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Description: Geologists first speculated that there was coal beneath Kent the in 1840's but it was not until 1890 that the theory
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/The-Discovery-of-Coal-in-Kent.aspx

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

Description: Shipbreakers Yard, Eastern Docks
Url: /Information-Resources/Articles--Factsheets/Stanlee-Shipbreaking-Yard.aspx

Description: In 2001 Dover District Council launched the Coalfields Heritage Initiative Kent (CHIK) project, led by Dover Museum and the White Cliffs
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/About-the-Project.aspx

Description: The CHIK project was set up to record and commemorate the coalfield communities of Kent though the collection of photographs and
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/Oral-History.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
museumenquiries@dover.gov.uk

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

Admission to both sites is free

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