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Richard Batterham Lettering Plate

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.” –…

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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.

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…

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One Step Closer to Heaven by Tony Gill

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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ElizabethandJohnBraggebyThomasGainsborough

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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Restoration of the Bond Family Painting

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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