Editing Dorking (section)

===Dorking Museum===
[[Dorking Museum]] was opened in West Street in January 1976.<ref name=Mercer_1983_15>{{harvnb|Mercer|1983|p=15}}</ref> The building had previously been an [[foundry|iron foundry]], which had opened in the 1820s and closed after World War II.<ref name=Humphreys_2002_21>{{harvnb|Humphreys|2002|p=21}}</ref> The museum houses a wide range of historical artefacts, as well as [[fossil]]s and mineral samples from the Dorking area.<ref name=Dorking_Museum_History>{{cite web |url=https://dorkingmuseum.org.uk/about/history-of-dorking-museum/ |title=History of Dorking Museum |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=12 January 2019 |publisher=Dorking Museum |access-date=29 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102016/https://dorkingmuseum.org.uk/about/history-of-dorking-museum/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Permanent displays explain the history of the town from prehistoric times to the present day,<ref name=museum_reopening>{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Guy |date=25 October 2012 |title=Museum for the future to tell Dorking's story |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/museum-future-tell-dorkings-history-4808767 |work=Surrey Live |access-date=29 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102105/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/museum-future-tell-dorkings-history-4808767 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the building also hosts temporary exhibitions, often connected with significant anniversaries of events such as World War I.<ref>{{cite news |last=Edmondson |first=Nick |date=18 July 2014 |title=Take a look back at WW1 life in Dorking |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/nostalgia/take-look-back-ww1-life-7524796 |work=Surrey Live |access-date=29 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102119/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/nostalgia/take-look-back-ww1-life-7524796 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Tobitt |first=Charlotte |date=30 September 2016 |title=Dorking Museum exhibition sees 'ghost soldier' patrol town paying tribute to the fallen |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/dorking-museum-exhibition-sees-ghost-11958569 |work=Surrey Live |access-date=29 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102120/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/dorking-museum-exhibition-sees-ghost-11958569 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The museum was fully refurbished between 2008 and 2012<ref name=museum_reopening/> and was short-listed for the Museums Heritage Awards in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Guy |date=3 April 2013 |title=Revamped Dorking Museum up for national award |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/revamped-dorking-museum-up-national-4807228 |work=Surrey Live |access-date=29 December 2020 |archive-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102102114/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/revamped-dorking-museum-up-national-4807228 |url-status=live}}</ref>