Early Beginnings ...

Wareham Town Museum evolved from the Wareham Pictorial Museum, a private collection owned by Mr and Mrs Broughton.  Harry Broughton was a former mayor of Wareham. 

When this museum closed in 1974, Wareham Town Council acquired the collection and established a museum in St John's Hill. This moved to the present premises in the Town Hall building in 1984. 

In 1998 Wareham Town Museum was refurbished and expanded with a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.