Packed year of events at Wareham Town Museum
From history talks, special exhibitions and the anniversaries of both TE Lawrence's death & the end of the WW2 - it's a packed year of events for Wareham Town Museum in 2025!
Discover Dorset history in a special series of talks...
The Museum will host a line-up of talks this winter that will provide Wareham people and visitors with opportunities to hear and discover history in fresh ways.
During the months of January through the end of March 2025 talks will be held on Wednesday afternoons, 2pm- 4pm at Wareham Town Hall. The talks are free but you can book a place online.
On 22 January, the Museum will host Richard Kay, Director of Lawrences Auctioneers, Crewkerne, on Trick or Treat? Fakes and Forgeries in the Art Market.
Award winning local photographer, Colin Varndell will showcase The Natural Beauty of Dorset on 29 January.
The next week, on 5 February find out some local World War Two history with John Wareham, who will give a talk on the Creech Barrow Seven.
Next Jon Woolcott, a celebrated writer from north Dorset, will give a talk on 19 February, detailing the county’s more surprising histories with a talk on the Real Dorset.
Mike Randall will provide an entertaining talk on Dorset Smuggling on 26 February.
Later, after a short break, on 12 March, Dr Martin Smith, Associate Professor of Biological Anthropology, Bournemouth University will discuss the Iron Age people of Dorset.
The following week, Dr Kevan Manwaring, Arts University Bournemouth, will give us a tour of the Literary Landscapes of Dorset on the 19th March
Wareham Town Museum events for 90th Anniversary of TE Lawrence’s death
To honour the 90th anniversary of TE Lawrence’s death, the Museum will host a weekend of commemorative activities to mark the occasion (10 May – 18 May 2025). There will be an exhibition from the IWM (Imperial War Museum) collection with footage of Lawrence in the Middle East plus a Pathe film of Lawrence‘s Funeral, family art workshops, a day of lectures on different aspects of Lawrence‘s life, and a screening of a Mark Griffith film on Lawrence, and more.
Read more about T.E. Lawrence’s connections to Wareham and Dorset on our Visit Wareham website.
80th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War
And later The Museum will also hold a weekend of activities to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second War World (15 August – 17 August 2025). The programme is still in its infancy, more details will follow in the next few months.
Wareham Town Museum is currently closed for the winter. Follow them on Facebook for more updates on events.
Or see more about Wareham Town Museum (including upcoming events) on our website…
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