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Portland Museum is a museum on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, southern England. It is located at the southern end of the hamlet of Wakeham. The museum is housed in two 17th-century thatched cottages, which have both been Grade II Listed since 1951. One of the museum's cottages, Avice's Cottage, is featured in Thomas Hardy's 1897 novel The Well-Beloved, as the home of three generations of "Avices" - the novel's heroines.

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  • Portland Museum is a museum on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, southern England. It is located at the southern end of the hamlet of Wakeham. The museum is housed in two 17th-century thatched cottages, which have both been Grade II Listed since 1951. One of the museum's cottages, Avice's Cottage, is featured in Thomas Hardy's 1897 novel The Well-Beloved, as the home of three generations of "Avices" - the novel's heroines. Portland Museum was founded by Marie Stopes, who purchased the museum's two cottages, then derelict, in 1929. She then donated them to Portland as a museum which opened in 1930. Stopes was the first honorary curator and continued her association with the museum until her death in 1958. (en)
  • O Museu de Portland é um museu na Ilha de Portland, em Dorset, no sul da Inglaterra. Ele é situado na extremidade sul do vilarejo de Wakeham. O museu está localizado em duas cabanas de palha do século XVII, as duas catalogadas como Grau II desde 1951. Uma das cabanas do museu, Avice's Cottage, é mostrada no romance de Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved, de 1897, como a casa de três gerações de "Avices" - as heroínas do romance. O Museu de Portland foi criado por Marie Stopes, que adquiriu os dois chalés do museu, então abandonados, em 1929. Ela então os cedeu para Portland como um museu que foi aberto em 1930. Stopes foi a primeira curadora honorária e continuou sua associação com o museu até seu falecimento em 1958. (pt)
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  • Portland Museum is a museum on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, southern England. It is located at the southern end of the hamlet of Wakeham. The museum is housed in two 17th-century thatched cottages, which have both been Grade II Listed since 1951. One of the museum's cottages, Avice's Cottage, is featured in Thomas Hardy's 1897 novel The Well-Beloved, as the home of three generations of "Avices" - the novel's heroines. (en)
  • O Museu de Portland é um museu na Ilha de Portland, em Dorset, no sul da Inglaterra. Ele é situado na extremidade sul do vilarejo de Wakeham. O museu está localizado em duas cabanas de palha do século XVII, as duas catalogadas como Grau II desde 1951. Uma das cabanas do museu, Avice's Cottage, é mostrada no romance de Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved, de 1897, como a casa de três gerações de "Avices" - as heroínas do romance. (pt)
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  • Portland Museum, Dorset (en)
  • Museu de Portland (Dorset) (pt)
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