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New Forest Museum in Hampshire

This page is about New Forest Museum in Lyndhurst, Hampshire

The New Forest Ninth Centenary Trust was founded in 1979, who set about raising funds for the New Forest Museum. Nearly 10 years later in Summer 1988, the Museum was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh

The Museum offers something for locals as well as for the thousands of regular visitors. It is an excellent way to learn about life in the New Forest such as commoning, Forest management, the envionment, tourism and much more. The Museum is full of interesting displays . A self guided visit takes around 1 hour.

The centre serves as an excellent base for educational visits for Schools which can be organised to suit, these are hosted by one of the Museums qualified staff. There is a library of New Forest books, maps and reports which are available for public viewing.

There are regular events through out the year such as galleries, nature talks and seasonal events such as pumpkin carving.

Contact details

Click to visit www.newforestmuseum.org.uk www.newforestmuseum.org.uk

telephone: 023 8028 3444

fax: 023 8028 4236

address: Main Car Park
High Street
Lyndhurst
Hampshire
SO43 7NY

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Opening Times

The New Forest Centre and Gift Shop is open 7 days a week from 10.00am - 5.00pm.

Last entry to the New Forest Museum is 4.00pm daily.

Lyndhurst Visitor Information Centre

Main Car Park, Lyndhurst SO43 7NY
Open all year Monday to Sunday 10:00-17:00

Lymington Visitor Information Centre

New Street, Lymington SO41 9BH

Tel: 01590 689000

Open all year Monday to Saturday 10:00-16:00

1 July - 30 September 10:00-17:00

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Prices

Standard Ticket: £3.50
Concessions Ticket(seniors, students etc.): £3.00
Accompanied under 16s: FREE
Friends Membership allows 12 months unlimited admission: £20.00

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