Museums & Galleries · Broadstairs
Dover Museum
📍 CT16 1NJ
Photo: N Chadwick (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- World's oldest known seagoing boat displayed in dedicated gallery
- Scale models showing Dover's growth as a medieval port town
- Ground floor exhibition covering Stone Age to Saxon history
- Saxon jewellery on loan from the British Museum's collections
- Annually changing special exhibition on the first floor
Dover Museum sits in the town centre of Dover, within one of Kent's oldest museums, founded in 1836. You'll find galleries tracing the town's history from the Stone Age to the Saxons, scale models charting the growth of the medieval port, and Saxon jewellery on loan from the British Museum. The top floor is home to the acclaimed Bronze Age Boat Gallery, displaying the world's oldest known seagoing boat, discovered nearby in 1992. A changing special exhibition occupies the first floor. It suits visitors keen on local heritage, archaeology and family history trails. Dover Priory station is just 0.4 miles away, and if you fancy the coast, St Margaret's Bay beach is 3.6 miles off, with 26 bookable places to stay within 5 miles on BritStays.
Practical details
- Open
- April-September: Mon-Sat 9.30am-5pm, Sun 10am-3pm
- Booking
- Enquiries can be emailed and take up to 3 weeks to answer
- Best for
- Those interested in local history and archaeology
From the attraction's own website on 15 Oct 2026 — check before you travel.
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🚆 Or come by train
- Dover Priory 0.4 miles
- Kearsney 2.5 miles
- Martin Mill 3.5 miles
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