Tours

Collections Discovery Centre Tour

23 August 2023, 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Visitors will have the opportunity to join our Collections Team to explore behind the scenes in our state-of-the-art Collections Discovery Centre, where they will be able to find out more about the work going on to move collections back to the Museum site following our recent redevelopment project.

Tours are included with Museum entry, but must be booked. There is a limit of 12 people on each tour.

Important Announcement

On Friday 2nd June 2023 the cafe TASTE at Dorset Museum cafe will be closed from 2pm
for a private function.

Opening hours:

Daily: 9.00am - 4.30pm
Sunday: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Bank Holidays: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Dorset Museum
High West Street
Dorchester DT1 1XA

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Community Exhibition

18 February - 22 June 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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Special Exhibition

22 March - 25 June 2023

ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois

Explore the work of Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), one of the most important figures of modern and contemporary art. This spring Dorset Museum will show a major presentation of her work in this ARTIST ROOMS touring exhibition featuring works jointly owned by Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland.

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Special Display

29 March - 9 July 2023