Events

The Museum has received a grant from Weymouth Town Council to support some special Weymouth 450 Local History Days throughout the summer and the next two of these drop-in sessions will be on: Thursday 5th and Friday 6th August. During these sessions we would like residents, or regular visitors, to bring in their memories, photographs […]

The Museum has received a grant from Weymouth Town Council to support some special Weymouth 450 Local History Days throughout the summer and the first two of these drop-in sessions will be on: Thursday 15th and Friday 16th July. During these sessions we would like residents, or regular visitors, to bring in their memories, photographs […]

Ernest Bussell (1878-1967) ran a successful ironmongery business in St Mary Street and during his later life became a collector of art and antiques. After his death in 1967 his wife Constance donated his collection of over 240 pictures to the town and they are now a part of the Museum’s collection. A selection of […]

A ‘Teas and Talk’ special Zoom presentation by David Carter of the Friends of Rodwell Trail & Sandsfoot Castle about the history and current plight of Weymouth’s favourite ruin. Sandsfoot Castle has often been in the news over its 482 year history, but not always for the best reasons. Built for a threatened Tudor king […]