Dorchester Abbey Museum

Text Box: The Museum’s Cloister Gallery was short-listed for the prestigious Gulbenkian Prize, the largest prize for the arts in the UK.
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Dorchester Abbey Museum

Contact	John Metcalfe
Position	Chairman

Address	14 Queen Street Dorchester on Thames Wallingford Oxon OX10 7HR
Tel No	01865 340054
Email	john.metcalfe@fritillary.demon.co.uk
Website	www.dorchester-abbey.org.uk/museum.htm
Affiliations	Oxfordshire Museums Council. Museums and Libraries Association.
	The Museum is in two buildings on the Abbey site. The Old Schoolroom is part of Dorchester Abbey’s 14th-century former Guest House and displays illustrations, maps and artefacts reflecting the history of Dorchester and its locality which have been continuously inhabited for over 6000 years. It also houses an archive of Dorchester’s history, available for inspection and research by arrangement, and a souvenir and gift shop. The Cloister Gallery is housed in a pentice built against the north wall of the Abbey in 2001. The gallery displays a permanent exhibition ‘If Stones Could Speak ……’ which tells the story of the Abbey through its collection of worked medieval stone. The Cloister Gallery is open every day from 8am to 6pm. The Old Schoolroom will open from 15th.April 2006 until the second weekend in October; every day from 2-5pm. Admission is free.

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