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Welcome Members!

While the museum buildings are closed for exciting redevelopment works, Poole Museum Foundation members continue to be very important to us and we will be continuing to engage with you throughout the year.


Look out for Poole Museum at 'Museum on the Move' events in the local community, at libraries and in schools.

let us know how we're doing

PMF MEMBERS EVENTS CALENDAR

2024 dates for your diary:

NEW FOR 2025


There will be a new and exciting programme for PMF members coming soon including behind the scenes hard-hat tours of the redeveloped museum site and be first to hear about new events, workshops and talks taking place at Poole Museum. 


online talk - the manchu samurai & more

Joe Raine from Poole Museum's curator team presents an interesting talk on some of the 400 items within the museum's World Cultures Collection including the mysterious Manchu Samurai outfit - can you or anyone you know shine more light on the story?


Running time: 50 minutes

online talk - poole's own medieval shipwreck

Bournemouth University's Tom Cousins,

Diving and Maritime Archaeology Officer

https://linktr.ee/bu_maritime 

presents a fascinating talk on The Mortar Wreck: Poole's' very own Medieval Shipwreck and sets the scene of the time with exciting videos and photographs of artefacts being found.
Some of which will feature in our new Marine Archaeology Gallery when we re-open, first time on public display!


Running time: 50 minutes

online talk - day in the life of an archaeologist

Professor Timothy Darvill OBE, Poole Museum Foundation Trustee, gives us a snapshot of his 'usual' day hosting lectures at Bournemouth University with today's subject being Stonehenge:


  • Discoveries about this protected heritage site
  • How people can connect with manmade monuments in our natural world
  • Future planning to protect & preserve our national landmarks


Running time: 42 minutes


More online talk events coming in 2023.

online talk - SALT MAKING AROUND POOLE HARBOUR

Do you know...

  • How long salt has been made in Poole?
  • What fuel was best for salt kilns?
  • You can see salt briquetage in the museum?


Watch an interesting online talk presented by Professor Timothy Darvill OBE on the 

History of Salt- making around Poole Harbour.


More online talk events coming soon.

crocks of gold - early pottery around poole harbour

Poole has been a prosperous pottery making area since the medieval ages, hundreds of Poole people made pots for the Roman armies based in Dorset and kilns have been discovered all over the area.


 Listen to a fascinating talk by Professor Timothy Darvill OBE, first presented as part of our March Soiree online event for members.

early farmers in Poole

PMF Trustee and Bournemouth University Professor Timothy Darvill OBE speaks about

the early farmers of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Neolithic Axe Heads

Professor Tim Darvill showcases three neolithic axe heads housed in Poole Museum.

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Members Newsletters

Members can find past PMF newsletters here. 

Features include an artefact in the spotlight, news from Wessex Museums, NLHF  project updates and information about 

upcoming events and programming.

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PMF Autumn Newsletter_Nov2022 (pdf)Download
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