General audience
March 14, 2022
Roman Town House Tours
A guided tour of one of the best examples of a Roman Town House in England.
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March 9, 2022
Easter ArtyFacts
Join us during this fun Easter themed workshop. Create and decorate your own colourful Easter tree using twigs, branches and natural forms.
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March 9, 2022
FREE | Adult Relaxed Evening
Join our friendly staff and explore Dorset Museum without noisy interactives or videos.
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February 23, 2022
Sunday ArtyFacts
Create colourful wax resist and collaged patchwork patterns and shapes inspired by Valentine Ackland's jacket from our Dorset Artists gallery. Make your own cards and bookmarks with colourful designs to take home.
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February 23, 2022
Sunday ArtyFacts
Create your own Victorian peg doll of a soldier, lady, gentleman. farmer or shepherd based on the costumes, paintings and photographs from the Hardy's Wessex exhibition and the Hardy's Gallery.
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February 23, 2022
Sunday ArtyFacts
Create birds and words paper craft - origami birds made from folded photocopied poems and words from Hardy’s novels to form part of large installation in the museum, make two and take one home.
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February 23, 2022
Sunday ArtyFacts
Create your own Celtic art inspired by the Iron Age mirrors in the People's Dorset Gallery.
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February 23, 2022
Sunday ArtyFacts
Get creative and decorate your own Easter bonnet or soldier's hat inspired by the costumes and characters in our Hardy's Dorset Gallery.
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February 23, 2022
Sunday ArtyFacts
Create your own landscape of Dorset using air-drying clay. Join us during our slab carving workshop, inspired by our Scene through Wood exhibition.
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