Museums & Visitor Centres

Notice from Beaminster Museum: Our building project continues into Spring 2021.  Although building our two-storey extension at the rear is complete, COVID restrictions are hampering…

West Bay Discovery Centre tells the story of West Bay past and present featuring information, static and interactive displays, oral history and walking trails. There…

The small Jurassic Coast gallery in Bridport Museum boasts some wonderful specimens of local fossils including ammonites, starfish and even a plesiosaur. All of these…

We are currently open everyday 10.30am-3.30pm, with last entry 3.20pm. Visit the Centre to see our amazing fossil collections and find out how to discover…

After one of the most successful exhibitions ever hosted at Dorchester, Dippy on Tour, the Museum is now closed for major refurbishment until the summer…

Durlston Country Park offers imposing views of Jurassic limestone sea cliffs which sweep round into two bays where rocks record the entire Cretaceous period. Located…

At the Fairlynch Museum (one of only a few thatched museums in the UK), you can find out about the ancient red cliffs of Budleigh…

Come to the Fine Foundation Heritage Centre Beer to discover the story of the local geology, from the pebbles on the beach to the famous…

Now Open Daily from 10am - 4pm At The Fine Foundation Chesil Beach Centre, you can learn more about the formation of this huge barrier beach…

Fossils from the inland area near Honiton are much younger than those just a bit further south on the Jurassic Coast. At Honiton Museum come…

The Etches Collection – Museum of Jurassic Marine Life opened in the village of Kimmeridge in October 2016. The museum houses the remarkable collection of one…

The displays, animations and films in the Lulworth Cove Visitor Centre tell the story of Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door, two of the most…

There really is something to delight and inspire everyone at Lyme Regis Museum. Enjoying a stunning seafront location on the world-famous Jurassic Coast with fantastic…

Find out about the history of quarrying on Portland and the world renowned building stone which has been used in many iconic buildings around…

Now open every Wednesday to Sunday, 11am to 4pm until 1st November 2020.

Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Wild Seas Centre sits on the shoreline…

Discover the lost world of the Triassic period by travelling back 235 million years when life-sustaining rivers flowed through the deserts and allowed the earliest…

In the Swanage Museum and Heritage Centre, formerly the old seafront market building, you can see dinosaur footprints and discover more about the local stone industry,…

Wareham Town Museum's geology display shows how the Wytch Farm oil field (the largest onshore oilfield in western Europe) is closely linked to the Jurassic…