Poole Museum: Iron Age logboat moved ahead of revamp

The Iron Age logboat was previously displayed in the museum's entrance

An Iron Age logboat is among a number of large artefacts being moved from a museum ahead of a major refurbishment.

Poole Museum in Dorset is undergoing a multimillion-pound revamp to turn it into a "world-class cultural centre".

The Poole logboat - one of the largest surviving prehistoric water craft in the UK - was previously displayed in a glass case at the museum's entrance.

Project manager Alison Smith said watching the precious exhibits being removed was "nerve-wracking".

She said: "We are moving all of our large, heavy, strange-shaped objects and putting them in safe storage until we reopen.

"We have got some very delicate objects being moved. Watching [the logboat] leave the building is quite hair-raising."

The museum closed at the end of 2022 and the revamp is expected to take two years to complete.