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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Birchington-on-Sea, England

Updated June 17, 2019

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One of the museum’s dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

Birchington-on-Sea, England

Powell-Cotton Dioramas

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

Congolese Kuyu sculptures.

Birchington-on-Sea, England

Powell-Cotton Ethnographic Collection

A vast archive of cultural artifacts collected from numerous expeditions across Africa and Asia.

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‘The Shell Lady of Margate’

Margate, England

'The Shell Lady of Margate'

Overlooking the seaside town of Margate stands a tribute to an artist's lover.

3 miles from Birchington-on-Sea

Display of a claw from the Great Margate Crab

Margate, England

Crab Museum

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.

3 miles from Birchington-on-Sea

View of the caves.

Margate, England

Margate Caves

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.

3 miles from Birchington-on-Sea

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Margate, England

Margate Shell Grotto

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

3 miles from Birchington-on-Sea

Hugin Longship

Cliffsend, England

Hugin Longship

This longship was a gift to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of the Anglo-Saxons arrival in England.

4 miles from Birchington-on-Sea

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