Attractions in Museums

• St Peters Church

  

  Located on the high street St Peter's is Shaftesbury's oldest church, dating back to the 15th century. Neglected for many years the church was restored in the 19th and 20th century

• Swanage Pier Trust

  

  Recently restored Victorian Pier located at the Southern area of Swanage Bay

• Swanage Railway

  

  Dorset's premier standard gauge preserved steam railway. Operates between Swanage and Norden, through the Isle of Purbeck.

• The Dinosaur Museum

  

  Britain's only museum solely devoted to dinosaurs. Fossils, skeletons and life sized reconstructions, combined with audiovisual and hands-on displays.

• The Dorset County Museum

  

  The story of Dorset's rich landscape told in a series of facinating displays.

• The Dorset Teddy Bear Museum

  

  An unmissable family museum and Teddy Bear House with people sized bears. Includes the earliest teddies and todays TV favourites.

• The Keep Military Museum

  

  Touch screen computers, videos, medals, uniforms and medals representing Devonshire & Dorset Regiments and Yeomanry.

• The Nothe Fort

  

  This Forte forms part of the defensives of Portland Harbour, a man-made enclosure of the old sheltered anchorage of Portland Roads.

• The Tank Museum

  

  The world's largest and finest collection of Armoured Fighting Vehicles, from World War I tanks to the latest main battle tank of the British Army.

• The Terracotta Warriors Museum

  

  Exhibition featuring a group of the life sized clay warriors created in China by the conservation technicians who preserve and restore the warriors after excavation.

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