Philpot Museum in Lyme Regis, Dorset, United Kingdom | Museum

Welcome to the Philpot Museum, Lyme Regis, United Kingdom. The Philpot Museum stands in the heart of Lyme Regis, just where the beautiful coastlines of Dorset and Devon meet. The building has great idiosyncratic charm. Built in 1900-01 by Thomas Philpot it was badly dilapidated by 1991, and a major scheme of reconstruction and extension followed by new displays throughout, has recently been completed. From the beginning, the Museum has been run entirely by volunteers, a tradition we still cherish today. We are now a fully independent Museum, registered with the Museums and Galleries Commission.

At the Philpot Museum we have a lot of good stories to tell, and our collections are unusually rich for a small Museum. Lyme’s lively local history is well represented by maritime and domestic objects, and illustrated by paintings, prints and photographs. The area is noted for its fossils, displayed in our geological galleries, and the town's literary connections, from Jane Austen to John Fowles, are illustrated in the new Writers Gallery.