Whilst entry to the museum will remain free of charge you will need to pre-book a time slot to ensure limited visitor numbers for social distancing. To facilitate safe social distancing we will ask you to follow some safety guidelines which will include a one-way system to follow around the galleries.
Hand sanitisers will be placed at the entrance and exit points, and various points around the one-way route. Our education pack is filled with ideas for teachers to use in the classroom or for grown-ups to use at home with children to support their school learning. There is a statue in the museum garden.
Hand sanitisers will be placed at the entrance and exit points, and various points around the one-way route. Our education pack is filled with ideas for teachers to use in the classroom or for grown-ups to use at home with children to support their school learning. There is a statue in the museum garden.
Services
The Dorman Museum has a wide range of services it offers to both scholars and the wider community. For any of our other services you should find the information you require from the list on the left. However if there is anything else you require, please don't hesitate to get in touch. Contact details for the most appropriate person can be found here.
A: During the first phase of re-opening, both the Temporary Gallery and H2O will remain closed. All interactives and art cart will remain out of use. The rest of the building will be accessible. A: Unfortunately not, we can only facilitate prior bookings due to limited capacities within the museum and our ability to safely manage those people.
For the safety of our visitors and as part of our fire and evacuation policy, the museum performs a series of fire alarm tests every Thursday. Our testing will take place between 10:30 and 11:00 or 15:00 and 15:30 depending on our daily activities. A tannoy announcement will be made before and after testing.
The Dorman Museum is a free venue, however there may be small charges applied for special events and activities. There is no need to book a general visit, just arrive at the museum and begin your visit. Large parties or school groups must be booked in advance please contact the Museum on 01642 813781 for details.
Our lift can accommodate up to three wheelchairs and three carers or teachers at any one time. There are 2 disabled parking bays immediately in front of the museum and the museum can be accessed via a ramp to the automated front door. Male, female and disabled public toilets are located on the ground floor and there are clearly marked fire escapes to the front & rear of the building.
Reviews (11)
Fawaz Alrossies
Jan 30, 2022
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Dave Little
Jan 14, 2022
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Sam McWilliams
Dec 16, 2021
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J. B.
Dec 08, 2021
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A small museum that tell the story of Middlesbrough during the war and its history as a middle class industrial town of the North East. It has some fun games and trivials to entertain visitors and stuffsike that. Although very small and old memorial museum but it definitely represents the town history.
Anthony
Nov 21, 2021
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Visited the Dormans Museum last week with my boy, I was welcomed by the polite staff, no fees to pay. The Dormans has plenty to see and some great history about Middlesbrough and more, up stairs is a space room which my son loved most. Definitely a place to go if your children are into history or even to see asteroids or animals skeletons. On the way out in the gift shoo it is worth buying something such as a shark tooth or fossils to contribute to the Dormans 👍🥇
Godspower Wodi
Oct 07, 2021
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Denise C.
Sep 23, 2021
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Fabulous museum covering the origins of Middlesbrough, then lots of preserved animals. War Time England and displays of Christopher Dresser silver etc and Linthorpe Pottery. Free entry, small gift shop and Dressers cafe lovely sandwiches, toasties and cakes. Very friendly staff and well worth a visit
Maria Catterick
Aug 24, 2021
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We discovered this little gem of a museum on our trip to Albert Park. The history of Middlesbrough was displayed. There was an amazing room of birds eggs and rare birds. There were fossils and dinosaur displays. There was a display of the local pottery, glassware, fabric and tiles from the designer Christopher Dresser (fascinating). There were also displays of Linthorpe pottery. It was all free too. We all enjoyed it.
Emma Reeve
Feb 21, 2020
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Suzanne Ward
Aug 24, 2019
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Rita Truscott
Aug 21, 2019
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