Gilbert White, an eighteenth-century pioneering naturalist whose main work was, The Natural History of Selborne hasn’t been out of print ever since publication in 1789, lived in the historic mansion. The House is enveloped by a magnificent 25-acre maintained garden and parkland that specialises in eighteenth-century flora and gardening techniques created by Gilbert White. The Oates Collections are also housed in the Museum, where visitors may learn about the brave Captain Lawrence Oates and the nineteenth-century explorer Frank Oates, who had travelled extensively throughout Africa and Central America. Lawrence Oates, who accompanied Scott to the South Pole upon the heroic but ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition in 1912, is honoured in this collection. This one-of-a-kind and diversified interactive Museum also has a wonderful café that offers meals all day.