This flint handaxe is one of the earliest known tools ever made by our evolutionary forebears – and it turned up on Swanage Beach, found there recently by a passer-by close to the Mowlem Theatre. It was handed in anonymously to Swanage Museum, where it is now on display. Local enthusiasts suspected it could be Read More…
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Born in a barn – Swanage Museum
In 2005 when Swanage’s Tithe Barn Museum was driven out of its home by a rotten roof it couldn’t afford to repair and merged with the Heritage Centre in The Square, little could the team of local history enthusiasts have known that a decade later visitor numbers would have grown twenty-fold. It’s a remarkable achievement Read More…