Aidan goes from errand boy to events officer at Wimborne museum

Aidan Hill, 24, from Corfe Mullen has taken an interesting career path.

He started as an errand boy at the Museum of East Dorset during his school summer holidays, and now he has become the Wimborne museum’s new events and programming officer.

Aidan, who has a degree in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Winchester as well as a master’s degree in history, said: “I helped on the Craft and Lunch activities offered to children eligible for free school meals. I loved it and knew I wanted to eventually work here full time.

“My predecessor was in this job a long time, so I have big shoes to fill. My aim is to live up to their legacy and continue to deliver high-quality events for our museum visitors of all ages and abilities. One of our key areas is improving our activities for visitors with special educational needs and accessibility issues.

“Our founder Hilda Cole was such a visionary and always wanted her museum to be a place of interaction, engagement and interest, so I will endeavour to create activities that are a lot of fun as well as educational and that Hilda would be proud of.”