Movers & Shakers is a Dorchester-based community dance group of older women, established in 2012. We value the artistic, social and mental health benefits of regular dance sessions as well, as the physical, and create contemporary dances inspired by a range of starting points, ideas and dance styles.
As part of a national project, Dorset Museum is offering schools free curriculum-linked workshops. Aimed at Key Stage 2, pupils will gain a unique opportunity to learn about extraordinary hidden worlds, mini-beasts, habitats and adaptations. Pupils will explore Dorset Museum’s hidden collection, discover how early scientists worked and develop…
Dorset Museum are looking for new volunteers to support the stewarding of a major new exhibition opening on 2 December 2023. Elisabeth Frink: A View from Within will run until 21 April 2024 in the Museum’s Special Exhibition Gallery. It will explore Frink’s artistic process, personal life, and the influences…
An exhibition that will reveal an intimate portrait of the celebrated British sculptor Elisabeth Frink is to open at the beginning of December at Dorset Museum. Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the artist’s death, Elisabeth Frink: A View from Within will be the first exhibition to focus on the…
The hoard of Roman coins was found in the parish of Askerswell in West Dorset in 2017 during a metal detecting rally. A selection of coins from the hoard. © The British Museum – Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) A total of 627 silver denarius coins were…
Visitors will have the opportunity to meet the Vikings at Dorset Museum on Sunday 16 July 2023. This is part of a series of special events planned for this year’s Festival of Archaeology, and the best part is that children will have free entry to this event when accompanied by…
Dorset Museum is delighted to announce that from Monday 3rd July all children under 17 will be able to come and enjoy 250 million years of history for free. Children will need to be accompanied by a full-paying adult. In addition, all adult tickets will now allow for unlimited visits…
Visitors to the Dorset Museum may have noticed the large fish suspended in the Natural Dorset exhibit in the Lulworth Gallery. Believe it or not, this is a European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio), is one of the largest fish ever to be caught in an English river using a fishing rod. Nearly…
This year marks the 208 Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo on 18th June 1815. We highlight the role played by Dorset-born, Sgt William Lawrence, in this historical event. Born in 1791 at Briantspuddle, William Lawrence became an apprentice to Henry Bush a builder living in Studland. Harshly treated, young…