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 providing a programme of events throughout the year.

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

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PMF MEMBERS EVENTS CALENDAR

2024 dates for your diary:

2024

Wednesday 5th June 11.00am - PMF Members Coffee Break Meet-up

Meet outside the museum

Come along to meet other PMF members over a hot drink and hear about the latest news from the Poole Museum Project and help plan some activities for 2024.

Our talks are FREE to Poole Museum Foundation members, Poole Museum staff & volunteers and Wessex Museums partnership members.

Non-members or anyone whom wishes to make a kind donation, you may do so here:

Join and Support (poolemuseumfoundation.org)

NEW FOR 2025 - Behind the scenes hard-hat tours of the redeveloped museum site and more talks within our 'Soiree Series' of online talks programme!

2023 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

2023 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

2023 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.

Members May Soiree - 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.

Members Newsletters

Members can find the most recent and past PMF newsletters here. Features include an artefact in the spotlight, news from Wessex Museums, NLHF project updates and information about upcoming events and more!

PMF Newsletter_May2024 (pdf)Download

Poole Museum Foundation E-Newsletter November 2023 (pdf)Download

PMF Members Newsletter_ August 2023 (pdf)Download

PMF Members Newsletter_June2023 (pdf)Download

PMF Autumn Newsletter_Nov2022 (pdf)Download

PMF Newsletter Summer 2022 (pdf)Download

PMF Newsletter Spring 2022 (pdf)Download

PMF Newsletter Winter 2021 (pdf)Download

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