Events Archive
Past events at the museum are listed below; for more details, please click the links in the Info column.
For future events please see the Events Calendar or visit our Events page.
From time to time a list may disappear as it is being updated; in this case please check back later.
2024
| Date | Time | Event | Venue | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 5 January | 7:00 PM | Blandford Museum Sustainability Forum meeting | Blandford Town Museum |  |
| Thursday 18 January | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: The Royal Palace of Clarendon, History and Archaeology (Cindy Wood) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 26 January | 7:00 PM | Friday talk: Mapping the Past (Steve Richardson) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Thursday 1 February | 10:00 AM | Museum re-opens | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Friday 9 February | 7:00 PM | Sustainability Forum Talk: Gardening for Wildlife | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Saturday 10 February | 7:00 PM | Archaeology Group Quiz Night | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Thursday 15 February | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Corfe Castle Excavations (Nancy Grace) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 23 February | 7:00 PM | Friday talk: Life behind Doors - The World of the Workhouse (Kirsty Gray) | Woodhouse Gardens Pavillion *** note change of venue *** | |
| Saturday 9 March | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden (WP) | |
| Thursday 21 March | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Excavation at Launceston Farm (Tim Darvill) | The Workshop, Launceston Farm, DT11 8BY *** note change of venue *** | |
| Friday 22 March | 7:00 PM | Friday talk: Lipsticks and Library Books - the Boots Booklovers' Library (Jackie Winter) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Saturday 23 March | 10:00 AM | Clean Up Blandford Campaign: Litter Pick | Marsh and Ham, near Blue Bridge | |
| Thursday 28 March | 10:00 AM | Portable Antiquities Scheme: Archaeological Finds Day | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Friday 29 March to Saturday 13 April | Museum opening hours | Easter Fun at the Museum | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Saturday 13 April | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 14 April | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk | Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park | |
| Saturday 20 April | 10:00 AM | Clean Up Blandford Campaign: Litter Pick | Marsh and Ham, near Blue Bridge | |
| Saturday 20 April | 11:00 AM | Ethical Mending Workshop | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Friday 26 April | 7:00 PM | Friday talk: Valuing children in life and death in French late Neolithic societies | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Sunday 28 April | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Greyhound Yard, in the Market Place | |
| Sunday 05 May | 11:00 AM | Guided Geology Walk | Greyhound House, in the Market Place | |
| Saturday 11 May | 11:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 12 May | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk | Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park | |
| Thursday 16 May | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture | |
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| Saturday 18 May | 10:00 AM | Clean Up Blandford Campaign: Litter Pick | Varies, see Facebook page | |
| Sunday 26 May | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Greyhound House, in the Market Place | |
| Friday 31 May | 6:30 PM | Last Friday in the Garden | Museum Garden | |
| Saturday 8 June | 10:00 AM | Big Help Out Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 9 June | 11:00 AM | Blandford's Hidden Gardens | Museum Garden and around the town | |
| Saturday 15 June | 10:00 AM | Clean Up Blandford Campaign: Litter Pick | Varies, see Facebook page | |
| Sunday 16 June | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk | Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park | |
| Friday 21 June | 6:00 PM | Museum AGM | Woodhouse Garden Pavilion | |
| Friday 21 June | 7:00 PM | Last Friday in the Garden | Woodhouse Gardens | |
| Saturday 22 June | 10:30 AM | From Me to Brew" fundraiser | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 23 June | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Greyhound House, in the Market Place | |
| Sunday 30 June | 11:00 AM | Guided Geology Walk? | Greyhound House, in the Market Place | |
| Saturday 13 July | 12:00 AM | The Green Fair at the Arches | Railway Arches, Langton Meadown | |
| Sunday 14 July | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk | Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park | |
| Saturday 20 July | 10:00 AM | Clean Up Blandford Campaign: Litter Pick | Varies, see Facebook page | |
| Sunday 21 July | 11:00 AM | Guided Geology Walk | Greyhound House, in the Market Place | |
| Thursday 25 July | 10:00 AM | Family Archaeology and Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Day | Blandford Town Museum and garden | |
| Friday 26 July | 6:30 PM | Last Friday in the Garden | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 28 July | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Greyhound House, in the Market Place | |
| Saturday 10 August | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 11 August | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk | Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park | |
| Saturday 17 August | 10:00 AM | Clean Up Blandford Campaign: Litter Pick | Varies, see Facebook page | |
| Sunday 25 August | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Greyhound House, in the Market Place | |
| Friday 30 August | 6:30 PM | Last Friday in the Garden | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 8 September | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk (DAHW) | Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park | |
| Thursday 12 September | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Keeper' Cottage, Stalbridge: an archeological and historical mystery (Nigel James) | Woodhouse Gardens Pavilion | |
| Saturday 14 September | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 15 September | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk (DAHW) | Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park | |
| Saturday 21 September | 10:00 AM | Clean Up Blandford Campaign: Litter Pick | Varies, see Facebook page | |
| Sunday 22 September | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Greyhound House, in the Market Place | |
| Friday 27 September | 6:30 PM | CANCELLED: Last Friday in the Garden | Museum Garden | |
2023
| Date | Time | Event | Venue | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 19 January | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Domestic life in the First Millennium BC Olivia Britter, Southampton University | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Thursday 2 February | 10:00 AM | Museum re-opens | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Saturday 4 February | 6:45 PM | Archaeology Group Social Event: Quiz night with Fish and Chip supper | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 10 February | 7:30 PM | Environmental Group Talk: Climate Change Activists (Chris Harwood) | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Thursday 16 February | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict the location of Neolithic Sites. Alex Horridge, Geotech Research | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 3 March | 6:30 PM | Friday talk: Local Agriculture, Now and Then George Hosford | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Saturday 11 March | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden (WP) | |
| Thursday 16 March | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Parish churches in the Late Medieval period. Cindy Wood, University of Winchester | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Thursday 30 March | 10:00 AM | Portable Antiquities Scheme: Archaeological Finds Days | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Friday 31 March | 6:30 PM | Friday talk: What's going on at the Museum? Museum speakers | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Saturday 8 April | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning (Easter Saturday) | Museum Garden | |
| Thursday 20 April | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Archaeology and Mental Health Megan Russel, Bournemouth University | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 28 April | 6:30 PM | Friday talk: A History of the River Stour from Fiddleford to Shapwick | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Sunday 7 May | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk | Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park | |
| Monday 8 May | 10:00 AM | Clean Up Blandford Campaign: Litter Pick | Blandford Market Place | |
| Monday 8 May | 11:00 AM | The Big Help Out | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Monday 8 May | 11:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Thursday 18 May | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Report on the excavations at Druce Farm Lilian Ladle (TBC) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Sunday 21 May | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Durdens Corner (Scrivens) in Market Place | |
| Friday 26 May | Museum AGM | Blandford Parish Centre (TBC) | ||
| Saturday 10 - Sunday 18 June | Various | Great Big Green Week | Various places in Blandford | |
| Saturday 10 June | 9:30 AM | WI Giant Jumble Sale | Blandford Corn Exchange | |
| Saturday 10 June | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 11 June | 10:00 AM | The Green Fair at the Arches | Railway Arches, Langton Meadown | |
| Sunday 11 June | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk | Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park | |
| Wednesday 14 June | 7:00 PM | GBGW Talk: Healthy Homes | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Thursday 15 June | 7:00 PM | GBGW Talk: The Health of our Seas | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Friday 16 June | 7:00 PM | GBGW Talk: Economic Growth and Climate Change | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Saturday 17 June | 10:00 AM | Clean Up Blandford Campaign: Litter Pick | Marsh and Ham, near Blue Bridge | |
| Sunday 25 June | 11:00 AM | Blandford's Hidden Gardens | Museum Garden and around the town | |
| Sunday 25 June | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Durdens Corner (Scrivens) in Market Place | |
| Friday 30 June | 6:30 PM | Last Friday in the Garden: Quiche and salad (TBC) | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 2 July | 11:00 AM | Guided Geology Walk | Durdens Corner (Scrivens) in Market Place | |
| Friday 7 July | 7:00 PM | Friday Talk: New Ideas on Human Evolution. Chris Stringer, Natural History Museum | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Saturday 8 July | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 9 July | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk | Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park | |
| Saturday 22 July | 10:00 AM | Festival of Archaeology: Postponed to Thursday 27th July | Blandford Town Museum and Garden | |
| Saturday 22 July | 10:00 AM | Clean Up Blandford Campaign: Litter Pick | Marsh and Ham, near Blue Bridge | |
| Sunday 23 July | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Durdens Corner (Scrivens) in Market Place | |
| Thursday 27 July | 10:00 AM | Family Archaeology Day (incorporating Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Day) | Blandford Town Museum and garden | |
| Friday 28 July | 6:30 PM | Last Friday in the Garden: Greek/Mediterranean theme | Museum Garden | |
| Friday 4 August | 10:00 AM | Mayor's Charity Event: Jamie Jigsaw | Woodhouse Gardens | |
| Sunday 6 August | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk | Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park | |
| Saturday 12 August | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Saturday 19 August | 10:00 AM | Clean Up Blandford Campaign: Litter Pick | Marsh and Ham, near Blue Bridge | |
| Sunday 20 August | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Durdens Corner (Scrivens) in Market Place | |
| Sunday 20 August | 10:00 AM | Mayor's Charity Event: Skatefest 2023 | Blandford Skatepark | |
| Friday 25 August | 6:30 PM | Last Friday in the Garden: Spanish Theme (Cancelled) | Museum Garden | |
| Saturday 9 September | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 10 September | 11:00 AM | Free Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk (DAHW) | Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park | |
| Sunday 17 September | 11:00 AM | Free Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk (DAHW) | Marsh & Ham (Morrisons) car park | |
| Sunday 17 September | 3:00 PM | Free Guided Geology Walk (DAHW) | Durdens Corner (Scrivens) in Market Place | |
| Thursday 21 September | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: The late hunter gatherers of the Upper Kennet Valley Abigail George, University of Southampton | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Saturday 23 September | 10:00 AM | Clean Up Blandford Campaign: Litter Pick | Marsh and Ham, near Blue Bridge | |
| Sunday 24 September | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Durdens Corner (Scrivens) in Market Place | |
| Friday 29 September | 6:30 PM | Last Friday in the Garden: Curry | Museum Garden | |
| Saturday 14 October | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden (WP) | |
| Thursday 19 October | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Pot Dealers: the distribution of Verwood-type pottery. Dan Carter, Bournemouth University | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 20 October | 7:00 PM | Friday talk: Medieval Women and how to Find Them | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Saturday 21 October | 10:00 AM | Clean Up Blandford Campaign: Litter Pick | Marsh and Ham, near Blue Bridge | |
| Saturday 28 October | 6:00 PM | Blandford Environmental Trust's Halloween Spooktacular (Cancelled) | Angus Wood | |
| Sunday 5 November | 7:30 PM | The Salts Concert: The Trafalgar Way | Blandford Corn Exchange | |
| Thursday 16 November | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Bringing the Past to Life. Julian Richards | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 24 November | 7:00 PM | Friday talk: The Trafalgar Way | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Thursday 30 November | 10:00 AM | Portable Antiquities Scheme: Archaeological Finds Day | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Friday 1 December | 6:00 PM | Blandford Yuletide Festival: Museum open, festive refreshments | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Saturday 9 December | 9:30 AM | Mayor's Charity Event: Christmas Craft Fair | Blandford Corn Exchange | |
| Tuesday 12 December | 7:00 PM | Blandford Museum Sustainability Forum meeting | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Saturday 16 December | 7:30 PM | Mayor's Charity Event: Christmas Concert | Blandford Corn Exchange | |
2022
| Date | Time | Event | Venue | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 20 January | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Mycenaen Harbours | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Tuesday 1 February | 10:00 AM | Museum re-opens | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Saturday 12 February | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden (WP) | |
| Thursday 17 February | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Schooners: design and people in 18th Century | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 25 February | 6:30 PM | Last Friday talk: The Origins of Speech (Peter Andrews) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Saturday 12 March | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden (WP) | |
| Thursday 17 March | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: The Roman Town House: Dorchester's hidden gem. | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 25 March | 6:30 PM | Climate Action Now! Project Launch | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Thursday 31 March | 10:00 AM | CANCELLED: Archaeology Group Finds day | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Saturday 9 April | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Thursday 21 April | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Iron Age excavation at the Blandford Waste Transfer site | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Saturday 23rd April | 7:00 PM | An Invitation... Richard Batterham, Studio Potter of Durweston | Durweston Village Hall | |
| Friday 29 April | 6:30 PM | Last Friday talk: Memories of Blandford: The S&D, the Railway Hotel and my family (Mike Beale) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Saturday 14 May | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Monday 16 May | 7:00 PM | Museum AGM and Talk: The History of Brewing in Blandford | Hall and Woodhouse Brewery Visitor Centre | |
| Thursday 19 May | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Underfloor excavations at Avebury Manor | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 20 May | 6:30 PM | Friday talk: The River Stour – An Historic Watercourse (Anthony Firth) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 27 May | 6:30 PM | Last Friday in the Garden | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 5 June | 11:00 AM | Guided Geology Walk | Scrivens (Durdens Corner) in the Market Place | |
| Saturday 11 June | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 12 June | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk | Marsh & Ham car park | |
| Friday 24 June | 6:00 PM | POSTPONED: Last Friday talk: New Ideas on Recent Human Evolution (Chris Stringer, Natural History Museum) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 24 June | 7:00 PM | Last Friday in the Garden | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 26 June | 11:00 AM | Blandford's Hidden Gardens | Around the town, Museum garden open | |
| Sunday 26 June | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Scrivens (Durdens Corner) in the Market Place | |
| Saturday 9 July | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 10 July | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk | Marsh & Ham car park | |
| Saturday 23 July | 10:00 AM | Festival of Archaeology | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Sunday 24 July | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Scrivens (Durdens Corner) in the Market Place | |
| Thursday 28 July | 10:00 AM | Archaeology Group Finds day | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Friday 29 July | 6:30 PM | Last Friday in the Garden | Museum Garden | |
| Saturday 30 July | 12:00 AM | Blandford Environmental Fair | Angus Wood and The Arches, Langton Meadows | |
| Sunday 7 August | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk | Marsh & Ham car park | |
| Saturday 13 August | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 21 August | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Scrivens (Durdens Corner) in the Market Place | |
| Friday 26 August | 6:30 PM | Last Friday in the Garden | Museum Garden | |
| Saturday 27 August | 12:00 AM | Blandford Environmental Fair | The Arches, Langton Meadows | |
| Sunday 28 August | 11:00 AM | Guided Geology Walk | Scrivens (Durdens Corner) in the Market Place | |
| Saturday 10 September | 1:30 PM | CANCELLED: Coffee Afternoon - Tour of Britain Bike race passes through Blandford | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 11 September | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk (DAHW) | Marsh & Ham car park | |
| Thursday 15 September | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Finding Mesolithic People under the Solent | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 16 September | 6:30 PM | Friday talk: Living With the River: new ways of thinking about water (Veronica Strang) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Sunday 18 September | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Centre Heritage Walk (DAHW) | Marsh & Ham car park | |
| Sunday 25 September | 11:00 AM | Guided Town Perimeter Walk | Scrivens (Durdens Corner) in the Market Place | |
| Friday 30 September | 6:00 PM | CANCELLED: Last Friday in the Garden | Museum Garden | |
| Saturday 8 October | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden (WP) | |
| Thursday 20th October | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: The Real Roman Britain: A skeletal and isotopic analysis of rural and urban populations | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 28 October | 6:30 PM | Last Friday talk: The Blandford ‘reform riots’ of October 1831 (Steve Poole, UWE) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Saturday 29th October | 2:00 PM | Walk around key sites in the 1831 Blandford Reform riots | Meet outside Blandford Town Museum | |
| Saturday 12 November | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden (WP) | |
| Thursday 17th November | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Experimental Archaeology at Wytch Farm | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Thursday 24 November | 10:00 AM | Archaeology Group Finds day | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Friday 25 November | 6:30 PM | POSTPONED: Last Friday talk: Blandford's Flood Defences | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 2 December | 6:00 PM | Blandford Yuletide Festival: Museum open | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Saturday 17 December | 11:00 AM | Have a Green Christmas (new date!) | Blandford Town Museum | |