Museums in Hampshire - Family Days Out in
Hampshire.
Please refer to the
Hampshire County Councils
Museums
Page for a detailed list of all
museum opening times, admission charges and contact details,
as these are subject to change.
Queens Avenue, Aldershot Hampshire. GU11
2LG
There are uniforms, badges, medals,
weapons, furniture and other equipment which illustrate typical
equipment used by regiments that have been stationed in Aldershot.
It includes vehicles tested and evaluated on the local training
areas from the Army's Fighting Vehicles Research and Development
Establishment (FVRDE) which was nearby.
Church Street, Alton Hampshire. GU34 2BW
It was originally known as the Museum
Annex when it first opened in 1963. The addition of a new exhibition
space and other internal works revitalised the building in the
following decade and when it reopened in 1979 it soon achieved
prominence as The Allen Gallery. It has an outstanding collection
of decorative arts with ceramics dating from 1250 to the present
day, considered to be one of the best collections in the South
of England.
6 Church Close, Andover, Hampshire, UK
The museum is a former town house
of about 1750, visited by Jane Austen, who wrote about the 'highly
extolled staircase', and 'elegant drawing room'. About 100 years
later the building became part of the Andover Grammar School.
In 1888 a new set of classrooms were built, and these are now
the Museum of the Iron Age.
Bursledon Windmill
Windmill Lane, Bursledon Hampshire. UK
Bursledon Windmill is a wind
powered corn mill. It has been lovingly restored to full working
order. A traditional timber framed barn and a granary have been
reconstructed on the site together with a farm pond to provide
a superb example of Hampshire's rural heritage. An attractive
woodland habitat next to the mill supports a wide range of wildlife.
Bursledon Windmill is signposted from
junction 8 on the M27
Leisure Park, Churchill Way West Basingstoke
Hampshire.
Imagine an open-air museum inside
a massive modern building… with a network of streets and buildings
based on those found in Hampshire from Victorian times and the
1930s… a surprise around every corner!
As a festive treat the museum will
also open its doors after dark on 9 December and 16 December
from 7pm to 10pm to invite people to attend two special Christmas
Gala Evenings.
Tickets for the gala evenings cost
£8.50 for adults, £7.75 for concessions, £5 for children and
£24 for families (2 adults and 2 children). Children under five
years and annual and life members are admitted free of charge.
Pre-booking on 01256 403901 is required.
25 High Street, Eastleigh Hampshire. UK
Discover what life was like in Eastleigh
during the 1930s. Eastleigh Museum is housed in the old Salvation
Army Citadel and was converted into a museum in 1986. Meet Mr
Brown and Mrs Brown, a local engine driver and his wife. See
the recreation of their family home, a Victorian terraced house
for which Eastleigh is well known. The displays include the
family's living room at tea-time, the scullery, the back yard
and out-house.
High Street, Alton Hampshire. GU34 1BA
Alton... an historic market town
in the heart of the Hampshire countryside .... only 50 miles
south-west of London and 25 miles north of Portsmouth. Displays
include....Prehistoric Tools, Roman pottery reconstruction,
Saxon burials, the Battle of Alton 1643, the notorious tale
of Sweet Fanny Adams and Hop picking and brewing. The Gallery
of Childhood is packed with toys, children's books and dolls
dating back to the 18th century. There are also two fully furnished
dolls houses and a selection of jigsaw puzzles. All are displayed
in delightful miniature cases at an ideal height for children.
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