Dorset Museum After Hours and Lecture
Enjoy an opportunity to explore Dorset Museum after hours at this free late opening, followed by this month’s lecture by Harriet Still, curator of Hardy’s Wessex.
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Enjoy an opportunity to explore Dorset Museum after hours at this free late opening, followed by this month’s lecture by Harriet Still, curator of Hardy’s Wessex.
Evening Programme:
5-7pm – Enjoy an opportunity to explore Dorset Museum after hours. Have a go at sketching in the Thomas Hardy exhibition in our ‘Sketch and de-stress’ event, facilitated by our volunteers.
Hardy’s Wessex: Curator’s talk with Harriet Still, 7pm
Join exhibition curator Harriet Still to hear more about the themes and stories of our landmark Thomas Hardy exhibition, which takes place across four museums – Dorset, Salisbury, Devizes and Poole. Find out about the objects, stories and themes that are covered in the exhibition, and more about Hardy himself.
Males great bustards perform spectacular courtship displays, gathering at a ‘lek’ or small display ground to try to impress the females.
The great bustard has a dignified slow walk but tends to run when disturbed, rather than fly.
The hen-bird on display at The Salisbury Museum was one of the last great bustards to be eaten in the town!