Bridport Museum Trust

It’s coming home, it’s coming home! 200 years ago JMW Turner visited Bridport, and painted the harbour… and the painting is coming to Bridport this Summer… it’s similar to this view #TurnerinBridport

It’s coming home, it’s coming home! 200 years ago JMW Turner visited Bridport, and painted the harbour… and the painting is coming to Bridport this Summer… it’s similar to this view #TurnerinBridport

It’s coming home, it’s coming home! 200 years ago JMW Turner visited Bridport, and painted the harbour… and the painting is coming to Bridport this Summer… it’s similar to this view #TurnerinBridport

J.M.W. Turner is coming to Bridport!
We are SUPER excited to announce that we have secured the loan of a J.M.W Turner watercolour painting of West Bay for in Summer 2019!
The painting will be travelling down from Bury Museum and Art Gallery in Lancashire, and will be exhibited in the Museum as part of a new exhibition.
... The exhibition will include copies of Turner watercolours such as 'The Fighting Temeraire' pictued here, by Captain Codd, who founded our Museum.
We can't show you the original Turner yet... we're not allowed.... so keep watching this space!
Anyone interested in getting a piece of the action steward at the exhibitions should get in touch with us here or email visitorservices@bridportmuseum.co.uk .
More updates will follow soon!
#TurnerinBridport
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Be inspired by our traditional Easter cards and create your own for friends and family.
Drop in any time during the day to get stuck in!

Celebrate Spring!
Find out how flax and hemp were grown locally for rope and plant your own seed to grow into a beautiful blue flax plant to take away.

This is fabulous way to learn more about the town's industrial past.
Tours leave from the Museum at 10am, and cost £3.50 per adult. Children and well-behaved dogs are free! The walks last around 1.5 hours and are all easy, level walking.

This is fabulous way to learn more about the town's industrial past.
Tours leave from the Museum at 10am, and cost £3.50 per adult. Children and well-behaved dogs are free! The walks last around 1.5 hours and are all easy, level walking.

This is fabulous way to learn more about the town's industrial past.
Tours leave from the Museum at 10am, and cost £3.50 per adult. Children and well-behaved dogs are free! The walks last around 1.5 hours and are all easy, level walking.

From Saxon defences to hidden ropewalks and foul-smelling drainage systems!
This is fabulous way to learn more about the town’s origins as far back as Anglo-Saxon times.
Tours leave from the Museum at 10am, and cost £3.50 per adult. Children and well-behaved dogs are free! The walks last around 1.5 hours and are all easy, level walking.

From Saxon defences to hidden ropewalks and foul-smelling drainage systems!
This is fabulous way to learn more about the town’s origins as far back as Anglo-Saxon times.
Tours leave from the Museum at 10am, and cost £3.50 per adult. Children and well-behaved dogs are free! The walks last around 1.5 hours and are all easy, level walking.

From Saxon defences to hidden ropewalks and foul-smelling drainage systems!
This is fabulous way to learn more about the town’s origins as far back as Anglo-Saxon times.
Tours leave from the Museum at 10am, and cost £3.50 per adult. Children and well-behaved dogs are free! The walks last around 1.5 hours and are all easy, level walking.

What a wonderful place to be, Bridport, there are not many places in the uk that keep people in touch with whats going on - and been going on. As a visitor my husband and I love to be in YOUR town, watching or joining in your towns activities. Thanks

What a lovely welcoming friendly place, really enjoyed our experience & making rope ourselves & getting to bring it home with us was amazing, thank you xx