Lilliput Antique Doll and Toy Museum
The museum collection was started in the 1960s when the then Premier of Russia, Mr Khrushchev, sent a wooden nesting doll to a young collector and her mother, Mrs Margaret Munday. This motivated the Munday family to collect antique dolls and toys and in 1974, the museum was created. The Lilliput Doll and Toy Museum […]
Isle of Wight Postal Museum
The Isle of Wight Postal Museum is a private collection of over two hundred post boxes and several thousand items of postal equipment, papers and associated material. It is open to the public by appointment only.
Isle of Wight Glass Museum
There are over 1,200 pieces on show, including many unique and never before seen pieces, in two galleries. The Studio gallery, the larger of the two, focuses on the Isle of Wight’s many studio glass makers, particularly Isle of Wight Studio Glass, but also SculptGlass (Diamond Isle Sculptured Glass), Glory Art Glass and Alum Bay […]
Island Planetarium
The Island Planetarium provides a fun and immersive space learning experience through full 360 videos projected onto the in house dome as well as astronomer led talks and night sky sightseeing.
HMS Gladiator exhibition at Fort Victoria
On April the 25th 1908, in the midst of a terrific snowstorm the HMS Gladiator collided with an ocean liner the SS St Paul, the disaster cost the lives of 27 men and the subsequent salvage operations took many months to complete The Gladiator exhibition is a small exhibit, best enjoyed as part of a […]
Farringford
Home of the celebrated Victorian Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 – 1892) and one of the Island’s most important historic estates, Farringford has been restored to its 19th century heyday. The house contains a wealth of fascinating detail on family life in the Tennyson household, and explores the setting of some of Tennyson’s best […]
East Cowes Heritage Centre
The East Cowes Heritage Centre opened in 1992 with the aim of preserving and exhibiting the history of East Cowes and Whippingham. It occupies Number 8, Clarence Road, East Cowes, originally the premises of the International Stores, a branch of Victorian grocers and tea merchants. There are extensive archives in files on over 80 subjects […]
Dinosaur Expeditions Centre
In 2013 Dinosaur Expeditions, Conservation and Palaeoart Centre was set up at the site of the Dinosaur Farm Museum near Brighstone on the Isle of Wight. The centre houses displays of dinosaur fossils, palaeoart, children’s activities and a fossil giftshop. They educate the local community and visitors to the Island of the need to sustainably […]
Calbourne Water Mill
Set in 20 acres of stunning rural landscape, Calbourne Water Mill contains one of the oldest working water mills in the country, dating back to the Domesday Book. The Water Mill is a working Water Mill that has been milling for over 1,000 years. Stunning views and peaceful landscapes, enjoy a homemade cream tea, feed […]
Brighstone Village Museum
Brighstone Village Museum in North Street can be accessed through the adjacent Brighstone Community Library on Tuesday mornings, Thursday afternoons and all day Saturday. Situated within a row of traditional cottages owned by the National Trust, it is run by the Brighstone Museum Trust and provides a fascinating view of village life in the 19th […]
