Events

Bruce Upton, Community Engagement Officer at Bridport Museum will be taking a light-hearted look at the progress of the Civil War in Dorset . As usual the talk will be held in Hope United Reformed Church at 8 Trinity Street.  Tea & biscuits will be served from 2pm and the talk will begin at 2.30pm. […]

We very much regret that we have had to cancel this event due to Covid.  We hope to reschedule the talk for a later date.   Maritime historian and editor of the Friends’ newsletter, David Carter reviews the fascinating history of Sandsfoot Castle and looks at the difficulties currently being faced on the site. As […]

Local historian and author Stuart Morris will be presenting two of his films at the second event in our Autumn ‘Teas & Talks’ programme. The first film will be Part 1 of the story of the Island and Royal Manor of Portland.  The script is based on Stuart Morris’ book “Portland: An Illustrated History”.  Digitised […]

We are delighted to announce that our programme of ‘Teas & Talks”, organised by the Friends of Weymouth Museum, will resume next week on Monday 11th October. The first talk of the season is ‘Weymouth 450 – Division & Reunion’ presented by Museum volunteer Graham Perry.  The talk looks at how the towns of Weymouth […]

A Day at the Beach event as part of our Weymouth 450 celebrations

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 […]