Projects
Bringing Dorset Museum to the widest possible audience.
Dorset Museum holds wonderful collections that link to stories of Dorset’s people and places throughout the centuries. Because of this, the Museum is host to a wide range of special projects.
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Exhibitions and Events
March 6, 2023
This is Now!
Working in partnership with Weymouth College and The Friendly Society of Artistic Labourers,’ This is Now’ explores Dorset Museum’s collection and looks at how creative…
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Literature
October 3, 2022
Bridport Prize Black Writer Residency: Stephenjohn Holgate
The Plan When I look back at my week’s residency with the Museum of Dorchester and the Bridport Prize, I have a jumble of handwritten…
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Literature
September 28, 2022
Bridport Prize Black Writer Residency: Grace Peters Clarke
When I applied for the Bridport Prize Black Writer Residency, I was excited about the prospect of spending an entire week in the countryside, with…
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Community
June 17, 2022
Community Quilt Making Project
We are currently undertaking a community quilt project in relation to Antje Rook’s “A virus a day” quilt which was on display in the community…
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Literature
April 27, 2022
Bridport Prize Black Writer Residency winners at the Dorset Museum
Grace Peters-Clarke and Stephenjohn Holgate from Birmingham recently arrived in Dorchester for a visit ahead of their residencies in April and June as winners of…
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Community
April 22, 2022
The Environment and Me Project
On Saturday 2nd April 2022, an exhibition of artwork by members of People First Dorset in response to Climate Change was displayed at Dorset Museum…
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Schools
January 20, 2022
Dorset Songlines project begins at Dorset Museum
A performing arts project led by Dorchester Arts in partnership with Geof Edge, Dorset Museum, DASP Music and The Thomas Hardye School The Dorset Songlines…
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Enviroment
January 12, 2022
The Urban Nature Project
Dorset Museum is working in partnership with Natural History Museum and others across the UK to start a new urban nature movement. Dorset Museum is…
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Heritage
April 1, 2010
Hardy’s Wessex brought to life – The Story of Dorchester’s ‘Hardy Players’
This Heritage Lottery-funded project uncovered the story of the Hardy Players – an amateur dramatic society in Dorchester, Dorset, who adapted and staged the…
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