Dorset Museum & Art Gallery

Dorset Museum & Art Gallery is a place to connect with 250 million years of Dorset’s history, with amazing archaeology, deadly dinosaurs, the Thomas Hardy Archive and Elisabeth Frink collection. We invite people from everywhere to discover and enjoy the richness of our county’s natural, historical and cultural heritage through our world-class collections. Reimagined galleries share inspirational Dorset’s stories using beautiful, objects, hands-on interactive displays, and stunning audio-visual presentations. All contained within an architecturally striking, ecologically sustainable new building. The new Dorset Museum & Art Gallery also places accessibility at the heart of the visitor experience with wheelchair access, toilets, baby changing facilities, and Changing Places Toilet. We believe everybody will find something here to interest, fascinate or inspire them. We hope it will ignite you with an appreciation of our county and a desire to explore it.