Dover Discovery Centre, 2003.
The Dover Discovery Centre houses Dover
Library, Dover
Museum, the Adult Education Centre, a UK Online Centre,
crèche, café, cinema and small theatre/performance
space. The project opened in stages during 2003.
The Centre is surrounded by Dover's history.
From the glazed crescent of the Children's Library can be
seen the ruins of the church of St
Martin-le-Grande, and from the crescent on the other
side of the building the remains of the gateway of the Classis
Britannica fort. Inside the building are more remains
of the Classis Britannica fort. Incorporated into the building
is the frontage of the old Market
Hall.
The building which houses the Dover
Discovery Centre started life as the White Cliffs Exprience,
a visitor centre tracing the history of Dover. The White
Cliffs Experience opened in 1991 but failed to live up to
the expectations and closed 10 years later.
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