Local History
Dorset people’s lives and beliefs, trade and industry, agriculture, rural crafts, schooling, transport, fishing and smuggling are all reflected in this fascinating collection numbering around 10,000 objects.
Important Announcement
On Friday 2nd June 2023 the cafe TASTE at Dorset Museum cafe will be closed from 2pm
for a private function.
Local History
September 24, 2020
Mabel Stobart’s medical kit
Mabel Stobart (1862-1954) used this medical kit to treat her patients during the First World War. Before the war she had set up a medical…
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Local History
September 24, 2020
Jousting helmet
This helm was used at ‘Jousting of the peace’ tournaments by a knight of the Browning family. Until the Second World War, it was displayed…
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