A nice, compact museum that gave an overview of the history of the New Forest, dating back many hundreds of years, detailing land right traditions and suchlike, and a feel for the contemporary lifestyles of people living in the area. We also stopped at the cafe for a coffee and cake - the lattes were large and creamy, with the beans clearly being of high quality, and the cake was an equal match. The best we had in the New Forest during our stay.
Lovely museum with interesting exibits, it was free which provided an excellent opportunity for my children to learn, however, we were very disappointed to learn that the horses pictured were not real, but statues. This scared them a little, especially the scary man with the axe! We liked sorting animal droppings to tracks, however, we’re sad that the tree the activity was in was not real, but fake. Beautiful cafe.
Wonderful place to visit. Great little gift shop and cafe. The staff were wonderful and helpful also. The museum was particularly enjoyable, our 8,6 &4 year old loved it. You have to try and slow them down a bit so they don’t plough through it in 5 mins but if you stop to read everything then it takes a while. Definitely worth popping in.
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