Category:Dorset County Museum

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English: The Dorset County Museum is located in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Founded in 1846, the museum covers the county of Dorset's history and environment. The current building was built in 1881 on the former site of the George Inn. The museum includes information and over 2 million artifacts associated with archaeology, geology , history, local writers, and natural science. The collections include fossilised dinosaur footprints, Roman mosaics and original Thomas Hardy manuscripts.

This is a category about listed building number 1119030.

Object location	50° 42′ 56.49″ N, 2° 26′ 14.39″ W	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap	50.715693; -2.437331

Dorset Museum

museum in Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom

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Instance of

local museum
independent museum

Location

Dorchester, Dorset, South West England, England

Street address

66 High West Street, Dorchester DT1 1XA

Founded by

Thomas Hardy

Inception

1846

official website

Map

50° 42′ 56.16″ N, 2° 26′ 13.92″ W

Authority file
Q5298847 ISNI: 0000000121697167 VIAF ID: 139576167 Library of Congress authority ID: n82070366 OpenStreetMap way ID: 256984483
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Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

C

Collections of the Dorset County Museum‎ (14 F)

L

Langton Matravers Hoard‎ (2 F)

P

Proceedings - Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (1889)‎ (11 F)

Pages in category "Dorset County Museum"

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Institution:Dorset County Museum

Media in category "Dorset County Museum"

The following 17 files are in this category, out of 17 total.

Dorchester - Dorchester County Museum - geograph.org.uk - 3008273.jpg 800 × 531; 139 KB
Dorchester - geograph.org.uk - 17120.jpg 640 × 480; 135 KB
Dorchester, Dorset County Museum - geograph.org.uk - 505173.jpg 429 × 640; 81 KB
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Dorset County Museum - High Street West, Dorchester (7190982378).jpg 2,736 × 3,648; 2.46 MB
Dorset County Museum - High Street West, Dorchester - coat of arms (7190989790).jpg 3,648 × 2,736; 2.47 MB
Dorset County Museum victorian gallery.JPG 6,720 × 4,480; 10.37 MB
Dorset County Museum, Dorchester - geograph.org.uk - 4465149.jpg 2,336 × 3,504; 3.68 MB
Dorset County Museum, Dorchester - geograph.org.uk - 4493286.jpg 643 × 800; 144 KB
Dorset County Museum, High Street, Dorchester - geograph.org.uk - 1734679.jpg 1,200 × 1,600; 407 KB
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DorsetCountyMuseum.jpg 1,193 × 1,722; 761 KB
Fordington Mosaic - Dorchester.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 3.33 MB
Fordington Mosaic detail - Dorchester.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 3.73 MB
Mary Anning's notebook page.jpg 941 × 1,241; 229 KB
Olga Road Mosaic - Dorchester.jpg 3,000 × 4,000; 3.01 MB
Thomas Rackett Romney.jpg 452 × 685; 215 KB

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