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Email: [mailto:enquiries@goldhillmuseum.org.uk enquiries@goldhillmuseum.org.uk]<br> | Email: [mailto:enquiries@goldhillmuseum.org.uk enquiries@goldhillmuseum.org.uk]<br> | ||
Website: [http://goldhillmuseum.org.uk Gold Hill Museum] | Website: [http://goldhillmuseum.org.uk Gold Hill Museum] | ||
:Eight galleries tell the story of rural and town life, starting even before Shaftesbury’s notional foundation by Alfred the Great. Highlights of the collection include the unique Byzant, carried during annual celebrations of the securing of the water supply, so vital to a hilltop town; Dorset’s oldest fire engine, dating from 1744; fine lacework and costumes; handmade Dorset buttons; and a mummified Dorset cat. | |||
=== The Keep Military Museum === | === The Keep Military Museum === | ||