Dinosaur MuseumDorset Teddy Bear MuseumKingston Maurward Park and GardensMaiden CastleMaumbury RingsMax GateMill House Cider MuseumMinterne House and GardensMoreton GardensOld Crown Court and CellsTerracotta Warriors MuseumThe Dorset County MuseumThe Keep Military MuseumTolpuddle Martyrs MuseumTutankhamun ExhibitionWolfeton House
Actual fossils, dinosaur skeletons, and life-size dinosaur reconstructions combine with multimedia, hands on, computer and CD-ROM displays to excite, enthral, and entertain the visitor. The Dinosaur Museum has been extensively featured on television ...
Don't miss Edward Bear and his people-sized family of bears in this delightful museum. From the earliest teddies, of 100 years ago, to today's TV favourites, they're all waiting to greet you at this enchanting family museum. Teddy Bear lovers of all ...
The contemporary parkland and pleasure gardens were laid out in the 'Jardin Anglais' style popularised by Capability Brown. Simplicity was the hallmark of the gardens which consisted of rolling turf, carefully placed groups of trees, a lake and a lak ...
Among the largest and most complex Iron Age hillforts in Europe, Maiden Castle's huge multiple ramparts enclose an area equivalent to 50 football pitches, protecting several hundred residents. Excavations in the 1930s and 1980s revealed the site's 40 ...
Maumbury Rings has interested antiquarians from the 17th Century. The monument has three distinct phases of construction, each modifying or destroying part of its predecessor.
Between 1642 and 1643, the earthwork was re-modelled as an artillery f ...
Home of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy. Thomas Hardy designed and lived in this house from 1885 till his death in 1928. Here he wrote Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Jude the Obscure and The Mayor of Casterbridge, as well as much of his poet ...
You can tour around the displays and equipment that shows the importance of cider as a drink over the years.
Watch the ten minute video display that shows cider actually being made on the 18th and 19th century equipment!
Find the hidden Smiley ...
Minterne House has been the home of the Churchill's and Digby's family for the last 350 years and now the seat of the 12th Lord Digby. It was rebuilt in 1905 by Leonard Stokes after the previous house was destroyed by dry rot. Minterne nestles in 1,3 ...
The gardens have been created on the site of the old kitchen garden of Moreton House. Originally laid out in 1742 the three and a half acres, together with a similar sized walled garden next to these gardens produced fruit, vegetables and flowers for ...
The Old Crown Court and Cells, located in West Dorset District Council's offices in Dorchester, is famous for the trial of the Tolpuddle Martyrs and Judge Jeffreys' Bloody Assize.
On a visit to the Old Crown Court and Cells you will experience 200 ...
This is the only museum devoted to the terracotta warriors - now regarded as the 8th Wonder of the Ancient World - outside of China. See unique museum replicas of the terracotta warriors from China, reconstructions of costumes and armour and multimed ...
Today visitors to the Museum can find out about local writers, history, archaeology, geology and the natural sciences in one of the Museum's many galleries. There are also video displays, activity carts for children and an audio-guide to take you rou ...
The artefacts, weapons, uniforms, medals and of course the stories of the soldiers and their families and much more are on display over three floors. Computer and digital presentation, realistic battle environments, together with exhibitions, tell th ...
The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum tells the harrowing tale of the Martyrs arrest, trial and punishment, leading to the foundation of modern day trade unionism.
The museum has been re-designed into a modern, informative, and educational exhibition, usi ...
Experience the excitement of the world's greatest discovery of Ancient Treasure. Tutankhamun's tomb, treasures and mummy are superbly recreated in this internationally renowned exhibition. Walk through the ante-chamber and the burial chamber and marv ...
Fine medieval and Elizabethan manor house lying in water-meadows - much embellished in 1580 with splendid plasterwork and panelling. The medieval gatehouse has two unmatched and older towers. There is also a Chapel and Cyder House. ...
