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Made in Wessex: The Dorset Ooser
For the next twelve months four leading museums of the Wessex Museums Partnership Dorset County Museum, Poole Museum, The Salisbury Museum and Wiltshire Museum will be sharing the story of Wessex in the wider world by showcasing an artefact from their own outstanding collections to the other partner museums.
Made in Wessex: Old Sarum Cathedral Stonework
For the next twelve months four leading museums of the Wessex Museums Partnership Dorset County Museum, Poole Museum, The Salisbury Museum and Wiltshire Museum will be sharing the story of Wessex in the wider world by showcasing an artefact from their own outstanding collections to the other partner museums.
Free Guided Tours
Come face to face with Dorset's past and be introduce to some of the Museum's hidden gems and treasures.
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Museum invites you to walk with the Romans!
As part of the Dorset AONB, South Dorset Ridgeway's 'Festival of Discovery', starting on Saturday 16 June and running up to and including Sunday 24 June, all entry to the Dorset County Museum will be free.
Dippy’s Stay Breaks Records!
More than doubling initial predictions, Dorset County Museum’s special exhibit Dippy on Tour: A Natural History Adventure has delighted 153,189 visitors in just under three months.
Dorchester waves goodbye to Dippy
Dressed in Dippy tees and waving green flags, over 250 children from Dorchester schools excitedly gathered in Brewery Square on Friday afternoon to bid farewell to Dippy the Diplodocus. The crowd paraded through the town, following the dinosaur footprints down South Street to Dorset County Museum, where the Natural History Museum’s iconic cast has amazed over 140,000 visitors during his record breaking 12-week stay in Dorset.
Final Days to See Dippy
It only seems like yesterday that Dorset Country Museum opened its doors to visitors to the iconic ‘Dippy on Tour Exhibition’. Sadly, this record breaking exhibition is coming to an end with just a few days left to make that important final visit.
What's on
Free Guided Tours
Mon 18th Jun 2018 - 14:00
on now!
FREE ENTRY WEEK
Sat 16th Jun 2018
Until Sun 24th Jun 2018
10:00 - 17:00
Free Guided Tours
Fri 22nd Jun 2018 - 11:00
on now!
Thomas Hardy's Poetry in Pictures by Jennifer Martindale
Mon 14th May 2018
Until Sun 29th Jul 2018
10:00 - 05:00
Free Guided Tours
Fri 22nd Jun 2018 - 14:00
Meet the Romans
Sat 23rd Jun 2018 - 10:00
on now!
Meet the Romans
Sun 17th Jun 2018 - 10:00
Free Guided Tours
Wed 20th Jun 2018 - 14:00
Dorset County Museum
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1XA
01305 262735
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society
Company registered in England No. 3362107.
Registered Charity No. 1062400
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1XA
01305 262735
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society
Company registered in England No. 3362107.
Registered Charity No. 1062400
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10am to 5pm Mon to Sat (Apr - Oct)
10am to 4pm Sun (During Dippy on Tour: 10 Feb - 7 May 2018)
10am to 4pm Mon to Sat (Nov - Mar)
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