Curtis Museum
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The Curtis Museum in Alton, is a local history museum in Hampshire, England.
The museum was founded by Dr William Curtis (1803–1881) in 1865. It is managed by the Museum & Arts Service of Hampshire County Council and is near the Allen Gallery.
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[edit] Displays
It contains a wide range of artefacts and displays including:
- Prehistoric tools
- Roman bowls and other material, including a cup found at Selborne
- The Anglo-Saxon Alton buckle
- Artefacts from the Battle of Alton (1643), a battle in the English Civil War
- The "Jane Austen Trail"
- The tale of Sweet Fanny Adams, who was murdered locally in 1867
- Hop picking and brewing
[edit] Closure threat
As of 2010, both the Curtis Museum and the Allen Gallery are under threat of closure, following their receipt of an email to that effect from the Museum & Arts Service.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Save The Alton Museums", 21 September 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
[edit] External links
Coordinates: 51°09′00″N 0°58′27″W / 51.149926°N 0.974079°W
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