🏠 IndoorEducational🆓 Free entry
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The Curtis Museum sits on the High Street in Alton and covers around 100 million years of the local area, from fossils and prehistoric tools through Roman and Saxon finds to the English Civil War. The highlight for many visitors is the Anglo-Saxon Alton Buckle, and there are Roman and Saxon burial displays, a hop-growing and brewing section and a story of the Sweet Fanny Adams case. A childhood gallery shows toys and dolls at a height suited to younger visitors, and there are dressing-up costumes, trails and workshops during school holidays. The museum is compact, so it suits a relaxed visit of an hour or so, and it is a common stop for school groups using self-led trail packs. Admission is free, and the sister Allen Gallery is a short walk away.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Rucksack
- Colouring book and pencils
- Small bin bagCountry parks often have no bins at all.
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- Kids' headphones
- Sketchbook
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