Museum Maps
Look for your nearest Dorset museum using our interactive maps.
The Dorset Museums Association (DMA) exists to represent museums of Dorset and to support and encourage each museum in their endeavours to reach and maintain the highest standards of museum practice.
Featured Museums
Russell-Cotes
The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth, UK, is one of the most fascinating and unique museums in the world.
Royal Signals Museum
From the sudden flare of flaming torches and the menacing glint of sunlight on polished shields to the use of ever more sophisticated computers, the story of military communications is as dramatic and exciting as the history of war itself.
The Tank Museum
At The Tank Museum we bring the history of tanks and tank crew to life… Supported by the world’s best collection of tanks & action packed live displays.
Latest Museum News
- 16-05-2010 | Museums at Night 2010: The Tank Museum.
- 14-05-2010 | Museums at Night 2010.
- 10-05-2010 | Volunteering Event at the Tank Museum, May 25.
- 07-04-2010 | DORCHESTER: Tea with Norrie
- 24-03-2010 | Dorset museum wins fight to secure Hardy collection
Museum Testimonials
" If only I’d known the Russell-Cotes Museum was there, it would have made all those political party conferences I had to cover in Bournemouth a lot more fun. The place is a feast. "
Jeremy Paxman, journalist and TV presenter, January 2009
" I commend these pages as a most fitting tribute to the Regiment and the Museum of the Regiments of Devon and Dorset.."
His Royal Highness, The Duke of Kent.