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Description: There were no workers experienced in mining in Kent when coal was discovered in 1890. All the workers had to be
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/Miners.aspx

Description: Florence Chadwick Channel Swimmer HPAC biography
Url: /Information-Resources/HPAC-Biographical/Florence-Chadwick-Biography.aspx

Description: Major International Archaeological Discovery In September 1992, archaeologists from the Canterbury Archaeological Trust working alongside contractors on a new road link
Url: /Bronze-Age-Boat/Bronze-Age-Boat.aspx

Description: Kent coal was some of the most difficult coal to extract and hence some of the most expensive in Britain. The
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/The-end-of-Kent-Coal.aspx

Description: Also known as Dover Colliery, Shakespeare was Kent's first coal mine. It was owned by Kent Coalfields Syndicate Ltd., formed in
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/Shakespeare-Colliery.aspx

Description: Arthur Burr was a speculator who, virtually single-handed, kept the Kent coalfield going for almost twenty years despite the constant
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/Arthur-Burr-and-the-Development-of-the-Kent-Coalfield.aspx

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Market Square, Dover CT16 1PH

Opening hours
April-September:
Monday-Saturday 9.30am-5pm
Sunday 10am-3pm

October-March:
Monday-Saturday 9.30am-5pm

Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and
New Year's Day

New Street, Dover CT17 9AJ

Opening hours 2026
Open from Friday 3 April - Saturday 31 October

School holidays: Thursday-Sunday 10am-4pm
Term-time: Saturday only 10am-4pm

Please see website or social media for re-opening updates.

Dover Museum
+44(0)1304 201066
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Roman Painted House
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RPH@dover.gov.uk

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