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

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

The Dorset Players and Lisa J. Hadlock welcome the Grand Kyiv Ballet of the Ukraine to the Dorset Playhouse stage for a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) have launched a collective bid to become the first UK Town of Culture in 2028.

This church is based in a tiny west Dorset village where the water source was once said to help with fertility.

Young artists aged 0–25 in Dorset invited to enter The Box’s ‘Where’s Your Head At?’ art competition on emotion, supported by ...

Dorset Art Weeks returns 23 May–7 June 2026 with 16 days of exhibitions, open studios, and workshops across 294 venues.

A geology collection at a west Dorset museum has been recognised by a prestigious body. Lyme Regis Museum’s Jurassic Coast Geology Collection has been awarded Designated Status by Arts Council England ...

Archaeologists are excavating timbers from a suspected 17th Century shipwreck revealed on a beach after winter storms. The ...

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