Adult

Summer ArtyFacts

Create your own wooden Victorian decoupage box using Victorian images and decoration in association with the Thomas Hardy exhibition and the Hardy's Dorset gallery. Younger children will be able to create simple Victorian collages.

Half Term ArtyFacts

Model theatre-making based on Hardy's novels and the model by Thomas Tilley for the Hardy Players in the Hardy's Dorset Gallery.

Museum after hours

Join us for an opportunity to explore the Museum at this free late opening

Join us for an opportunity to explore the Museum and galleries at this free late opening. There will be also a chance to see our Scene Through Wood: A Century of Modern Wood engraving exhibition, and a drop-in session to have a go at simple printing techniques in our Learning Centre.

Sunday ArtyFacts

Design and create your own book plate or miniature storybook. Join us during our book-themed workshop, inspired by our Scene through Wood exhibition.

Easter ArtyFacts

Join us during this fun Easter themed workshop. Create and decorate your own colourful Easter tree using twigs, branches and natural forms.

Easter ArtyFacts

Join us during this fun Easter themed workshop. Create and decorate your own colourful Easter tree using twigs, branches and natural forms.

Easter ArtyFacts

Creative 3D cutting, sticking and building with artist Darrell Wakelam are all inspired by the creatures in the Natural Dorset Gallery. 

Take a fresh look at the Victorian novelist and poet, Thomas Hardy, in the stunning Wessex landscapes that shaped his view of the world. His story will be retold in exciting new ways by our museum collections, from period costumes to personal letters, art to archaeology.