About Dorset County Museum
The Dorset County Museum, where the story of Dorset's rich landscape and history unfolds in a range of fascinating displays. Visit us at www. dorsetcountymuseum.org
Dorset County Museum Description
Discover #Dorset in depth at Dorset County Museum and explore the story of the county from prehistory to the present day. 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.
See our #Jurassic #Coast Gallery and learn about the dinosaurs that once roamed the lands and seas that existed before Dorset was even created - and how their remains formed the rocks and landscape that we know today.
Dig down into the #Archaeology Gallery, which will lead you on a tour through Palaeolithic to Roman Dorset, concentrating on the story of the settlement at #MaidenCastle and the 6000 year history of #Dorchester. Read up in ' A Writer's Dorset' and learn about the county's cultural history. Visit #ThomasHardy 's study, see the recently acquired Hardy Players' Theatre, absorb the atmosphere in the room dedicated to dialect poet #WilliamBarnes and explore the lives and works of Dorset's other literary greats. Free audio tour and tactile images for the visually impaired.
Audio-visual presentations, interactive challenges and children's resources in every gallery. Open Monday - Saturday and accompanied children are Free!
Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Company registered in England No. 3362107. Registered Charity No. 1062400
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Article: #Dorset Echo - Your chance to see grisly instrument of punishment at Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum - #WickedWessex Wessex Museums
#DDay75 : From the Dorset County Museum Photographic Archive - Transport Captain U.S. Army with driver, Victoria Park, #Dorchester for embarkation to France.
US troops were massed at various locations in the South of England ready for embarkation, to the extent that it was joked that “it is a wonder Britain hasn't sunk under the weight of the tanks and guns”. Dorset was one of the key areas and Dorchester played its part in hosting the troops until the time came for them to ...set off from Weymouth. According to the records, parts of the 18 Infantry Regiment were located in Dorchester, as were the 701st Ordnance Light Maintenance Company and the 1st Quartermaster Company. Other troops were based in villages around the town.
This made quite an impact on the town. Army trucks lined the streets. Soldiers were made as comfortable as possible. They camped out in gardens, and made use of empty garages to brew up coffee, play cards and listen to the radio. Some troops were seen sitting on the garden walls waiting for the call to go to the railway stations to take the trains down to Weymouth.
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From the Dorset County Museum photographic archive - A self propelled gun stuck on the bridge at #LowerBockhampton near #Dorchester soon after D-Day. It was part of the Free French Forces #DDay75 #Dorset
From the Dorset County Museum archives a plan by #Dorchester ARP of the special one way system used for the D-Day traffic in the town #DDay75 #Dorset
Its #volunteersweek - We like to thank our volunteers who have collectively given thousands of hours of their time to support the museum over the years and continue to be involved in a wide range of activities at the museum as it goes through its transistion. From documenting, curating and conserving collections to working at Brewery Square and recently our touring Inflatable Museum.
Here Flora our volunteer in the Fine Arts Department explains why she became a volunteer and the collection she is currently working on
Obituary: The Guardian - Artist Robin Rae. #Dorset
A fantastic day at Thomas Hardy Victorian Street Fair today, lots of people visited us to see our wonderful Inflatable Museum at the Corn Exchange
#OnThisDay #ThomasHardy, #Dorset Novelist and Poet was born 2nd June 1840 #HigherBockhampton near #Dorchester
Remember to look out for our Inflatable Museum at The Thomas Hardy Victorian Fair inside the Dorchester Corn Exchange this Sunday. #HardyFair
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Look out for our Inflatable Museum inside the Dorchester Corn Exchange at the The Thomas Hardy Victorian Fair Sunday 2nd June