Museums in Hampshire
The Tudor House Museum is a superb 15th-century timber-framed house boasting a recreated Tudor knot garden and the ruins of a 12th-century merchant's house known (wrongly) as King John's Palace. Interactive displays trace over 800 years of history on this site. Explore the original Tudor hall, Georgian rooms, Victorian kitchens, and a WWII air raid shelter.
Bugle Street, Southampton, Hampshire, England, SO14 2AD
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Heritage Highlight: 12th-century King John's Palace
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The last of the main medieval gates into Winchester has been preserved and renovated to provide an atmospheric museum covering the Tudor and Stuart eras of Winchester's history. See prison cells where debtors scratched their initials on the walls. Children can try on armour and make brass rubbings.
High Street, Winchester, Hampshire, England, SO23 9AP
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City Mill is a working 18th-century water mill in the very centre of historic Winchester. Owned by the National Trust, the mill sits on the River Itchen. Regular flour milling demonstrations are given, and there are exhibits detailing the history of the mill and showing how milling works.
Bridge Street, Winchester, Hampshire, England, SO23 9BH
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Heritage Highlight: Unusual surviving urban mill
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This small museum in the heart of Winchester traces local history from the Iron Age to the present day. See recreated period rooms, including a Victorian shop. The museum is open year-round.
The Square, Winchester, Hampshire, England, SO23 9ES
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The Winchester Guildhall is a striking Victorian building erected from 1871 to serve as a centre for civic government, with space for law courts, a fire brigade, and police station. It is now used to host a variety of events.
The Broadway, Winchester, Hampshire, England, SO23 9LJ
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