Museums & Galleries

If on your trip to the Isle of Wight, you would like to include a little culture, then a visit to one of the varied and interesting museums and galleries is a must.

Take a tour of Dimbola Lodge in the West Wight, home of renowned Victoria photographer, Julia Margaret Cameron, turned museum and gallery. The walls are adorned with her life’s work alongside contemporary work from photographers around the world.

Visit Arreton Barns, the Island’s largest arts and crafts centre (where there is also a traditional pub on site) and visit Island photographer Chad Powell in his gallery then stroll to the ‘top of the barns’ and marvel at the treasures from the deep at the Shipwreck Museum, delve into the Isle of Wight’s maritime past.