Poole from prehistory to the 21st Century.
At
the start of the museum and on public display for the first
time is the Poole Logboat, discovered
in Poole harbour in 1964, it is one of the largest surviving
logboats in the UK and dates to about 295 BC.
The museum also has an excellent collection of Poole Pottery,
probably the largest on public display.
Open
All year
Daily, Mon to Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 12 noon - 5pm (In winter the museum is closes at 4pm and
is not open on Mon)
Prices
Contact
4 High Street, Poole BH15 1BW Tel:01202 262600 EmailWebsite
Quay Visitors
Multi-Storey car park in Castle Street. Streetmap
Refreshments
There is a drinks machine in the visitor lounge on the top floor.
Accessibility
Wheelchair
accessible
More
info
Facilities
include a terrace and visitor lounge with views
over Poole Harbour.
Attached to the museum building,
in the medieval town cellars, is the Local history centre,
where visitors can look at archives
and resources covering the history of Poole.
Wheelchair
accessible
