Weymouth Museum
Local history museum of Weymouth, currently open in a temporary pop-up in St Thomas Street while its home at Brewers Quay is redeveloped.
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About the museum
Weymouth Museum was founded in 1972 as the Weymouth Museum of Local History in the former Melcombe Regis Boys' School on Westham Road. In 1989 it had to leave that site, which was planned for redevelopment, and in 1990 it opened in Brewers Quay, a former brewery building near Weymouth harbour.
Brewers Quay is now being redeveloped, and the museum building there is closed. While the work goes on, the Weymouth Museum Trust, the volunteer-run charity that looks after the collection, rents a shop unit at 39b St Thomas Street as a pop-up museum. It shows changing displays, keeps a local history archive and invites the public to contribute to plans for the future museum.
The collection covers Weymouth's history from medieval times to the present, with particular strength in Georgian and Victorian material, and it includes a good art collection and photographs from the 1880s onwards. More than 20,000 items are conserved and catalogued by volunteers in store. The museum has no paid staff.
Highlights
- Collection on Weymouth's history from medieval times to today
- Strong Georgian and Victorian holdings
- Art collection and photographs from the 1880s
- Changing displays at the pop-up museum
- Local history archive with public enquiry service
- Founded
- 1972
- Operated by
- Weymouth Museum Trust (volunteer-run charity)
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission to the pop-up museum is free; donations are welcome.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The museum reports level access at the door and throughout the pop-up. There is a drop-off point opposite.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Weymouth railway station
The pop-up is a 10 to 15 minute walk from Weymouth railway station.
By car
Paid parking
The nearest pay-and-display car park is in Governors Lane.
The pop-up is on St Thomas Street, opposite Tesco.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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