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Males great bustards perform spectacular courtship displays, gathering at a ‘lek’ or small display ground to try to impress the females.
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Dorset Museum & Art Gallery’s vision is to inspire people everywhere to connect with 250 million years of Dorset’s stories through its world‐class collections. These include the natural world, archaeology, history, art and culture.
Founded in 1845, the museum’s literature, fine art, textiles, costume, local history, and photography collections grew over time. The Thomas Hardy collection was a major bequest in 1937.
Today the museum looks after an incredible four million objects.
Email: enquiries@dorsetmuesum.org
Address: Dorset Museum, High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1XA
Dorset Museum & Art Gallery awarded £940,500 from Arts Council England to upgrade facilities, part of a £25m boost for UK museums.
Wessex Museums joins the International Carbon Literacy Action Day, a global event for climate education and action.
Fashioning our World display opens at Dorset Museum & Art Gallery, 4 July – 6 September 2024.
Read about the Wessex Museums Virtual Collection, 250,000+ artefacts from four partner museums now searchable from one place.
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!