St Barbe’s collection contains over 22,000 items relating to the area between the Solent Coast and the New Forest, with significant material about the surrounding towns and villages of Ashley, Barton, Bashley, Boldre, Downton, Everton, Keyhaven, Milford, New Milton, Pennington, Pilley, South Baddesley, Sway, Wootton and Tiptoe.
The collections and the stories that they tell reflect many aspects of life in the area from prehistory to the present day including domestic life, industry, shops, trades, farming, leisure, sport, war, holidays and the local environment.
Kings Research Room
The King Research Room provides public access to the St Barbe Museum Collection and catalogue.Collection timelines
Go far back in time to the bronze age, or view how people made a living in the 1800’s on our interactive timeline!
Gifts and Donations
St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery collects material with a clear provenance or relationship to the parishes of Boldre, Hordle, Lymington + Pennington, Milford-on-Sea, New Milton and Sway.
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We have over a 22,000 object records online, with more added regularly. Records are never closed and we are constantly updating the information we hold about our objects as we discover new information or change how an object is interpreted. Sometimes we make mistakes in our transcription such as spelling, or miss relevant information.
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