Latest news with #DoverMuseum
BBC News
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Miniature Dover Docks model from 1815 focus of new exhibition
A miniature replica of Dover Docks created from before the days of photography is the centrepiece of a new exhibition which opened in the town's museum this of buildings which have since been demolished will be displayed in miniature to show what sites like The Garrick's Head pub in Market Square and the docks looked like in the models have been gathered as a themed display, Dover in Miniature, which will be housed in the gallery until April Iveson, Dover District Council's head of museums, said he loved the models as they were "created by people who were there, who would have walked the streets and knew what colour they were painted and how many windows they had". He added: "The idea was to produce a thematic exhibition rather than a timeline. It's about the things themselves because very seldom do we get all the models out in one go.""As people change, the way we interpret history has to change so this says more about how we learn than anything".All of the models are part of Dover Museum's collection and have been gathered together especially for the replica of the docks, from 1815, was created by harbour master James Moon who had plans to modernise the model of The Garrick's Head, dating back to 1903, was used to contest a planning application for the extension of a building opposite the allowed planners to remove the proposed extra floor and see for themselves how much light would be lost. The pub landlord won his court models on display include a scene depicting the building of the Dover Turret on Admiralty Pier, which showed the work need to move its two eight-tonne guns into exhibition also displays dolls houses and their tiny furniture as well as a wide range of model ships, toys and a tiny model garden with its own crazy paving.
BBC News
18-04-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Roman Painted House in Dover reopens for the Easter holiday
A tourist attraction in Dover will reopen to the public over the Easter Weekend following its routine closure over the Roman Painted House in New Street will be open between 10:00 and 16:00 BST on Good Friday, Saturday, Easter Sunday and Monday. It will then be open on Saturdays until the end of Museum says the spring opening has taken longer than anticipated as it needed to carry out "final air sampling checks" because of the wet winter weather. The Roman Painted House was discovered in 1970 and excavated by local archaeologists during the 1980s, the museum said. Built in about 200 AD it formed part of the Roman military site in Dover. It has "unique painted plaster walls (frescoes) and elaborate under floor heating (hypocaust)", a Dover Museum spokesperson said. "The Roman Painted House is just part of a significant set of archaeological remains in the centre of Dover, some of which are under the adjacent Roman Lawn and include a Roman Bath House." In early 2024, the museum says it carried out a range of improvements to make the attraction compliant and safe. "Since the weather has improved over the last month, the air quality in the building is now deemed fine for both visitors and staff," the museum spokesperson museum says more than 3,100 visitors have visited the Roman Painted House since it reopened on 14 September last year.
