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Art
February 27, 2024
New Acquisition | Richard Batterham’s Studio Pottery
“The main work is not to make pots, but allow them to come, to allow them to grow, to allow them to be alive.” –…
Read more![Dog by Elisabeth Frink, Plaster, 1992, Conserved with the support of The Finnis Scott Foundation. 2020.1.87. Artist © in Elisabeth Frink images courtesy of Tully and Bree Jammet/Courtesy of Dorset Museum & Art Gallery.](https://www.dorsetmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/001-1280x0-c-default.jpg)
Art
January 9, 2024
Conservation | Frink’s Plaster Sculptures
The exhibition “Elisabeth Frink: A View from Within” presented a unique opportunity for the Museum to undertake the preservation and conservation of Elisabeth Frink’s original…
Read more![One Step Closer to Heaven by Tony Gill](https://www.dorsetmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Tony-Gill_One-Step-Closer-to-Heaven-1280x0-c-default.jpg)
Art
February 7, 2023
The Art of Seeing: An exhibition of photographs by Dorchester Camera Club
One Step Closer to Heaven by Tony Gill Dorchester Camera Club is presenting its The Art of Seeing exhibition at the Dorset Museum in Dorchester from…
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Art
February 6, 2023
Dorset Museum to reunite Gainsborough husband and wife portraits
Portraits of Elizabeth and John Bragge by Thomas Gainsborough Dorset Museum is delighted to announce that it has taken guardianship of A Portrait of Elizabeth Bragge by…
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Art
April 30, 2020
The Bond Family, 1848
Meet the team at IFACS Bristol, who are currently conserving this very precious picture of The Bond Family for the display in the new Museum.
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