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Museums & Galleries in Whitstable
From local history to serious collections, here\'s what\'s worth your time around Whitstable — think Whitstable Museum and Gallery, Herne Bay Historical Records Society Heritage Centre and The Seaside Museum — with distances and visitor reviews to choose by.
Museums & Galleries
0.3 mi from Whitstable
Whitstable Museum and Gallery
Whitstable Museum and Gallery is a volunteer-run local museum housed in the historic Foresters' Hall, telling the town's stories of diving, fishing, shipbuilding and oysters. You'l...
4.5 mi from Whitstable
The Seaside Museum
The Seaside Museum Herne Bay is a local museum in Herne Bay, Kent, England. It was established in 1932, and is notable for being a seaside tourist attraction featuring local archae... — Wikipedia
5.9 mi from Whitstable
Kent Museum of Freemasonry
The Kent Museum of Freemasonry, is a museum in St Peters Place, Canterbury, Kent with a rare collection of masonic exhibits of national and international importance. — Wikipedia
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6.1 mi from Whitstable
The Marlowe Kit
The Canterbury Heritage Museum was a museum in Stour Street, Canterbury, South East England, telling the history of the city. It was housed in the 12th-century Poor Priests' Hospit... — Wikipedia
6.1 mi from Whitstable
The Beaney House of Art and Knowledge
The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge is a museum, art gallery, library and visitor information centre in the heart of historic Canterbury. Inside, you can explore varied galleries,...
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6.2 mi from Whitstable
Canterbury Roman Museum
Canterbury Roman Museum is an underground museum built around the remains of an original Roman Town House and a Scheduled Ancient Monument, including one of the UK's only remaining...
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6.3 mi from Whitstable
St Augustine’s Abbey
St Augustine's Abbey was founded in AD 598 by St Augustine himself, marking the rebirth of Christianity in southern England after he baptised the pagan King Ethelbert of Kent. Ethe...
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6.6 mi from Whitstable
Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre
The Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre is the Faversham Society's local history museum and archive, offering free entry to everyone. Inside you'll find archaeological discoveries, everyd...
8 mi from Whitstable
Eastchurch Aviation Museum
Eastchurch Aviation Museum, in Eastchurch, Swale, Kent, tells the story of the Isle of Sheppey's pioneering role in English aviation, from the founding of the Royal Naval Air Servi...
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8 mi from Whitstable
Eastchurch Aviation Museum
Eastchurch Aviation Museum, on the Isle of Sheppey, tells the story of the island's pioneering role in early English aviation, including the founding of the Royal Naval Air Service...
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10.2 mi from Whitstable
Minster Abbey Gatehouse Museum
Minster Abbey Gatehouse Museum sits in Minster-on-Sea, Swale, Kent, housed in a 1000-year-old Grade I listed gatehouse beside the historic Minster Abbey. Inside you'll find local a...
12.3 mi from Whitstable
Sittingbourne Heritage Museum
Sittingbourne Heritage Museum has told the story of the town and its surrounding villages since 1999, with objects donated or loaned by local residents and other museums. You would...
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12.4 mi from Whitstable
Powell-Cotton Museum
The Powell-Cotton Museum is situated in Quex Park in Birchington and houses the diverse personal collections of hunter and explorer Percy Powell-Cotton. The museum also contains th... — Wikipedia
12.8 mi from Whitstable
Queenborough Guildhall Museum
Queenborough Guildhall Museum tells the story of this historic Saxon-founded town on the Isle of Sheppey, from its Royal Castle built by Edward III to its Victorian industrial heri...
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14 mi from Whitstable
Richborough Castle Museum
Richborough Castle is a Roman Saxon Shore fort better known as Richborough Roman Fort. It is situated in Richborough near Sandwich, Kent. Substantial remains of the massive fort wa... — Wikipedia
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14 mi from Whitstable
Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum
This museum at the historic RAF Manston airfield in Minster, Thanet, tells the story of the Battle of Britain through its centrepiece aircraft: a Spitfire Mk XVI and a Hawker Hurri...
14.8 mi from Whitstable
Sandwich Guildhall Museum
Sandwich Guildhall Museum sits in the heart of the town inside the historic 16th Century Guildhall, telling the story of Sandwich from its early beginnings to the present day. Insi...
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