7,365 cups of tea served, 324 Halloween monsters, 8 million steps back in time, and one staff baby – it’s been a very busy first year for Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum.
Since the courthouse museum on High West Street in Dorchester opened on May 1, 2018, more than 17,018...
Dorset’s own media charity, Windrose Rural Media Trust, is celebrating its 35th year. Amongst its many media projects it has, throughout that time, been generating an archive of old cine films of local life to enable them to be seen again by the community. The moving images from this now...
Relatives of the Tolpuddle Martyrs say a new augmented reality artwork tribute to the six Dorset men made them ‘very proud.’
The ground-breaking artwork by acclaimed artist Jason Wilsher-Mills was unveiled at a special launch party at Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum in Dorchester on Monday night. The event had...
American novelist Jacquelyn Mitchard reaches out to support a debut novelist who is attending the London Book Fair 12–14 March 2019
Dorchester novelist, Gail Aldwin will be at the London Book Fair with Victorina Press the publisher of her debut novel The String Games. This is the story of the abduction of...
The work to bring Dorchester’s Shire Hall back to life has been recognised with a prestigious award nod.
The building conservation work on the Grade-I listed historic courthouse, which re-opened as a new tourism attraction in May last year, has been shortlisted for the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)...
“We couldn’t be happier!” Shire Hall was recognised for its innovative and inclusive approach at the South West Tourism Awards.
The team from the Historic Courthouse Museum in Dorchester travelled to Aerospace Bristol, the new home of Concorde, to be part of the celebration dinner on February 7th.
The judges awarded...
Saturday 23rd February to Saturday 20th April 2019
From 15 Days to Fifteen Years
15 Days in Clay presents ‘The ‘Tribe’
This exhibition showcases, the artists latest ceramic installation work; fifteen fantastic ceramic figures celebrating the culmination of an amazing 15 years. These collaborative and challenging pieces, demonstrate individuality and outstanding creativity.
The ‘Tribe’ represents some 40 adults with additional needs...
TV star Dan Snow called Shire Hall ‘one of the best’ museums he had ever visited when he came to film in the historic Dorchester courthouse.
Dan and his team spent the morning filming for his new History Hit TV show ‘Snow on the Road.’ The show will see the...
Judges kept a centuries old tradition alive when they visited Dorchester’s ition alive when they visited Dorchester’s Ego-Dorchester Princes StreetShire Hall.
More than a dozen Judges from the Western Circuit recently visited Dorchester to keep alive a historic tradition. They attended the Dorset Legal Service in St Peter’s Church before...
There are always lots of creative performances to enjoy in Bridport but Big Heads & Others: An Hour of Comedy Sketches which took place at the Arts Centre on Thursday 8 November certainly stood out from the crowd. Co-writtten and presented by collaborative writing trio, Three-She (composed of Gail...
