One of prehistory’s most fearsome predators is set to go on display at a museum in Dorset.

Dorset Museum & Art Gallery launches fundraising appeal to conserve Dame Elisabeth Frink’s 1950 Horse and Rider sculpture.

A fossilised lobster claw has inspired a lifelong passion for palaeontology.

Visible Women, a Lucy Sewill portrait exhibition at Dorset Museum, spotlights gender inequality and ageism in British acting, 7 March–28 ...

A museum has received a prestigious award from Arts Council England for one its oldest collections. Lyme Regis Museum, which ...

Opening on February 28, Droves & Downs will be on display at the Museum of East Dorset in Wimborne, exploring the rich ecology and heritage of Cranborne Chase through contemporary artwork.

The museum will reopen hosting a touring exhibition of sketches by British artist Lucian Freud as well as an exhibition ...

Discover Droves & Downs at the Museum of East Dorset, Wimborne—an art exhibition celebrating Cranborne Chase’s ecology and heritage, on until June 2026.

A newly identified ichthyosaur from the UK’s Jurassic Coast is rewriting part of the prehistoric playbook. Nicknamed the “Sword Dragon of Dorset,” the three-meter-long marine reptile lived during a ...

Visible Women, a Lucy Sewill portrait exhibition at Dorset Museum, spotlights gender inequality and ageism in British acting, 7 March–28 April 2026.

A museum group is looking for new members as it prepares to host a heritage talk. The Friends of Chippenham Museum group, launched in June 2012, support the museum through fundraising, promoting ...

There is a wide range of family events and activities happening across the south of England this week.