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Poole Museum

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Poole Museum
Poole Museum. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Poole Museum (formerly known as the Waterfront Museum) is a maritime museum, gallery and cultural centre, situated on the Lower High Street in the Old Town area of Poole, Dorset, and is owned by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. Entrance to Poole Museum is free, and the museum was the fifth most visited free attraction in southwest England in 2015.

The Local History Centre is attached to the museum in a Grade I listed medieval town cellars. Poole Museum Service also manages Scaplen's Court Museum and Garden, situated next to Poole Museum.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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