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Opening Hours:

Easter to October - Daily 10.00am - 5.00pm

closed for lunch between 1.00 and 2.00

Off Season - Please contact the Museum by phone or email

Local Studies Centre is open all through the Year - access by appointment only.  Email or phone us

Disabled Access

The Heritage Centre where the Museum is situated has wheelchair access

Marine Villas has limited access, alternative arrangements for viewing material can be arranged

Access to our store is limited, again arrangements can be made to view artifacts. 

Please contact the Curator, Mr David Haysom or our Collections Manager Mr Martin Wickham

New Location

We have moved from our old home at the Tithe Barn to a new home.  Relocation of the Museum to the Heritage Centre during the winter of 2005/6 proved very successful and has received many favourable comments from the wider museum community in Dorset and beyond.

The transfer was made possible through Heritage Lottery Funding, secured by the Purbeck District Council and the County Museums Advisor.

Construction and display work was undertaken entirely by museum volunteers.

This new prime location on the seafront has greatly generated vastly increased visitor numbers, together with the recruitment of many new members and additional counter helpers.

Local Studies

Our Local Studies Centre, here in the museum and at our second venue, Marine Villas, on Swanage Pier, offers a source of original and facsimile material for study and research.

From tracing your own Family History to finding out about Smuggling in Purbeck we welcome your interest in using and helping to develop this facility.

Marine Villas Research Room Tel: 01929 423850

This phone is not constantly manned, please try again on Tuesdays or Fridays after 7.30 pm.

Or email us at:  swanagemuseum@swanagemuseum.plus.com

We are always interested in the acquisition or loan of suitable archive material and can offer purpose built controlled storage for original items and a copying service for printed and photographic material.

Pre Booking

For Pre Booking the use of the Centre outside of advertised opening hours or for assistance with your research: 

Phone at the museum: 01929 475836 (Opening hours only - see above)

At Marine Villas: 01929 423850 after 7.30pm - Tuesday and Friday

email: swanagemuseum@swanagemuseum.plus.com 

Please state your areas of interest.

Friends of Swanage Museum

If you would like to become a Friend of Swanage Museum, please contact the following address:

c/o The Membership Secretary
Swanage Museum and Heritage Centre
The Square
Swanage
Dorset
BH19 2LJ

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