Still time to enter Dorset Agriculture Society’s spring show
The Dorset Agriculture Society’s spring show is free for all to attend and those who wish to enter have a wide range of competitions to choose from.
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Dorset County Museum closed until 2020
Dorchester’s Dorset County Museum closed on Saturday as part of its multi-million-pound redevelopment programme, Tomorrow’s Museum – Making Dorset Proud.
West Dorset group of CPRE say Thomas Hardy’s ‘Casterbridge’ is under threat
Casterbridge aka Dorchester is under threat from development say representatives of West Dorset CPRE
Free Shire Hall Courthouse Museum tours
To celebrate Dorset’s hidden architectural heritage, Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum will be offering free behind the scenes tours.
Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum opens its doors
Hundreds of people got the chance to step back in time as Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum opened its doors to the public in Dorchester on 1 May.
Dorset County Museum opens Dippy the diplodocus’s natural history adventure
Tomorrow, Saturday 10 February, Dorset County Museum opens its doors to the biggest and most popular exhibit in its 172 year history.
Have your say on the future of Dorchester’s Roman Town House
Dorchester hosts the only example of a fully exposed Roman town house in the country and its archaeology team are planning improvements to the site and want to know what people want.
Priceless Roman sarcophagus damaged beyond repair in Dorchester
A priceless and irreplaceable 1,600-year-old Roman sarcophagus has been vandalised in Poundbury, Dorchester.
Shake up in the dinosaur world as new theory suggests they could have originated in Britain and their classifications may be wrong
A radical new theory suggests the first dinosaurs may have originated in the northern hemisphere, possibly Britain, rather than in the southern hemisphere as previously thought and their grouping, accepted for 130 years, could be wrong.