Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre
Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre is a local history museum and family history centre in Swanage, Dorset. The museum was established in 1976; it merged with and has been collocated with the heritage centre in its current location since 2005.Photo: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Email: swanagemuseum@swanagemuseum.plus.com
- Type: Museum
- Description: history museum and family history center in Dorset, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Swanage Museum” and “Swanage Museum and Heritage Centre”
- Address: The Square, Swanage, BH19 2LJ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Swanage Library and The Mowlem.
Swanage Library
Library
Photo: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swanage Library is situated 370 feet west of Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre.
The Mowlem
Theater building
Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Mowlem is a theater building, which is situated 460 feet northwest of Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre.
Swanage Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swanage Town Hall is a municipal building on Swanage High Street in Dorset. Constructed by the local building contractor George Burt in 1882–83, it reused materials salvaged from demolition works in London. Swanage Town Hall is situated 770 feet west of Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peveril Point and Herston.
Peveril Point
Locality
Peveril Point is a headland on the east-facing coast of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England, and is part of the town of Swanage. It forms the southern end of Swanage Bay.
Herston
Neighborhood
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herston is a western suburb of the town of Swanage, in Dorset, England. It has its own railway station – Herston Halt railway station Near Corfe Castle – on the Swanage Railway.
Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre
- Categories: independent museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Swanage, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.60826° or 50° 36′ 30″ northLongitude
-1.95581° or 1° 57′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C2WJ25V+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 1611213945OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q108559409
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