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Tour of the Museum
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Tour of the Museum
First Room, Ground Floor
Second Room, Ground Floor
Stairwell
First Floor Landing
Geology Gallery
Landslip and Literary Galleries
Second Floor
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Second Floor

View into the rotunda galleryClimbing the green iron staircase or the tiny stone spiral staircase to the second floor you will find the Rotunda, which sits above the main staircase. This is used for temporary exhibitions and from here you can look down to the ground floor. The adjacent balcony gallery has local history displays about World War II and the long -departed railway. There are also cases containing an eclectic mix of items from lace patterns to miniature toy food and butterflies.

 

View from the spiral staircase towards the Guildhall Lace-making and domestic items Tiny toy food and the golden key used by the lord Bishop of Salisbury at the opening of the new school in 1892

Display including dolls dressed in the costumes of children from Thomas Coram’s Foundling Hospital, as worn in 1739 and tiny beads and pearls from the late 18th century Lyme Regis railway display