Upcoming Talk: Danes in Dorset: A Crash Course Through 300 years of Viking Britain by Portland Museum On Thursday 1st May 2:30 – 4pm join Portland Museum’s Jack Durie as he guides us through 300 years of Viking Britain – including Dorset! This talk will be held at the C2000 Hall, Straits, Easton (the hall…
Dino Day at Portland Museum by Portland Museum On Wednesday 16th April 10:30am – 3:30pm Portland Museum is hosting Dino Day – With a twist!! We were thinking, what would happen if the Easter Bunny delivered DINOSAUR EGGS instead of Easter eggs?! A lot of fun!! We have a large array of Easter Dino…
On Thursday 27th March, Portland Museum will be hosting ‘What’s All This Bunny Business’ by Sophie Fretwell from 2:30pm – 4pm at the C2000 Hall, Easton. Sophie Fretwell is a Scenographer and Community Artist from Portland and last year she led a ‘celebration of the weird and wonderful’ folklore from the Isle of Portland and…
Due to illness, ‘Blighty or Bust’ is being cancelled. But fear not, we have another speaker! Community Ranger at the Dorset Wildlife Trust, Abi Mustard is presenting ‘Introduction to the Wildlife of Chesil Beach and Fleet Lagoon’ on Thursday 30th January 2:30 – 4pm at the C2000 Hall, Easton. From little terns, which nest…
Some Portland Spring Plants: How Herbalists Use Them’ – Portland Museum Talk by Portland Museum On Wednesday 17th April at 3pm at the Peter Trim Hall, St. George’s Centre, Reforne, Portland Museum is hosting ‘Some Portland Spring Plants: How Herbalists Use Them’ by Andrew Cowling. Andrew Cowling studied herbal medicine at the School of Phytotherapy/Herbal…
Portland Museum Reopening! Easter and April by Portland Museum Portland Museum is reopening on Good Friday! We are so excited to open our doors back up to the public! Our Easter openings are: From 29th March – 12th April And then throughout April we will be open: Saturdays – Wednesdays …
Behind the Scenes of b-side by Portland Museum On Thursday 7th March at 3pm, Portland Museum is hosting ‘Behind the Scenes of b-side’ at the Peter Trim Hall at the St. George’s Centre, Reforne, Easton. We are over the moon to be hosting b-side director, Rocca Holly-Nambi. As well as directing b-side, they were the…
by Portland Museum We are happy to announce that we will be hosting the Heart of Stone discussion cafes with writer Sarah Acton and former quarrymen Trevor Mccolm and Rab Stone at Portland Museum throughout March and April. These discussion cafes are special moments to share stories and memories of Portland quarries, landscape, people and…
A Day in the Life of an Archaeologist – inside and out. On Thursday 29th February by Portland Museum A Day in the Life of an Archaeologist – inside and out. On Thursday 29th February at the C2000 Hall at 3pm. We are over the moon to be hosting museum trustee and seasoned archaeologist, Nance…
Geological Pioneers of the Jurassic Coast by Andrew Goudie, Tuesday 6th Feb at the C2000 Hall by Portland Museum On Tuesday 6th February at the C2000 Hall in Easton at 3pm, Portland Museum is proud to host Geological Pioneers of the Jurassic Coast by Andrew Goudie, DSc, Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of…