Information Resources

The Collection information and pictures

Online exhibition - Channel Swimmers

Articles and Factsheets on Dover history subjects

• Cinque Ports Pilot
• Courts Wine Merchants
• Coward & Fleming
• Freemen of Dover
• History of Dover Museum
• How to Research your House
• Research your Family History
• Sawyers Velocipede
• Stanlee Shipbreaking Yard
• White Cliffs

Dover Museum's collection includes:

• a strong archaeology collection, including the magnificent Bronze Age Boat, as well as Roman, Saxon and medieval artefacts from Dover and the surrounding area.
• a good local picture collection
• social history artefacts reflecting how the people of Dover lived

Some of the objects in the collection have been featured in our Collection Focus section.