What’s On

Plays, talks, family activities, music, debates – there is something for everyone at Shire Hall Museum! Keep an eye on this page to see what’s coming up.

EventFamily event
Neurodivergent Dorchester – Community Group Meet Up

Neurodivergent Dorchester – Community Group Meet Up

Monday 13th April and 11th May from 2pm to 4pm
A place for people of Dorchester to connect whether you are neurodivergent, suspect you might be, or have friends, family or colleagues that are.
Exhibition
Dorchester Camera Club 90th Anniversary Exhibition

Dorchester Camera Club 90th Anniversary Exhibition

16th to 29th April 2026
Dorchester Camera Club celebrates its 90th anniversary with a photography exhibition at Shire Hall Museum, 16–29 April. Free entry.
CraftsEventWorkshop
Mixed Media Workshop with Genevieve Lavers

Mixed Media Workshop with Genevieve Lavers

Friday 15th May
BREAKING FREE, an exploratory art workshop using the unique setting of the Shire Hall Cells for inspiration.
Pride EventTalk
‘Bohemia in East Chaldon’ – a talk for Pride Month

‘Bohemia in East Chaldon’ – a talk for Pride Month

Saturday 13th June
Join Mark Damon Chutter, to explore an eclectic range of writers and artists who lived in Chaldon Herring in the 1920s and 30s.
Talk
Law, Order and Subversion in Hardy

Law, Order and Subversion in Hardy

Saturday 30th May 2pm
Join Mark Damon Chutter, Chairman and Academic Director of the Thomas Hardy Society to find out more about Hardy's Justice of the Peace role.