Calendar of DNHAS events

See also the Calendar of Events on the Museum website and the programmes of the various special interest groups, especially Natural History field meetings.

Annual General Meeting July 14

June 7, till September 27
(WW2 children's air raid precautions)
Growing Pains : Childhood through the Ages

Events are at the Dorset County Museum unless otherwise stated.

2008
June 7, till September 27: Exhibition Growing Pains : Childhood through the Ages
The accent is on 1850 to 1950, and the displays look at what life was like for children then and now: from the nursery to the workhouse; a toyshop to a school; during wartime and in peace. Plenty of activities for children, including a DIY Punch and Judy show and a Pin the Tail on the Donkey game.
July 14 (Monday) 18.30: Annual General Meeting of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society.
July 17 (Thursday) 10.00, Studland and Godlingston national nature reserves: Dorset Invertebrate Recording Group, details here
July 19 (Saturday) 10.30, Godlingston Heath: Dorset Flora Group, details here
July 26 (Saturday) 10.00 to 12.00, All Saints Wildlife Garden: Family activity: Using Plants for Dyeing
Home dyeing is becoming very popular and in our wildlife garden there are plenty of plants to experiment with. See how to make yellow, green and other colours with just plants.
August 2 (Saturday) 10.30, Lulworth Ranges: Dorset Flora Group, details here
August 6 (Wednesday), Melbury Abbas: Dorset County Boundary Survey, details here
August 7 (Thursday), Woodwalls, Corscombe: Structured training day: Investigating Dorset's Historic Countryside, details here
August 30 (Saturday): An evening with Lindsey Davis, author of the Roman detective novels featuring M. Didius Falco. Tickets £6.00 from the Museum
September 4 (Thursday) 10.30, Golden Cap Estate: Natural history field meeting: migrating birds and autumn insects, details here
September 6 (Saturday): The Remainder Sale of DNHAS publications, previously announced for this date, will now be combined with the book sale on October 18
September 13 (Saturday) 10.00 to 12.00: Family activity: Make Roman armour (to bring to our Roman sleepover)
September 17 (Wednesday) 19.30: Music Society: Chamber Domain. Bridge, Mozart and Brahms. Details here.
September 19 (Friday) 19.00 for 19.30: Dorchester Association meeting: details here
September 20 (Saturday) 10.00 to 13.00: Dorset County Boundary Survey research seminar, details here
October 4, till November 29: Exhibition Wessex Land, Wessex People: portraits and landscapes by Toby Wiggins
Sales exhibition, free entry
October 8 (Wednesday), Henglesbury Head: Dorset County Boundary Survey, details here
October 9 (Thursday) 9.00, Frome Valley: Winter farm bird survey, details here
October 15 (Wednesday) 19.30: Music Society: Zephyr Wind Quintet. Milhaud, Arnold, Ligeti, etc. Details here.
October 16 (Thursday) 13.05: Lunchtime concert, details here.
October 17 to 18 (Friday to Saturday): Family activity: Roman sleepover, with storytelling and midnight feast
October 18 (Saturday): Secondhand book sale (bring and buy) in aid of the Society, and remainder sale of some of the Society's publications
October 24 (Friday) 19.00 for 19.30: Dorchester Association meeting: details here
October 25 (Saturday) 10.00 to 12.00, 13.00 to 15.00: Family activity: The Big Draw, part of a national event
November 6 (Thursday) 9.00, Frome Valley: Winter farm bird survey, details here
November 8 (Saturday): Dorset Local History Group: Day school A new look at Dorset's towns: current research. Details from the Secretary, 01305 262735
November 19 (Wednesday) 19.30: Music Society: Wu Qian, piano. Prokofiev, Albeniz, Rachmaninov. Details here.
November 21 (Friday) 19.00 for 19.30: Dorchester Association meeting: details here
November 22 (Saturday) 10.00 to 12.00: Family activity: Make a drum, make a noise!
December 4, till January 31: Exhibition The Human Form in Mosaic: works by Elaine M. Goodwin and others, inspired by Greece, Rome and Byzantium.
With a recently-published book of the same title.
December 4 (Thursday) 9.00, Frome Valley: Winter farm bird survey, details here
December 6 (Saturday) 10.00 to 12.00: Family activity: Print your own Christmas card, make personalised cards for friends and family.
2009
January 14 (Wednesday) 18.30: Geology: Chris Wood, Bournemouth: Volcanoes and lava tunnels
January 15 (Thursday) 13.05: Lunchtime concert, details here.
January 23 (Friday) 19.00 for 19.30: Dorchester Association meeting: details here
February 7, till April 18: Exhibition Nature Collected. A celebration of the great tradition of natural history collecting in the south-west, the bicentenary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his Origin of Species.
February 11 (Wednesday) 19.30: Music Society: London Concertante. Martinu, Schönberg, Tchaikovsky. Details here.
February 18 (Wednesday) 18.30: Geology: Dave Martill, Portsmouth: Cretaceous, Araripe, Brazil
February 20 (Friday) 19.00 for 19.30: Dorchester Association meeting: details here
March 11 (Wednesday) 18.30: Geology: Thierry Menand, Bristol: Santorini
March 18 (Wednesday) 19.30: Music Society: Victoria Davies, harp, and James Turnbull, oboe. Details here.
March 19 (Thursday) 13.05: Lunchtime concert, details here.
March 20 (Friday) 19.00 for 19.30: Dorchester Association meeting: details here
March 28 (Saturday: provisionally) 10.00 to 16.30: Archaeology day school: Pelicans and painted plaster; the conservation of Corfe Castle
April 15 (Wednesday) 18.30: Geology: Tim Badman, IUCN: World Heritage Site overview
April 17 (Friday) 19.00 for 19.30: Dorchester Association meeting: details here
April 22, till May 2: Dorchester Art Club exhibition. Work by local artists in varied media.
May 15 (Friday) 19.00 for 19.30: Dorchester Association meeting: details here

A voluntary collection at Society meetings gives an opportunity for members to donate using the gift aid arrangements. The Society's Council urges members to consider a donation. Music Society concerts, Literary Lectures and some other special events will carry a separate admission fee via advance booking or at the door.