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Museum of Island History

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Isle Of Wight

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Museum of Island History is temporarily closed until further notice. Please check the venue's website for the latest details.

The Museum of Island History is located on the ground floor of the Guildhall and tells the story of the Isle of Wight from earliest times to the present day.

A selection of recently found archaeology is always on display. The temporary gallery has themed exhibitions that change throughout the year.


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Museum of Island History

High Street, Newport, Isle Of Wight, PO30 1TY

01983 521555

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Temporarily closed

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Exhibitions nearby

Temporarily closed
Graham Sutherland, Arthur Jeffress, 1955

A Complete Portrait of Arthur Jeffress

  • Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
  • Until 5 September 2020
Free to all
10% off
Edward Bawden, An Old Crab and a Young (From Aesop’s Fables), c. 1956, Linocut on paper, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (The David Leslie Medd Bequest, 2009) © The Estate of Edward Bawden

An Outbreak of Talent: Bawden, Marx, Ravilious, and their Contemporaries

  • Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
  • Until 1 November 2020
50% off exhibitions
Barnett Freedman, The Darts Champion (for the Guinness Prints), 1956, Lithograph on paper, Emma Mason

Barnett Freedman: Designs for Modern Britain

  • Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
  • From 5 August 2020
50% off exhibitions
Eduardo Paolozzi, Small Head, 1953, Bronze sculpture, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (Muriel Wilson Bequest, 2019) © Trustees of the Paolozzi Foundation

A Life in Art: The Muriel Wilson Bequest

  • Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
  • From 5 August 2020
50% off exhibitions

Art we’ve helped buy at Museum of Island History

Views of the Isle of Wight
 Acquired 2002
Collection of prints and drawings of the Isle of Wight
 Acquired 2007
Early Medieval skillet
 Acquired 2007
Seal matrix containing a Roman Jasper Intaglio
 Acquired 2007
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