We are excited to offer the opportunity to create a new public art mural on Poole Museum’s Grade I listed medieval Town Cellars.

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Deadline for applications is 6pm 16/02/24

See our newly added #CollectionShowcase items, featuring 'Mrs Ridout and the Coombe Bissett Express' painting from The Salisbury Museum and the intriguing 'Log of the Cora Greenock' from Poole Museum.

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Read my blog now all about the project with Poole Museum and see the final pieces next Monday
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Congratulations to Big Blue Play, Creative Clay For All Dorsetborn @feria_urbanism for winning the bid to #cocreate #creative projects with our local Poole community in partnership with Poole Museum and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund @wessexmuseums The Art Fund - watch this space!

Still time to apply for this! Closing date 11th Dec. All info in the brief 👇
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📢Project photographer wanted! We're going on a journey to transform Poole Museum and we need someone to record this - capture behind the scenes and celebrate all the people and communities taking part. Brief 👇 #photographer #poole

This is fantastic news! Congratulations to our Wessex Museums partners Dorset Museum & Art Gallery The Salisbury Museum and Wiltshire Museum and welcome to the Swindon Museums! We look forward to working with you.

Don't miss our last online Thomas Hardy talk! Andrew Ziminski Andrew Ziminski FSA 🇺🇦 talks about his passion for Wessex’s ancient buildings – and the parallels between his life and that of Hardy. Tues 25 Oct, 7pm. £5. wessexmuseums.org.uk/hardy-online-t…

We've started our journey to collect stories of people's connection to Poole and the sea. Fifteen volunteers trained to capture precious memories, nine volunteers to transcribe them for posterity and seven personal testimonies collected so far. mailchi.mp/bcpcouncil/we-…

Join us on Wednesday 19th October 4.30 - 6.30pm for an informal session. Hear about our redevelopment plans and potential future workshops. Enjoy refreshments and Scaplen's Court setting. Please tag a teacher! Contact [email protected] to book

The new Penny Post made it easier to send Valentine’s cards on a whim. An impulsively written Valentine causes mischief in Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd. Victorian cards could be elaborate, like this one on loan from The Salisbury Museum

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Collect a loyalty card when you purchase your Hardy's Wessex exhibition entry ticket. Present this card to receive a generous 25% off the entrance price to each of your subsequent Hardy exhibition visits - Dorset Museum & Art Gallery , The Salisbury Museum and Wiltshire Museum

Art of Ink - Saturday 22 October, 10am-12:30pm

Enjoy a welcome cup of tea or coffee and a delicious array of cakes before settling into the Art of Ink workshop with Dorset-based artist Jessamy Keily.

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Looking for some family fun?

Join Wessex the Dog on his Family Trail around our Hardy's Wessex exhibition galleries. Through a fun detective trail, look for clues in the objects, solve puzzles and draw your own sketches!

Available with adult exhibition entry.

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Two years into WWI, war poet Siegfried Sassoon wrote to Thomas Hardy to ask if he could dedicate a book of poems to him: ‘I used to read your novels more than anything else when I was at the War last year – they brought England nearer to us than anything else…’

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It is your last chance to take advantage of our autumn special offer. 50% off for Poole Museum Foundation Friends on Wednesday.

As a member you will receive free entry to our Hardy's Wessex exhibition and your friend will enjoy the exclusive benefit of 50% off entry.

Join us 11am-3pm today at Scaplen's Court Museum and Garden for Step Back in Time: Hardy’s Harvest.

We will be celebrating Harvest Festival inspired by our Hardy’s Wessex exhibition. Enjoy family themed crafts, cooking activities and sample a recipe or two.

Step Back in Time: Hardy’s Harvest
Saturday 24 September, 11am – 3pm

Make the most of our celebratory day by visiting our Hardy’s Wessex: Landscapes that inspired a writer exhibition. On this date we will be opening our temporary exhibition gallery doors for FREE entry.

Hardy’s Wessex: Landscapes that inspired a writer is now on display in our temporary galleries.

Collect a loyalty card when you purchase your exhibition entry ticket. Present this card to each of our partner Hardy exhibitions to receive 25% off the entrance price.

Have your loyalty card stamped when you visit each Hardy’s Wessex exhibition - at Poole Museum, Dorset Museum & Art Gallery , The Salisbury Museum and Wiltshire Museum .

Once complete collect your exclusive greeting card designed by local illustrator and printmaker Robin Mackenzie!