Powell-Cotton Museum

The Powell-Cotton Museum
Front of the museum in May 2016
Powell-Cotton Museum is located in Kent
Powell-Cotton Museum
Location within Kent
Established1896; 128 years ago (1896)
LocationBirchington, Kent, CT7
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°22′1″N 1°18′51″E / 51.36694°N 1.31417°E / 51.36694; 1.31417
TypeNatural history and anthropology museum
DirectorCatriona West
Websitepowell-cottonmuseum.org

The Powell-Cotton Museum is situated in Quex Park, Birchington, Kent[1] and houses the diverse personal collections of hunter and explorer Percy Powell-Cotton. The museum also contains the collections of Powell-Cotton's two daughters, Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton, who shared their father's passion for collecting.

The museum, which links to the ground floor of Quex House, now comprises nine galleries dedicated not only to the extensive collection of large mammals, but to many artefacts representing the cultures and traditions of the locations Powell-Cotton visited.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Quex Park, Park Lane, Birchington-on-Sea, Kent CT7 0BH". Quexpark.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Quex Park. A Great Day Out in South East Kent". Quexmuseum.org. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Powell Cotton Museum. One of the most fascinating natural history museum collections in the UK". Quexpark.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2018.