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Explore our collection

Collection online

 

Explore even more from wherever you are. Through the Wessex Museums Virtual Collections, you can browse selected objects from Poole Museum online. Zoom in on remarkable details, uncover hidden stories and make new discoveries at your own pace. It’s a great way to enjoy our collections anytime, anywhere.

 

A webpage with objects from Poole Museum's collection including broken pottery

The mystery of the bombardon

Discover the remarkable story behind a mysterious brass instrument in our Shipwreck! exhibition, recovered from a First World War shipwreck. Thanks to some seriously impressive detective work by Finlay, our university placement student, uncover its true identity!

Bombardon on display in Shipwreck! Gallery