EXHIBITION NOW ON

Encounters: Wessex Contemporary Artists meet Dorset County Museum

16 February to 7 June 2013

WESCA, a group of contemporary artists, respond in diverse ways to encounters with Dorset County Museum Find out more...

Picture by Neil Crick

Picture by Neil Crick

COMING SOON

Dorchester Camera Club

15 June to 29 June 2013

Dorchester Camera Club has a thriving membership spanning a wide range of ages, experience and photographic interest. Sales exhibition, entry free. Find out more...

FAMILY ACTIVITIES

Dorset County Museum is a great place for families. Visitors of all ages will enjoy its fantastic galleries and collections and children can follow one of our Museum Trails while they explore the Museum. See details of regular family activities at Dorset County Museum.

DISCOVER DINOSAURS

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.

UNCOVER ANCIENT PEOPLE


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.

WALK IN ROMAN FOOTSTEPS

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.

NOVELISTS AND POETS

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.

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Latest events and activities

28/05/2013

Dino Club: for all those aged 7 and under who love dinosaurs

Learn, play and explore together
29/05/2013

Mini Crazy Golf. Free family workshop

Make a mini golf set to use indoors
29/05/2013

Taxidermy Done My Way

Lecture on taxidermy by Jonathan McGowan