Friends of Weymouth Museum
The Friends of Weymouth Museum is a registered charity (Charity No. 900003), and was founded in 1988 to promote and support the Museum in the local community. The ‘Friends’ also raise funds to enable the museum to acquire a particular item for the Collection, special conservation materials or display cabinets.
Members receive a quarterly newsletter ‘By- the-Wey’ and help organise and support fund raising events. We also organise a programme of talks twice a year.
The Friends are committed to lending their support to the redevelopment of Weymouth Museum and to supporting the current Museum.
Please join us, as every new member helps us to ensure the continuation of the Museum and the safeguarding of its Collections for the people of Weymouth and the surrounding area.
If you would like more information please contact us
By Email: friends@weymouthmuseum.org.uk
Friends of Weymouth Museum Events
21OctoberMonday
Friends of Weymouth Museum Talk
Weymouth Railways through the Ages
Time: Monday, October 21, 20242:00 pm - 3:30 pm / Hope Church, Trinity Street, Weymouth DT4 8TW
David Riches will present the story of Weymouth’s railways. This begins with the incorporation of the Wilts, Somerset & Weymouth Railway in 1845 and the commencement of the line that eventually arrived in Weymouth in 1857. Starting with Weymouth station itself the story of each of Weymouth’s lines is told via a series of photographs […]
28OctoberMonday
Friends of Weymouth Museum Talk
A World Class Fossil Museum of the Future
Time: Monday, October 28, 20242:00 pm - 3:30 pm / Hope Church, Trinity Street, Weymouth DT4 8TW
In the second talk of the Friends of Weymouth Museum’s autumn programme Richard Edmonds, top geologist and former Earth Science Manager at the Jurassic Coast World Heritage site, imagines what a world class fossil museum for West Dorset might look like. Richard studied Geology at the University of Hull, having first been introduced to fossils […]
04NovemberMonday
Friends of Weymouth Museum Talk
Nineteenth Century Rural Life in Dorset
Time: Monday, November 4, 20242:00 pm - 3:30 pm / Hope Church, Trinity Street, Weymouth DT4 8TW
After retiring from the Ministry of Defence in 2017, Martin Gething has been a volunteer with the National Trust at Clouds Hill for the last six years. Discovering little was known about the pre-WWI history of Clouds Hill, he has extensively researched its history from the 18th century onwards. The tiny Clouds Hill cottage, near […]
11NovemberMonday
Friends of Weymouth Museum Talk
Empire Javelin D-day Assault Ship
Time: Monday, November 11, 20242:00 pm - 3:30 pm / Hope Church, Trinity Street, Weymouth DT4 8TW
Author Philip Kay-Bujak will talk about his new book which tells the story of the building of a ship in California, the coming together of the ship with her cargo of 1,400 men from Virginia and the Royal Navy crews that took them both into battle on Omaha beach in Normandy in the first waves […]
18NovemberMonday
Friends of Weymouth Museum Talk
Upwey Down Memory Lane
Time: Monday, November 18, 20242:00 pm - 3:30 pm / Hope Church, Trinity Street, Weymouth DT4 8TW
‘Upwey Down Memory Lane’ is a talk looking at the village of Upwey some 70 years ago and some of the changes which have taken place. Sue Virgin has collected memories and photos from villagers past and present, putting together this presentation as well as village history exhibitions. Sue was born and brought up in […]
25NovemberMonday
Friends of Weymouth Museum Talk
Wordsworth’s Shipwreck: a Treasure Trove of History Preserved for the Future
Time: Monday, November 25, 20242:00 pm - 3:30 pm / Hope Church, Trinity Street, Weymouth DT4 8TW
The Earl of Abergavenny was launched in 1796 in Northfleet, Kent and is rare as one of only 36 ships of 1460 tons that formed a special class of the East India Company’s merchant fleet. It was an early example of the changing technologies in ship building of the time, incorporating the use of iron in […]
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