The Museum opened in August 2001 and contains many fine exhibits. It was seen on southern television and showed a young boy dressed as a dinosaur. The presenter asked him what sort of dinosaur he was. Take a stroll through the forest from Strawberry Lane and visit The LongStone, another of the Island's historical spots. The vast majority of the trees in the picture disappeared during the October Storm of 1987, along with Shanklin Pier, amongst other things.
Crafts abound here.
Chessell Pottery , Cane furniture, and many more scattered throughout the Island, but I doubt you'll find the lady on the right, carved by an Island lad, under the guidance of his Grandfather. Not forgetting, of course, the Island's Steam Railway. Victorian and Edwardian carriages are hauled by their contemporary locomotives. Also a museum of Island rail history. Frequent departures from Wootton, Havenstreet and Smallbrook.