Museums in Dorset

78 museums across Dorset, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).

• Dinosaur Museum · museum · Dorset · Must-see
• Tudor House · museum · Dorset
• The Teddy Bear Museum · museum · Dorset
• Bridport Museum · museum · Dorset
• The Tank Museum · museum · Dorset
• The Shoe Museum · museum · Dorset
• Haynes Motor Museum · museum · Dorset
• Somerset Brick and Tile Museum · museum · Dorset
• Chard Plumbing Museum · museum · Dorset
• Portland Museum · museum · Dorset
• Museum of Jurassic Marine Life · museum · Dorset
• Museum of East Dorset · museum · Dorset
• Wareham Town Museum · museum · Dorset
• Durlston Castle · museum · Dorset
• Tyneham · museum · Dorset
• Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre · museum · Dorset
• Willows and Wetlands Visitor Centre · museum · Dorset
• Sturminster Museum · museum · Dorset
• Beaminster Museum · museum · Dorset
• Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum · museum · Dorset
• Gillingham Museum · museum · Dorset
• Gold Hill Museum · museum · Dorset
• Terracotta Warriors Museum · museum · Dorset
• The Tutankhamun Exhibition · museum · Dorset
• Old Crown Court and Cells · museum · Dorset
• Dorset Museum · museum · Dorset
• The Keep Military Museum · museum · Dorset
• Clouds Hill · museum · Dorset
• Max Gate · museum · Dorset
• Castletown D-Day Centre · museum · Dorset
• Castleton Mill · museum · Dorset
• Shoemakers Museum · museum · Dorset
• Shaftsbury Abbey Museum · museum · Dorset
• The Engine House · museum · Dorset
• Tyneham School · museum · Dorset
• Blandford Fashion Museum · museum · Dorset
• Blandford Town Museum · museum · Dorset
• Langton Matravers Museum of the Stone Industry · museum · Dorset
• Museum, Fossils & Local Finds · museum · Dorset
• Royal Signals Museum · museum · Dorset
• Sherborne Museum · museum · Dorset
• Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre · museum · Dorset
• Grove Prison Museum · museum · Dorset
• Mill House Cider Museum · museum · Dorset
• Park Farm Museum · museum · Dorset
• Wessex Water Museum · museum · Dorset
• Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum · museum · Dorset
• Country Life Museum · museum · Dorset
• Dawe's Twineworks · museum · Dorset
• David Simon Contemporary · museum · Dorset
• Neil Barnes Photographer Gallery · museum · Dorset
• St Alban Street Gallery · museum · Dorset
• Swanage Railway Museum · museum · Dorset
• The Cygnet · museum · Dorset
• Blue Pool · museum · Dorset
• Bugad Classic Bikes · museum · Dorset
• Corfe Castle Town Trust Museum · museum · Dorset
• Durlston Head Art Gallery · museum · Dorset
• Oliver Holt Gallery · museum · Dorset
• Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum · museum · Dorset
• Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Centre · museum · Dorset
• Sou'-Sou' West Art Gallery · museum · Dorset
• Stour Micro Museum · museum · Dorset
• The Allsop Gallery · museum · Dorset
• Blake Museum · museum · Dorset
• Middlezoy Aerodrome · museum · Dorset
• Handicrafts Nylon Stocking Flower · museum · Dorset
• Gold Saver Pass · museum · Dorset
• World Heritage · museum · Dorset
• Bovington Tank Museum · museum · Dorset
• Bovington Army Camp · museum · Dorset
• Fleet Air Arm Museum Yeovilton · museum · Dorset
• Menkind · museum · Dorset
• Fleet Air Arm Museum · museum · Dorset
• South Somerset Heritage Collection · museum · Dorset
• Yeovil Fleet Arms Raf Aircraft Museum · museum · Dorset
• Visit Hillbrush (UK) · museum · Dorset
• Amesbury Museum and Heritage Trust · museum · Dorset