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Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery

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Phone
  
+44 1302 734293

Function
  
Museum

Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery

Address
  
Chequer Rd, Doncaster DN1 2AE, UK

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–4:30PMFriday10AM–4:30PMSaturday10:30AM–4PMSunday10:30AM–4PMMondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesday10AM–4:30PMThursday10AM–4:30PM

Similar
  
South Yorkshire Aircraft M, Cusworth Hall, Clifton Park Museum, The Trolleybus Museum, Cooper Gallery

Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery is a museum in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The museum won the "Most Improved Audience Figures" award from Audiences Yorkshire.

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History

Doncaster Museum opened in 1964 to display collections of natural history, archaeology, local history, fine and decorative art. The building also houses the Regimental Museum of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Ichthyosaurus anningae

The holotype of the extinct species Ichthyosaurus anningae was identified in the museum's collection in 2008 and formally named in 2015.

References

Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery Wikipedia