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The event on Sunday 15 August will mark the 100th anniversary of the erection of the memorial to remember those who gave their life in WW1.

The museum in Wimborne, which was formerly the Priest’s House Museum, has a huge number of artefacts including those dating back 6,000 years.

Life Before Lego is the latest exhibition to be opened at Wimborne Model Town and Gardens which depicts the town in the 1950s.

As cases are increasing across England and are highest amongst the younger age groups in Dorset, the rules should still be kept.

The new exhibition, which opens on 18 June, will illustrate the stories of Poole Gypsies and travellers.

A new colour souvenir guide ‘Wimborne’s Model Towns – a Closer Look, Then and Now’ contains material from seven decades.

Little Audrey’s survival and her wartime story is fascinating visitors to the museum’s latest exhibition.

This free presentation on Wednesday 26 May will keep viewers up to date on important archaeological discoveries in Dorset.

The Mayor of Portland, Cllr Sandy West, officially opened Castletown D-Day Centre in Dorset on 19 May for the summer season.

The WW2: War Stories exhibition will be presented online on 13 May ahead of the re-opening of the Tank Museum on 17 May.