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…
Tea, Coffee and a Warm Space by Portland Museum We’re pleased to announce that Portland Museum will welcome anyone who needs a warm space and a hot drink this winter with free teas and coffees between 10:30 and 12:30 on Fridays and Sundays until December 18th. Check back for our post-Christmas opening hours to…
Paint Your Own Fossil! by Portland Museum We are delighted to announce that as from Sunday 27th November, we will be holding weekly fossil painting sessions for kids. Let us entertain your little ones somewhere warm for an hour or two on a Sunday morning. The price will be £5.00 for a fossil cast your…
Teamwork makes the dream work! by Portland Museum Our Earl of Abergavenny project volunteers have now made over 100 finds retrieved from the eponymous shipwreck available for everyone to see via Portland Museum’s Sketchfab site. 3D digital modelling isn’t something that’s previously been carried out by the museum, but now, thanks to the drive and…
Join Our Great Team! by Portland Museum Portland Museum Trust is looking for somebody to act as its Company Secretary. The position involves the following tasks: – To be the trust’s nominated contact with Companies House and to keep a record of the museum’s trustees and other nominated officers up to date as a legal…
Halloween Craft Day by Portland Museum On Friday October 28th we will be holding a Halloween craft and activity day. Throughout the museum there will be a small range of children’s craft activities taking place and a display of crafts for sale by local artists. The craft display and sale will take place from 10:30…
A visit from Royal Museums Greenwich by Portland Museum Our Earl of Abergavenny project volunteers enjoyed a visit to Portland Museum from Curator of World History and Cultures, Dr Aaron Jaffer from Royal Museums Greenwich. We picked up a whole host of handy hints and useful tips on sharing our collection with a wider audience…
Volunteers 3D photograph finds from the Earl of Abergavenny by Portland Museum Volunteers taking part in Portland Museum’s Earl of Abergavenny project spent a great day learning how to 3D photograph finds from the eponymous ship that was wrecked just off the Portland coastline. The workshop was run by Mat from MSDS Marine and…
St Andrew’s Church and Rufus Castle Talk by Portland Museum ‘The Most Remarkable Spot’ The Histories of St Andrew’s Church and Rufus Castle In partnership with Historic England Architectural Investigator, Johanna Roethe, Portland Museum will shortly be hosting a talk and Q&A session entitled ‘The Most Remarkable Spot’ The Histories of St Andrew’s Church and…
Digital Skills Training Opportunity! by Portland Museum You may remember that at the end of 2021 Portland Museum was delighted to announce that we’d won a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant: Diving into the Digital Archives of the Earl of Abergavenny. You can read our press release here: Digital Skills for Heritage Award – Portland Museum…