Victorian Christmas cards on view at Museum of East Dorset
For a little piece of nostalgia to put you in the mood for Christmas take a trip to the Museum of East Dorset in Wimborne during December.
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Shedding light on two men named Thomas Hardy
The Dorset History Centre in Dorchester has purchased items relating to the writer Thomas Hardy and Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy.
Castletown at War event on this weekend
After a two-year break, the Castletown at War event is back on Portland this weekend.
Poole commemorates the importance of Philip Henry Gosse
A blue plaque was unveiled on 24 September to highlight the importance of Philip Henry Gosse – Poole’s ‘David Attenborough’ of 170 years ago.
Museum of East Dorset hosts History Festival
One of the venues for the Wimborne History Festival, which takes place this weekend, is the Museum of East Dorset.
Sir Ernest Kaye Le Fleming exhibition at Museum of East Dorset
A resident of Wimborne, Ernest Kaye Le Fleming was a local GP, gifted photographer, pioneer of motoring, collector of antiques and local historian.
Wimborne History Festival back for 2021
The festival on 4 and 5 September will take visitors on a two-day, 200-year journey back to life in Georgian Wimborne.
‘Monty’ letter donated to Bovington Tank Museum
The letter from Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein to his brother Harold reveals much about the veteran soldier.
Go potty with Julian Richards at the Museum of East Dorset
Well-known archaeologist Julian Richards of ‘Meet the Ancestors’ is visiting the Museum of East Dorset in Wimborne on Saturday 14 August from 11am to 3.30pm.
Take a walk through time in the New Forest
There is a choice of five walks, which are established rights of way, that have been brought to life by dramatisations and folk songs.