Fordingbridge Museum
Red House Museum, Christchurch
St. Barbe Museum, Lymington

Pennington Marsh - a site of coastal
salterns featured at the St. Barbe Museum

Fordingbridge Museum (A)

Housed over two floors of an old granary and enthusiastically run by volunteers, Fordingbridge Museum provides an insight into the social history of the town spanning the last 100 to 150 years.

It is located close to the centre of the town and admission is free.

Further details are available here Fordingbridge Museum.

Red House Museum, Christchurch (B)

Housed in a charming Georgian building originally built as a workhouse in 1764, the Red House Museum, close to Christchurch Priory in Quay Road, features a wide variety of displays, a regular and varied exhibitions programme and local and natural history talks by acknowledged experts in their field.

Further details are available on the Red House Museum website.

St. Barbe Museum (C)

Situated in New Street, Lymington, the St. Barbe Museum enables visitors to explore the fascinating history of the town, the adjacent New Forest coast and other nearby towns and villages (such as New Milton, Barton on Sea and Milford on Sea).

Intriguing stories of the smugglers, salt makers and boat builders who plied their trades in this attractive locality are all here to be discovered, whilst regular, ever-popular exhibitions, illustrated talks and poetry readings add variety to the programme of events.

Further details are available on the St. Barbe Museum website.

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