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Description: The work of opening up the Kent coalfields created interest from German Industrialists. They decided to explore the Canterbury area, and
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/Chislet-Colliery.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

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: Major International Archaeological Discovery In September 1992, archaeologists from the Canterbury Archaeological Trust working alongside contractors on a new road link
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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

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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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