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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Wareham Town Museum 2016
Councillor Dina Adkins, Mayor of Wareham
Maria Burns, designer of the sword exhibition
Dougal Dixon, maker of the dinosaur head model
Lilian Ladle MBE, local archaeologist
Ben Buxton, Museum Curator

Photo: John Smith
Tuesday 21st June 2016 at 7.30pm
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for Details
Special Events - Future & Recent Past
(Latest at Top)
For Past Events Pages Click: 2004/2014 or 2014/2015
On Saturday 8th April 2017 at 2pm The Mayor of Wareham, Councillor Mrs Doreen Cleaton, formally opened the museum and also a new display on a 19th century Wareham rogue, Augustus Moore, a clay pipe maker.
From 1.30 to 3.30 there were some fun craft activities for youngsters and a fancy dress competition open to anybody - some came in nineteenth century dress!  Unusual Victorian food was sampled and more familiar refreshments were available too. The public were invited to bring clay pipes for identification.
Saturday
8th April 2017
To welcome back Wareham’s sword, the museum is hosting a lecture …
The Wareham sword and the Vikings in Dorset
by Professor David Hinton
in the Town Hall Corn Exchange, Wareham
Entrance free
(donations welcome)
19th June 2018 at 7.30pm
Saxon Sword
Join us for the Reopening of the Museum for 2019
SATURDAY 6th APRIL - 2 pm
Wareham Town Hall, Corn Exchange
2019 Opening poster.pdf
For Details
Wareham Town Walk
A Guided Tour with Ben Buxton
Friday 2nd August 2019 at 7 pm
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Anglo Saxon and Viking Swords 
5th Century to 1066 Ghost Walk
by Professor David Hinton
in the Town Hall Corn Exchange, Wareham
Saturday 2nd November 2019 at 4.00pm
Saxon Sword
Farewell to Wareham's Saxon Sword
Drinks Reception
Followed by a talk at 4.30pm:
Donations gratefully received
returning of the sword to Dorchester Museum
Monday 28th October 2019 at 8pm
Meet at Red Lion for a walk round
the town, meeting characters
from Wareham's past
Be prepared for history to come alive!
£5 per person (over 12s only)
Money raised for
Wareham Town Museum
2023 Opening Poster.pdf Easter Saturday
8th April 2023
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Full Details
2023
Memories of Wareham in the 1970s
Saturday 28th September

Daytime Talks:
11am: talk by Neill Child:
“Worgret Camp, WW1 and after”
12.30pm: talk by Peter Scriven:
“Rev John Hutchins, Dorset historian”
2pm: talk by Ben Buxton:
“Mysteries of Creech Barrow Hill”

Evening Talk:
7.30pm: talk by Wayne Bartlett:
“The Vikings in Dorset”

There is no charge for the events but donations to the museum will be welcome. For further details see the museum’s Facebook page
50th Anniversary Event 2024
Town Hall Corn Exchange