Portland Museum’s Volunteer of the Year! by Portland Museum Congratulations to Portland Museum volunteer, Vicky, on winning Dorset Museums Association Volunteer of the Year award. You’re a star, Vicky, and we thank you for all your amazing work over the last five years! Vicky has been a volunteer at Portland Museum for five years.…
Merry Christmas! by Portland Museum Merry Christmas to all our wonderful supporters! Portland Museum has enjoyed a great year thanks to all our supporters who work hard to keep us in the heart of community doing what we love: sharing our ‘stuff’! Although we’re closed for Christmas, we will reopen Friday 20th January.…
Fossil Painting Fun! by Portland Museum Thank you to everyone who came to our kids fossil painting session on Sunday morning! We’re looking forward to hosting more sessions from Sunday the 22nd of January 2023. To book a space, just drop Chloe a line at [email protected] or call 01305 821804 The…
Portland Museum Wins Award from Court Leet by Portland Museum Thanks to an award from the Isle of Portland Court Leet we will soon be beginning work on improving access to Avice’s Cottage. Regular visitors will know that this part of the museum houses the Portland stone and fossil exhibits and opening up this essential…
Volunteering Opportunity by Portland Museum Looking for a volunteering opportunity? We welcome every person with an enthusiasm for sharing our island’s unique heritage with visitors, and for young people we offer work experience that is highly valued across many different industries. Our volunteer group offers great opportunities for making friends and socialising and is made…
Dorset Museums Association Award by Portland Museum Portland Museum would like to say thank you to the Dorset Museums Association (DMA) for awarding us £500 to contribute to the resilience of the museum as a sustainable organisation. We will shortly be having light sensors installed throughout the museum, which will reduce our energy costs and…