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Westbury Manor Museum is the main town centre
museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
located at 84 West Street, Fareham,
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, England. It features a variety of exhibits on local history, such as the use of
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s in the construction of the Royal Albert Hall. It also has a small
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and
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. The museum is housed in an 18th-century Grade II*
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with formal Victorian style gardens to the rear, formerly used as the offices of Fareham
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from 1934 to 1976. Westbury Manor Museum opened in 1990."The history of Westbury Manor Museum"
Fareham Borough Council. Retrieved 12 January 2018 In 2014 ownership of the museum was transferred to the Hampshire Cultural Trust as part of a larger transfer of museums from Hampshire County Council and Winchester City Council.


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Westbury Manor Museum
- Hampshire Cultural Trust site

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