Adult

Highlight Tours

January 31, 2023

Dorset Museum Highlights Tour

Explore 250 million years of Dorset’s history in this volunteer-led highlights tour of Dorset Museum. Discover Roman mosaics, fossils from the Jurassic Coast, Thomas Hardy manuscripts and the sculptures of Elisabeth Frink – and plenty more along the way.

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January 31, 2023

Archaeology Highlights Tour

Explore archaeological treasures held by Dorset Museum – from Bronze Age gold to medieval silver -  in this volunteer-led tour.

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January 31, 2023

Archaeology Highlights Tour

Explore archaeological treasures held by Dorset Museum – from Bronze Age gold to medieval silver -  in this volunteer-led tour.

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Critter Clan

January 30, 2023

The Critter Clan presents Plagues, Pests & Parasites! 🕷️

Imagine watching “Horrible Histories” but with some of nature’s weirdest creatures and discovering their impact on us as humans, be it useful or indeed a little bit gruesome!

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Family Science Fair

January 30, 2023

⚗️Family Science Day 🔭

Come and meet a real scientist! Get involved with some fascinating hands-on learning and experiments.

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One Step Closer to Heaven by Tony Gill

January 19, 2023

The Art of Seeing: An exhibition of photographs by Dorchester Camera Club

The Club is delighted to have this opportunity to exhibit some of their members’ prints in the Dorset Museum together with an audio-visual presentation.

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Mathilde Milwidsky and Annie Yim

January 14, 2023

Mathilde Milwidsky, violinist and Annie Yim, Pianist

A most interesting programme of two standard friends alongside a very early work by Ravel, two short pieces by a once forgotten, now increasingly admired figure, and one of the pinnacles of the solo violin repertoire.

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WESSEX ENSEMBLE

January 14, 2023

Wessex Ensemble

A masterpiece of the classical quintet repertoire alongside two less well-known but fine works, each demonstrating the enriching influence of folk music; Vaughan Williams writing at the height of his involvement with English folksong and Dvorak intrigued by the native Indian music he encountered in the USA. 

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Iyad Surghayer, Pianist

January 14, 2023

Iyad Surghayer, Pianist

“He captures the music’s essence with such a close sense of recreative identity that it feels on occasion as though he could be composing it as he goes along. An outstanding debut”

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