📣New #Exhibition at #Dover Museum: Crabble Athletic Ground. On the 6th January 1896, four businessmen in Dover formed a syndicate named Dover Athletic Ground Ltd with a plan to create a cricket ground and cycling track.

📣New #Exhibition at #Dover Museum: Crabble Athletic Ground. On the 6th January 1896, four businessmen in Dover formed a syndicate named Dover Athletic Ground Ltd with a plan to create a cricket ground and cycling track.

Last week, I went to go visit @karlantmercer.bsky.social 's "At the End of History," at @dovermuseum.bsky.social and had a fantastic day out. The VR portion of the exhibit is like nothing I've ever experienced before. Highly urge everyone to see this exhibit before it closes. #DisHist

As we spend this time of year reflecting on the nature of death and remembering the dead, Dover Museum looks to their collections that relate to this theme. Pictured are drawings of gravestones from around #Dover District and #Thanet by John Lewis Roget (1828–1908). #Halloween #Thesaurus

This exhibition at #dovermuseum was absolutely amazing. As a #dyslexic #neurodiverse person it was an absolute joy to see an interactive exhibition dedicated to #disability & #neurodiversity . It was inclusive both in topic and experience and really #dyslexic friendly!

It's World Audiovisual Heritage day! For Dover Museum’s newest exhibition, Curating Visibility Fellow Karl Mercer and a team of deaf, disabled and neurodivergent co-producers explored the Museum’s collections to create an immersive experience using VR. #AudioVisualHeritage #AudioVisualHeritageDay

#OnThisDay, October 23 1905, Getrude ‘Trudy’ Ederle was born in New York. Trudy was a medal winning Olympic champion swimmer, who also became the first recorded woman to successfully swim the Channel on August 6th 1926.

New exhibition curated by Dover Museum's Curating Visibility fellow, @karlantmercer.bsky.social At the End of History: Open from 20th October. Free entry. Entry to VR experience is by advanced booking only: tinyurl.com/mw4m4bbj @accentuateuk.bsky.social

After a successful private launch of my exhibition I was reminded of that time I delivered a poem that is definitely not under 60 seconds long in under 60 seconds. At the End of History at @dovermuseum.bsky.social opens to the public on 20th October.

New exhibition coming soon: At the End of History @accentuateuk.bsky.social

'What's in the Grandfather Clock?' Come along to a free family art workshop at #Dover Museum to make a haunted room for #Halloween! 📅Saturday 18th October 🕙Drop in 10.00-3.00

Love a hovercraft. Meet Dougal, on display in our museum because he was the mascot of 200 Hovercraft Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport. They adopted him because he glides along the ground, much like a hovercraft 😍

#OnThisDay, October 1st 2000, the last hovercraft arrived in Dover having made its final cross Channel journey. A hovercraft first landed in #Dover on 25th July 1959 after crossing the Channel in two hours.

Today is #WorldMaritimeDay. Pictured is a #watercolour of Granville Dock at #Dover Harbour in 1843 by S.J. Mackie (1823-1902) from Dover Museum's collection. Mackie’s work included a custom’s official, a civil engineer, an antiquarian, a fossil enthusiast and geological editor.

That Bronze Age boat does like to flex its timbers... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

That Bronze Age boat does like to flex its timbers... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Exhibition: Museum in miniature An exploration of miniature versions of things from life that people have produced and enjoyed. 📅Open June 10th 2025-April 2026 📍Special Exhibitions Gallery, #Dover #Museum #exhibition #miniature #seagull

It’s #WorldBeardDay and what better place than a museum to showcase beards or tools that helped keep them, such as the Vikings and their reputations for great hair care and tresses. In #Dover Museum is a bone comb previously identified as Anglo-Saxon, now recognised as a 10th century #Viking comb.

Hot Bovril, anyone? ☕ On this day, in 1911, Thomas William Burgess started his 18th attempt at #swimming the Channel. Burgess set off from South Foreland in #Dover at 11:15am. The following day he arrived in France at 9:50am to become the second person to successfully swim the English Channel.

#September A watercolour and ink sketch of #Sandwich from 1888 by John Lewis Roget (1828–1908).

#September A watercolour and ink sketch of #Sandwich from 1888 by John Lewis Roget (1828–1908).

#OnThisDay in 1875 Captain Webb was paraded through the Highstreet of his birth town in Dawley to celebrate his historic Channel swim. This later inspired a postcard with the legend that a “pig was put on the wall to see Captain Webb’s procession pass”, by the landlord of the Crown public house.

#OnThisDay, in 1875, Captain Matthew Webb started his Channel swim diving from the Admiralty Pier in #Dover just before 1pm. 21 hours and 45 minutes later he arrived in France. He was the first person recorded to successfully complete a solo swim of the English Channel. #CaptainMatthewWebb

Thistle hopefully brighten your Friday! 💐 We hope you have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend. 📷 Illustration of spear, marsh, creeping and woolly thistles from ‘The Flowering Plants of Great Britain’ (1855) by Anne Pratt [Baring-Gould Library 0691] #FridayFlowers #FlowersOnFriday #RareBooks

📢Free family workshop at Dover Museum! Make a mini museum! Make your own mini museum in 3D, then fill it with your personal collection at home. 📅Saturday 23rd August 🕙Drop in 10.00-3.00

Our latest acquisition is a ‘Disaster Box’ from our front of house team as it kept getting stuck where it was stored and had a tendency to spill the contents. Would anyone like to put any disasters in this box? Probable, possible, impending or actual disasters can all go in.

! Calling for #volunteers ! Production of our exciting Curating Visibility exhibition is now in full-swing. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to facilitate the virtual reality experience. See link below to find out more ⬇️ www.dovermuseum.co.uk/Exhibitions/... @accentuateuk.bsky.social

We do enjoy these beautiful posts from @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social showing the work of Anne Pratt. Anne Pratt was a botanical illustrator and author who produced most of her works, including the one featured, while living in #Dover in the mid-19th Century.

It’s warming up outside, but Dover Museum’s Bronze Age Boat can be found in a nice cool gallery space. Come for the Boat; stay for the air conditioning. Or come for the air conditioning; stay for the Boat…

📢Free family workshop at Dover Museum! Make a mini museum! Make your own mini museum in 3D, then fill it with your personal collection at home. 📅Saturday 23rd August 🕙Drop in 10.00-3.00

! Calling for #volunteers ! Production of our exciting Curating Visibility exhibition is now in full-swing. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to facilitate the virtual reality experience. See link below to find out more ⬇️ www.dovermuseum.co.uk/Exhibitions/... @accentuateuk.bsky.social

#OnThisDay August 12th 1875, Captain Webb began his first attempt to swim the Channel. The weather was not good, but feeling pressured to make an effort for the press, Webb set off. The sea conditions worsened and at 11:45pm Webb called out, "It's no use continuing. There's too much sea on".

It’s warming up outside, but Dover Museum’s Bronze Age Boat can be found in a nice cool gallery space. Come for the Boat; stay for the air conditioning. Or come for the air conditioning; stay for the Boat…

New Exhibition! Captain Matthew Webb 150th anniversary swim across the English Channel. On 24th August 1875, Webb started his swim from #Dover. 21 hours and 45 minutes later he arrived near #Calais. He was the first person recorded to successfully complete a solo swim of the English Channel.

Dover Bronze Age boat. Excavated in September 1992, the boat it thought to date to 1575–1520 BCE, which may make it one of the oldest substantially intact boats in the world. The boat was constructed using oak planks sewn together with yew lashings.

! Calling for #volunteers ! Production of our exciting Curating Visibility exhibition is now in full-swing. We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to facilitate the virtual reality experience. See link below to find out more ⬇️ www.dovermuseum.co.uk/Exhibitions/... @accentuateuk.bsky.social

⚓Today is World Anchor Day ⚓ highlighting what has been a vital item of safety equipment for mariners for over 4000 years. Pictured are sketches by John Lewis Roget (1828–1908) that captures a former custom of collecting anchors and auctioning them in Deal. #anchor #Deal #sketches

📰 #OnThisDay (17th July) in 1875 Captain Matthew Webb announced his intention to attempt to swim the English Channel. 📣Today, Dover Museum is excited to announce a new #CaptainMatthewWebb temporary exhibition will go on display in August to mark the 150th anniversary of Webb's historic achievement.

Pictured are #sketches of the 12th century #church of St. James the Apostle in #Dover from a sketch book of sepia ink drawings in Dover Museum's #archive. The artist is unknown, but a note at the back dates the drawings to c.1830. Alongside the drawings are photos of the site today.

We 'herd' that is #CowAppreciationDay today, so here's a repost of John Lewis Roget's drawing of Appleton Farm, Martin #Dover.

Our latest acquisition is a ‘Disaster Box’ from our front of house team as it kept getting stuck where it was stored and had a tendency to spill the contents. Would anyone like to put any disasters in this box? Probable, possible, impending or actual disasters can all go in.

Exciting #ArchaeologicalFinds news! The 4th edition of First Aid for Finds is now available as an online resource; a guide to the identification and preservation of archaeological materials on site and during post-excavation processing by Cardiff University and RESCUE. www.firstaidforfinds.org

National sunglasses day is a compulsory call to put sunglasses on museum collections, and frankly Deal Man rocks a pair of aviators. #NationalSunglassesDay #sunglassesday #sunglasses #museum #collections #Deal #Dover #beach

The view of Buckland Bridge in #Dover looks somewhat different today, but it is still recognisable as a feature of the area. Pictured is a lithograph c.1850 by Dover artist, William Burgess (1805-1861), and a photograph of the bridge today.

It's been quite a journey (cleaning, reconstructing, storing, transporting and a fair amount of paperwork) but the Bronze Age Boat replica safely arrived at Musée d'Archéologie nationale for their new exhibition: The Masters of Fire, the Bronze Age in France 2300-800 av. J.-C. #BronzeAge

Today is #NationalPigeonDay! To celebrate the #pigeon we thought we'd look to the museum's taxidermy First World War carrier pigeon. This pigeon was carefully cleaned and repaired by #Dover Museum’s Collections Assistant, Kayleigh. Find out more in our post from earlier in the year ⬇️

Our Museum in Miniature exhibition is now open. Come and explore a variety of miniature versions of things from life, including the featured model of work at Dover Harbour created in 1815 by James Moon, Harbour Master and Engineer from 1792 to 1832. #Museum #Miniature #Exhibition #Dover

Open today! Museum in miniature. An exploration of miniature versions of things from life that people have produced and enjoyed. 📅Open June 10th 2025-April 2026 📍Special Exhibitions Gallery, #Dover #Museum #exhibition #miniature #seagull

New #Exhibition coming soon: Museum in miniature. An exploration of #miniature versions of things from life that people have produced and enjoyed. 📅Open June 10th 2025-April 2026 📍Special Exhibitions Gallery, #Dover #Museum.

New #Exhibition coming soon: Museum in miniature. An exploration of #miniature versions of things from life that people have produced and enjoyed. 📅Open June 10th 2025-April 2026 📍Special Exhibitions Gallery, #Dover #Museum.