Margate’s Crab Museum is a whimsical haven celebrating all things crab-related. From the imposing Margate crab to the now-extinct Sooty Crayfish, the museum delves into the captivating universe of crabs in their myriad forms.
What to see at the Crab Museum
The museum’s exhibits are split between serious displays about crab-related history and biology to more quirky exhibits relating to crab culture and crab-inspired art.
Exhibits include displays about the history of crabs, tracing their evolution from ancient ancestors to their present-day diversity; the biology of crabs, where you can learn about their unique breathing, eating, and reproduction mechanisms and more offbeat displays about the culture of crabs, where you can uncover the global cultural significance of crabs and delve into their roles in culinary practices, traditional medicine and folklore.
While the Crab Museum does have some serious exhibits, it is certainly more a lighthearted and somewhat bonkers diversion rather than a serious museum. You’ll enjoy your visit as long as you don’t take it too seriously.
Visiting the Crab Museum
The Crab Museum is on Broad Street in Margate’s Old Town just above the Pie Factory. It is almost next door to Margate Museum and most other points of interest in the town centre are no more than a five-minute walk from here.
The museum is open from Friday to Sunday and admission is free of charge.
Entry is via a flight of stairs, which means that the museum is not wheelchair accessible.
Allow around an hour for your visit to the museum.
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