The museum now houses over 20,000 precious objects and documents relating to the heritage of the Forest of Dean.
The Dean Heritage Centre is run by the Dean Heritage Museum Trust, a registered charity formed in 1979 out of public concern that the heritage of the Forest of Dean was disappearing fast. In 1981 the Trust acquired its current site at Camp Mill and with generous donations from the local community was able to open a museum to the public in 1983.
As an accredited museum, our main aim is to make the collections accessible to visitors through exhibitions, displays, outreach and research whilst safeguarding the collections for future generations.