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Dorset Museum & Art Gallery

museum in Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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Dorset Museum & Art Gallery

Summary

Dorset Museum & Art Gallery is a local museum[1]. It draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (local_museum category, ranking #11 of 104).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery held citizenship in United Kingdom[3].
  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery is located in Dorchester[4].
  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery's instance of is recorded as local museum[6].
  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery's instance of is recorded as independent museum[7].
  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery's founder is recorded as Thomas Hardy[8].
  • The location of Dorset Museum & Art Gallery was Dorchester[9].
  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery's postal code is recorded as DT1 1XA[10].
  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery's Commons category is recorded as Dorset County Museum[11].
  • 1846 marks the founding of Dorset Museum & Art Gallery[12].
  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 50.7156, 'longitude': -2.4372, 'precision': 0.0001}[13].
  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery's official website is recorded as https://www.dorsetmuseum.org/[14].
  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery's has facility is recorded as accessible toilet[15].
  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery's has facility is recorded as Changing Places toilet[16].
  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery's Commons Institution page is recorded as Dorset County Museum[17].
  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery's street address is recorded as 66 High West Street, Dorchester DT1 1XA[18].
  • Dorset Museum & Art Gallery's historic county is recorded as Dorset[19].

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Founding

Dorset Museum & Art Gallery's founder is recorded as Thomas Hardy[8]. 1846 marks the founding of it[12].

Why It Matters

Dorset Museum & Art Gallery draws 92 Wikipedia views per month (local_museum category, ranking #11 of 104).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . British Museum person-institution thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Mapping Museums. museweb.dcs.bbk.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Libanp · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.dorsetmuseum.org/
    Country of citizenship → United Kingdom
    Commons category → Dorset County Museum
    Library of congress authority id → n82070366
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Museum Countries from MML ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/1f775a6fab1|details]])"
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