Dartmouth Museum Explained

Dartmouth Museum is a local museum in Dartmouth, Devon, which displays and chronicles the history of the port of Dartmouth. It moved to its current location in the 1950s and is housed in a merchant's house which, in 1671, entertained Charles II and where he held court during a storm which forced him to stay in the port.[1] The museum is run by the Dartmouth Museum Association, a registered charity.

The museum was refurbished during the winters of 2010 and 2011[2] and has a large collection of models of sailing ships, and of ships in bottles.[3] The latter is referred to as the Dawe Collection. The museum building itself is part of the exhibition[4] which includes local records and photographs, and a plaster ceiling believed to be unique showing the Tree of Jesse. The museum also houses the Henley Collection, a collection of artefacts and scientific material collected by William Henley (1860-1919), all of which were previously part of a separate museum on Dartmouth's Anzac Street.[5]

The entrance to the museum is in Dartmouth's Butterwalk, via a spiral staircase built counterclockwise around a ship's mast.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Kings Room, Dartmouth Museum. Dartmouth Museum. 29 July 2011. King Charles II was entertained in July 1671, when storms forced him to seek shelter in Dartmouth.. https://archive.today/20120717143023/http://dartmouthmuseum.org/collections/kings-room/index.html. 17 July 2012. dead.
  2. News: Dartmouth Museum Moves Forward. May 2011. By The Dart. 7 May 2011. 66–67.
  3. Web site: Maritime Museums: main alphabetical list. Evans. Martin H. West, Janet. 2011. 5 May 2011. Large collection of ship models, incl ships in bottles, bone PoW & glass ship models. Marine & other paintings. Large archive of local photographs. ARC. Edu BA. Museum is in a 17C merchant's house & has been refurbished..
  4. Web site: Cornucopia - Dartmouth Museum . https://archive.today/20120803012615/http://www.cornucopia.org.uk/html/search/verb/ListIdentifiers/set/location/1845 . dead . 3 August 2012 . 5 May 2011 . Star objects at this location: The museum building itself; the collection of ship models; the collection of photographs. .
  5. News: New Display at Dartmouth Museum. 13 July 2006. Dartmouth News. 5 May 2011. William Henley (1860-1919) was one of the most remarkable sons of Dartmouth. He was a local ironmonger who, in a lifetime search for knowledge, became a self taught and talented artist, naturalist and botanist, and scientific microscopist. His many water-colours form a unique record of the town at the end of the nineteenth century.. https://web.archive.org/web/20120323144050/http://www.dartmouth.tv/News/13july.htm. 23 March 2012. dead.

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