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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The case is located on the ground floor of the Dover Museum and Bronze Age Boat gallery. Admission to Dover Museum and all exhibitions is free and open at the following times: April-September: Monday-Saturday 9.30am-5pm Sunday 10am-3pm October-March: Monday-Saturday 9.30am-5pm

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This new display explores the early years of Dover Choral Union, now Dover Choral Society, through key figures who performed with the choir.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🎶New display: Dover Choral Union 🎶 In 1913, Harry James Taylor, the first conductor of #Dover Choral Union, was presented with a "coming of age" souvenir book filled with concert programmes to celebrate his 21st year in that role.

A black-and-white ink illustration serving as a program cover from 1904 drawing from the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts design.
The central figure is a musician wearing long, flowing robes that drape down to her feet. She is playing a double horn instrument. She is framed by roses, thorny vines, and leaves.
There are two stylized, unfurling banners rest within the rose canopy above the female. The left banner reads "TRIENNIAL" and the right banner reads "MUSICAL FESTIVAL." At the very top, set inside a separate horizontal scroll border, the word "DOVER" is written in large, heavy, stylized block lettering. Either side of the central figure are the words "PROGRAMME" (on the left) and "4th MAY 1904" (on the right) written down the sides in an angled script. At the bottom of the vines is the monogram A.J.D 1904.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The portrait of William Brooke, tenth Baron Cobham (1527-1597), can be found on permanent display in Dover Museum’s history gallery. Admission to Dover Museum is free and open 9.30am-5pm Monday to Saturday, 10am-3pm Sunday.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Brooke’s beard was finely captured by Antonis Mor (1512–1516–c.1576), a Netherlandish portrait painter. Mor was a successful court portraitist, whose career that took him to England, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, where a number of other bearded portraits expanded his portfolio.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Appointed 16th of December 1558, Brooke held the post of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports until his death on 6th of March 1597 making him the longest serving Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports to date.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Lord Warden was in charge of the five major ports on the South East coast of England: #Dover, Sandwich, Hythe, New Romney and Hastings.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

What better place than a museum to showcase beards on #WorldBeardDay. This neatly sculpted beard and gloriously styled moustache belongs to William Brooke, tenth Baron Cobham (1527-1597), a nobleman, diplomat, and most notably Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of #Dover Castle.

The image is a portrait William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham. He is facing slightly to his left while looking directly at the viewer. He has a trimmed brown beard, and a long slightly upward styled moustache. He is largely wearing black including, a flat black velvet hat and cloak, a large white pleated collar of the Order of the Garter around the neck, and a gold medallion on a thick blue ribbon. He is holding a golden coloured staff of office as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. In the right corner of the painting is a heraldic coat of arms.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Image provided courtesy of Catharine Loxton. The image and caption is taken from an annotated album with photographs taken by spectators of this historic event. This album is kindly on loan to the museum for the exhibition.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Gertrude Ederle's historic achievement as the first woman to successfully swim the Channel is marked 100 years on by the exhibition 'Queen of the Waves' celebrating her legacy at Dover Museum, running until 7th November 2026.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Pictured is Gertrude Ederle's trainer Thomas William Burgess greasing Gertrude with some canine assistance on a beach in Cap Gris Nez prior to her successful Channel swim.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A tail for #InternationalDogDay As Gertrude Ederle was being greased for her historic swim across the English Channel, a small dog leapt from her support tug boat and swam to shore. The dog then gladly drank from the can of lanolin used for greasing much to the amusement of the spectators on shore.

A monochrome photograph showing Gertrude Ederle in a two-piece swimming costume being greased by Thomas William Burgess on a beach in front of a crowd of people and a small dog

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The photograph shows Gertrude walking along the beach at Cape Gris-Nez in the moments leading up to her swim. She is wearing a two-piece bathing suit and goggles she had designed for the swim.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Gertrude (Trudy) Ederle was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder in five events and one of the best-known American sports personages of the 1920s. Trudy completed her Channel swim at just 20 years old.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

100 years ago, on this day, at 7:08 am, Gertrude ‘Trudy’ Ederle entered the water near Cape Gris-Nez. At 9:40pm she walked out of the water at Kingsdown Beach as the first woman to swim the English Channel, beating the men's record by nearly two hours. #OnThisDay

The image is an oval monochrome photograph from a scrapbook showing Gertrude walking along the beach in the moments leading up to her historic swim. She is wearing a two-piece bathing suit and goggles. The photograph is annotated Miss Ederle starts (7-8 A.M)

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

On 6th August 1926, at 7:08am Gertrude Ederle entered the water near Cape Gris-Nez. At 9:40pm she walked out of the water at Kingsdown Beach as the first woman to swim the English Channel. For the 100th anniversary of this achievement, an exhibition will be opening 6th of August at #Dover Museum.

Images provided courtesy of Katharine Loxton. The images and captions are taken from an annotated album with photographs taken by spectators of this historic event. There are three monochrome photographs of Gertrude Ederle on the beach at Cape Gris-Nez in the moments leading up to her Channel Swim on 6th of August 1926. The top two photographs are of Burgess greasing Gertrude Ederle in animal fat; the bottom photograph is of Gertrude Ederle walking along the beach before starting her swim

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A digital version of the exhibition will still be available to see after this week. Check out this page to explore the exhibition online: storymaps.arcgis.com/.../de25849c....

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The exhibition is curated by Edd Hodsdon, Heritage MA student at Canterbury Christ Church University. Edd is also a volunteer at Dover Museum. There are a number of objects from World War Two on display and an opportunity to explore more objects in 3D using QR codes.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

📣Last Chance to See📣 Front Line Town: Life in Dover During World War Two After the fall of France in June 1940, Dover was now on the front line against Nazi Germany. This exhibition explores the challenges of daily life in Dover during World War Two. Exhibition closes after August 2nd.

On the right is a blue and grey scale collage of images of a Warden Helmet, a group photo of ARP wardens in Dover, Ogden cigarette picture cards, Biggin Street in Dover during the war with a sign post to Air Raid Shelter

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

📅This beaker among other archaeological finds can be seen at the Roman Painted House open Saturdays 10-4pm. 📅Additional opening days: June: Friday 26th July: Tuesday 7th, Wednesday 8th and Friday 10th 📅From July 23rd to August 30th the house will be open Thursday to Sunday every week (4/4)

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The form is a called black slipped ware which reflects how the terracotta beaker is decorated by dipping the clay vessel into a black coloured slip, a thin solution of clay suspended in water, before firing it. The beaker is thought to be from the Moselle Valley near Trier 180AD-250AD. (3/4)

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Motto beakers had cheery Latin exhortations painted in white and were used for social gatherings. The surviving decoration on this example has the letters R, E, and what appears to be the top part of a P which could be part of the exhortation REPLE ‘Fill it up again’. (2/4)

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

REPLE! Fill it up again! With the warmer weather upon us we wanted to raise this celebratory motto beaker on display at the Roman Painted House #Dover Although I wouldn't recommend filling this particular beaker up... (1/4)

Image description: A reconstructed dark coloured round fluted pot with painted white swirl and dotted border decoration. There are white serifed letters R and E. It The pot is incomplete with pieces missing and the reconstruction is being supported with white acid-free tissue paper. One of the fragments is placed next to it.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

On Saturday 30th May, come to Dover Museum to make your own standing paper doll that you can dress up! 📅Saturday 30th May 🕙Drop in 10.00-3.00 📍#Dover Museum Free craft activity

In the foreground is a picture of a coloured in paper doll that is free standing. The paper doll is wearing a pink shirt, and orange vest and blue trousers. Behind the doll is an image of a rail with hangers with three examples of coloured in paper outfits with tabs for folding. The outfits consist of a brown checked suit with a grey bow tie and walking boots; a green layered short sleeve dress with brown boots; a yellow and orange sleeveless dress with white tights and red shoes

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

New exhibition open from today! What people Wore 🧵This exhibition takes a look at clothing and accessories over the centuries with many examples on display along with artworks that show fashion from different eras.🪡 📍#Dover Museum's Special Exhibition Gallery on the middle floor. Free Entry.

Articles of clothing from the exhibition are arranged on mannequins. In the centre is the back of a pale turquoise with bead detailing on the straps and a large bow detail at the skirt; on the left is a bright blue long dress with black lace detailing that has a separate corseted body and skirt and a beige silk waistcoat with cord details around the buttons; on the right is a long grey suit jacket and trousers and a green and gold vertical striped long sleeve dress with red floral details

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This bank holiday weekend, 23rd-25th May come along to Maison Dieu #Dover's Stone Masonry festival: ➡See stone mason Carrie Horwood's progress on sculpting replicas of Deal Man ➡Suggest names for the Deal Man replicas ➡Make your very own clay Deal Man!

A poster advertising:
Stone Masonry festival
Maison Dieu, Dover, Ct16 1DL
Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 May 10 am to 4pm
Monday 25 May 10am to 2pm
Watch stonemasons from the UK and France carve fantastic creatures. Take part in family-friendly activities including stone carving, chalk graffiti and making gargoyles and grotesques!
Learn about Kent's incredible geology and exciting plans for the Cross-Channel Geopark.
Suitable for all ages.
Refreshments.
Free drop-in event
There are images of Deal Man and a carving of a Maison Dieu dragon.
In the foreground is a picture of stone mason Carrie carving a Maison Dieu gargoyle.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

(8/8) In an exciting addition to this, replicas are being carefully carved by stone mason Carrie Horwood using repurposed chalk from Dover so that these replicas can be loaned out to other places. Check out Carrie’s preparation work in her blog here www.catseyecarving.co.uk/2026/05/deal...

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Deal Chalk man

I have been commissioned by Dover Museum to carve a replica of a small Iron age sculpture, he was found during an Archaeological dig in Deal, Kent, during the 1980’s. Catherine, the Deal man&…

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

(7/8) Dover Museum is looking to get Deal Man conserved so that he remains well preserved for the future.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

(6/8) There are examples that Deal Man himself can be compared to, but the discovery of the chalk figurine is very rare.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

(5/8) The chamber in which Deal Man was found may possibly have been a shrine. There are parallels with other European discoveries to both to the pit and its chamber and the presence of figurines in pits which have been interpreted as used for rituals.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

(4/8) The figure is thought to be of Roman date and the style of Deal Man and the focus on the head conforms to Celtic artistic tradition, but the simple form may be traced to the pre-Roman European Iron Age.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

(3/8) A small niche was found high up in the north-west wall of the chamber. As with Deal Man, this niche had a compensating sloping base that was observed likely housed the Deal Man figure.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

(2/8) Amongst the Roman pits excavated was a chalk-cut shaft. This was around 2.5 meters deep and gave access to a small underground oval chamber. About 0.4 metres above this chamber amongst fill was Deal Man. Image provided courtesy of Dover Archaeological Group.

The diagram is a scaled outline section drawing of the shaft and chamber from the excavation site where Deal Man was found and the niche that may have housed him.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

(1/8) Who is Deal Man? Deal Man is an Iron Age carved chalk figurine on display at Dover Museum. He was discovered in 1984 during excavations by the #Dover Archaeological Group ahead of construction work on a site adjacent to St Richards Road in, #Deal.

Deal Man is a small Iron Age carved chalk figurine with a simple face features, a long slender neck, and a plain rectangular body. The figurine's base slopes backwards so that it will not stand up on a flat surface.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

On Saturday 30th May, come to Dover Museum to make your own standing paper doll that you can dress up! 📅Saturday 30th May 🕙Drop in 10.00-3.00 📍#Dover Museum Free craft activity

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

(8/8) After the war Edith’s remains were exhumed and returned to Britain, sailing from Ostend aboard the destroyer HMS Rowena and landing at the Promenade Pier in Dover on the 14th May 1919.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

(7/8) The day before her execution, Edith said "Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone." This quote is captured on her memorial statue in St Martin's Place London, adjacent to the first site for the headquarters of the British Red Cross.

A monument titled in St Martin's Place in London titled 'Humanity' with a statue of Edith Cavell. At the base of the monument is inscribed her date of death October 12 1915 and the quote 'Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone'.
Edith Cavell monument, St Martin's Place WC2 - geograph.org.uk - 1318141" by R Sones. CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

(6/8) Edith was arrested for these actions, court martialled under German Military law and sentenced to death. Although legal under international law, her execution sparked outrage in Britain and other nations.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

(5/8) Whilst working under German-occupied Brussels, Edith became part of a network of people sheltering and aiding British and Allied soldiers and military aged civilians to cross the border to the neutral territory in the Netherlands.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

(4/8) This nursing school became a Red Cross hospital, treating casualties from both sides as well as civilians.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

(3/8) In 1907, Edith was appointed as Matron in Brussels at Belgium's first training hospital and school for nurses. She continued to work in Brussels and was known for her pioneering nursing work. Brussels was occupied by Germany from 20th August 1914.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

(2/8) Edith Louisa Cavell (1865–1915) was a British nurse who is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides during the First World War and for helping British and Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

(1/8) On this day 14 May 1919 Nurse Edith Cavell's body arrived at the Promenade Pier in #Dover. Edith was executed under German military law for helping British and Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. The postcards are of the cortege that accompanied her coffin through Dover.

A black and white postcard of a large funeral procession crowds of onlookers either side.

A black and white postcard of a large funeral procession along Marine Parade in Dover with crowds of onlookers either side.

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

All hail to the Bluesky GLAM! Now that @romanpalace.bsky.social is back, a shout out to the galleries, libraries, archives and museums who keep posting on - from the Absolute Units to single skeeters Find old friends and new below - sharing fresh finds, joy & a bit of respite go.bsky.app/Ms7endH

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The exhibition is curated by Edd Hodsdon, a Heritage MA student at Canterbury Christ Church University. Edd is also a volunteer at Dover Museum. There are a number of objects from World War Two on display and an opportunity to explore more objects in 3D using QR codes.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

📣New Exhibition📣 Front Line Town: Life in Dover During World War Two After the fall of France in June 1940, #Dover was now on the front line against Nazi Germany. This exhibition explores the challenges of daily life in Dover during World War Two.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

(5/5) Thank you to all the Dover Museum volunteers and Maison Dieu ambassadors who came along to help. There was a lot of furniture to get through, but many hands made it much lighter work!

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

(4/5) These cleans and checks are important for preserving collections and preventing their damage and deterioration.

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