Dorset County Museum Home Visit Us About Us Collections Exhibitions Galleries Events Education Projects Publications | Venue hire | Contact us | Sitemap 22nd November to 27th December 2014 We are delighted to welcome back Dorset artist Phyllis Wolff in November of this year. Phyllis has exhibited at the Museum before and the new exhibition promises to be her most exciting to date. Find out more.... LANDSCAPE AND IDENTITY DORSET'S CHURCH TREASURES YAC The Archaeology Gallery at Dorset County Museum is currently being worked on as part of a major redevelopment project. When the Gallery reopens in 2015 the new displays will include the Viking Mass Burial from the Weymouth Ridgeway recently showcased at the British Museum. Museum staff would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused while the work is taking place. Ancient Dorset Gallery Dorset County Museum has ambitious plans for its future development, with new galleries, learning spaces and collections stores. Find out more about these ideas and how we need your support to help secure a future for Dorset's past. Discovery Centre See 'The World's Biggest Bite' and meet Dorset’s real dinosaurs in the Jurassic Coast Gallery. Learn all about the giant creatures that once roamed the lands and seas which existed before Dorset was even created. Jurassic Dorset Dig down into the Archaeology Gallery, which will lead you on a tour from prehistoric to Roman Dorset, and see the skeletons of ancient Britons brutally slain at Maiden Castle. Ancient Dorset Visit the nostalgic and atmospheric Victorian Gallery, one of the few places in Europe you can follow in the footsteps of ancient Romans by actually walking on Roman mosaic floors. Victorian Gallery Visit Thomas Hardy’s study, see the recently acquired Hardy Players’ Theatre, absorb the atmosphere in the room dedicated to poet William Barnes and explore the lives and works of all Dorset’s literary greats. Writers' Dorset JOIN US Find out how to become a member, volunteer or sponsor today. Latest events and activities 14 JAN 2015 Geology Lecture: Stegosaurus from Wyoming to South Kensington A talk by Dr Paul Barrett, Natural History Museum 23 JAN 2015 Art Lecture - Recording Wartime Shipping on the Thames: the Dazzle Paintings of John Everett. A illustrated talk by Gwen Yarker 29 JAN 2015 Lunchtime Concert Bernardo – Continental Guitarist Lunchtime Concert Bernardo – Continental Guitarist 29 JAN 2015 Traveller’s Tales – Archaeology in Malta A illustrated talk by Dr. Jonathan Murden 05 JUN 2015 Archaeology Field Trip: Maumbury Rings and Mount Pleasant Maumbury Rings and Mount Pleasant. Meet at Maumbury Rings at 6pm. Tweets by @DorsetMuseum Home Visit Us About Us Collections Exhibitions Galleries Events Education Projects Publications Dorset County Museum, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XA · Tel: 01305 262735 © Dorset County Museum 2014 | Site by Surface Impression This website uses cookies for best performance OKMore about cookies