While on a holiday to the region, you can luxuriate in your Dorset cottages or you and your family can go out and explore the area! This region offers some of the most interesting museums in the country, and adults will delight in, say, learning about history and art at the Dorset County Museum, while kids can have a blast admiring the collection of aircraft at the Fleet Air Museum.
The Fleet Air Arm Museum
A visit to the Fleet Air Arm Museum is always a fun experience, guaranteed. Not only is it a museum, but it also provides certain performances, so it can in fact be considered a theatre as well. Very accessible to many of the best Dorset cottages in the area, the Fleet Air Arm Museum is home to Europe's largest collection of Naval aircraft. As if that's not enough, there is an actual Concorde there, too€"the first one built by the British€"where visitors, especially kids, can experience how it feels to be at the cockpit of such a legendary aircraft. Moreover, as the museum is designed for interaction, visitors can also engage in unique and thrilling activities: from €flying' a helicopter to going on the replica of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. Basically, the museum offers a complete experience of how it is to pilot one of those aircraft, as well as educating guests on the different fighter and bomber aircraft that have seen actual military action.
The County Museum
Conveniently located a stone's throw away from many of the best Dorset cottages, the Dorset County Museum is perhaps the most complete repository of artefacts and relics that demonstrate the county's past. In fact, if you want to have an in-depth knowledge of the country€"from the dim prehistory up to the present€"then this museum is a must-visit. It features a Victorian Gallery filled with more than enough memorabilia to transport you to the past. For those with certain literary inclinations, its writer's gallery features the cultural history of the county, as well as important items from the life and times of such literary greats as Thomas Hardy and William Barnes. And for a bit of a white-knuckle thrill, the Jurassic Coast Gallery can wow young guests with prehistoric information about the area€"such as how the coast looked like millions of years ago, and how dinosaurs roamed the landscape and ultimately shaped it into what it is today.
Red House Museum and Gardens
Originally constructed as a parish workhouse in the mid-1700s in the middle of a cluster of the era's most beautiful Dorset cottages, what is now known as the Red House Museum and Gardens is currently the home of a number of exceptional cultural and artistic treasures. It is here you'll find such gems as the Archaeology Gallery and the Arthur Romney Green 1930s Gallery. The museum's management constantly implements innovative ways to present their exhibitions, as well as keeping the exhibits fresh, especially in the areas of photography, crafts, art and natural history.
The Fleet Air Arm Museum
A visit to the Fleet Air Arm Museum is always a fun experience, guaranteed. Not only is it a museum, but it also provides certain performances, so it can in fact be considered a theatre as well. Very accessible to many of the best Dorset cottages in the area, the Fleet Air Arm Museum is home to Europe's largest collection of Naval aircraft. As if that's not enough, there is an actual Concorde there, too€"the first one built by the British€"where visitors, especially kids, can experience how it feels to be at the cockpit of such a legendary aircraft. Moreover, as the museum is designed for interaction, visitors can also engage in unique and thrilling activities: from €flying' a helicopter to going on the replica of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. Basically, the museum offers a complete experience of how it is to pilot one of those aircraft, as well as educating guests on the different fighter and bomber aircraft that have seen actual military action.
The County Museum
Conveniently located a stone's throw away from many of the best Dorset cottages, the Dorset County Museum is perhaps the most complete repository of artefacts and relics that demonstrate the county's past. In fact, if you want to have an in-depth knowledge of the country€"from the dim prehistory up to the present€"then this museum is a must-visit. It features a Victorian Gallery filled with more than enough memorabilia to transport you to the past. For those with certain literary inclinations, its writer's gallery features the cultural history of the county, as well as important items from the life and times of such literary greats as Thomas Hardy and William Barnes. And for a bit of a white-knuckle thrill, the Jurassic Coast Gallery can wow young guests with prehistoric information about the area€"such as how the coast looked like millions of years ago, and how dinosaurs roamed the landscape and ultimately shaped it into what it is today.
Red House Museum and Gardens
Originally constructed as a parish workhouse in the mid-1700s in the middle of a cluster of the era's most beautiful Dorset cottages, what is now known as the Red House Museum and Gardens is currently the home of a number of exceptional cultural and artistic treasures. It is here you'll find such gems as the Archaeology Gallery and the Arthur Romney Green 1930s Gallery. The museum's management constantly implements innovative ways to present their exhibitions, as well as keeping the exhibits fresh, especially in the areas of photography, crafts, art and natural history.
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