The current coronavirus pandemic has brought home to us all how fragile human health can be and also how our lifestyles and assumptions can be completely disrupted by an event of this type. Dorset History Centre holds over 1,000 years of records relating to our county and we thought that it would be appropriate to… Read more The Arrival of the Black Death in Dorset
There are two ways in which we would invite the public to help to capture the experience and impact of the coronavirus pandemic in Dorset. Firstly, it is clear that we are living through highly unusual times and Dorset History Centre, working in partnership with Lighthouse, Poole would like to make sure that our experiences… Read more Covid-19 – help DHC to record this unprecedented event for future historians of Dorset
Dorset History Centre has been lucky enough to be gifted the archive of Dame Elisabeth Frink, one of Britain’s foremost modern sculptors – this was provided to DHC in accordance with the wishes of the artist’s late son Lin Jammet. Work to catalogue the archive has been underway since October and you will hear from the archivist undertaking… Read more The Frink Archive at Dorset History Centre – an update
‘Royal Weymouth’ is a four-volume book that we hold within our collection. Like ‘The Extra Illustrated Edition of Hutchins’, it has been put together by A.M. Broadley, but instead of grangerising one book, these volumes are based around several accounts of the Royal visits to Weymouth by King George III and his family. The first… Read more Royal Weymouth, Volume 1 – Cuttings and Correspondence
Beales department store in Bournemouth in Hampshire, now Dorset, was founded in 1881 on the Old Christchurch Road. Initially know as the ‘Fancy Fair and Oriental House’, the shop grew into one of the landmark buildings and brands in Bournemouth. Generations of Beales headed up the company, one of whom, Frank Beale (d. 2001) went to train at Macy’s in New… Read more Beales – archives of an iconic retailer saved for posterity!
Our Conservator not only works on the collections we hold here, but also does external work for different clients as well. In this week’s blog, she explains her recent work on a Roll of Honour from the Tank Museum. — In the Royal Armoured Corps Memorial Room at The Tank Museum, two leather bound volumes… Read more Repairing a Roll of Honour
Update 17 March 2020 We have reluctantly taken the decision to cancel the Dorset History Day on Saturday 28 March 2020. Please see our statement in full below. If you have ordered tickets, we will be in touch to organise a refund through Eventbrite. — On Saturday 28 March 2020, Dorset History Centre, in partnership… Read more Dorset History Day 2020
We are sharing a monthly look at the farm diary of John Foss, written from his dairy farm in Kingston Russell in 1851. March 1851 In March, the weather starts cold, but soon gives way to rain and mild temperatures, with some stormy days at the end of the month. The farm begins to plant… Read more The Diary of John Foss: March 1851
In partnership with volunteers from Bournemouth’s LGBTQ+ community, Dorset History Centre is adding twenty-five queer stories to the Dorset Sound Archive. DHC has worked carefully over eighteen months to shape a project and are delighted with the results. Trained volunteers, who collaborated on the design of the project, spoke with people from their early twenties… Read more 25 People Speak Out!
David Johnston-Smith, the project archivist currently cataloguing the Dame Elisabeth Frink archival collection, was delighted to be invited to speak at a recent Christie’s Lates event on 13th January in London. David was due to be introducing the archival collection to the large and enthusiastic crowd these popular evening events encourage, whilst Annette Ratuszniak, former… Read more Dame Elisabeth Frink at Christie’s Lates
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