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Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society

Office:
Dorset County Museum, High West Street, Dorchester DT1 1XA
01305 262735; enquiries@dorsetcountymuseum.org

Introduction to the Research Website

The main purpose of this section of the Society's website is to assist researchers in all the different disciplines or fields of study that the Society supports. It is equally available to Members of the Society and to others, and should be useful to people at all levels of expertise in their chosen subjects.

Its main element at present is the Index to the Society's publications. These publications and especially the Proceedings of the Society showcase the research done in the past, by Members and by others.

Please ask at the Museum if you want to discuss projects, or would like to help with access to reference works and appropriate materials and collections.

Some of our specialisms

Dorset Writers, including but not limited to

Thomas Hardy,

William Barnes,

T E Lawrence,

John Cowper Powys, Theodore Powys and Llewellyn Powys,

Sylvia Townsend Warner and her circle;
Archaeology;
Art;
Geology and Palaeontology;
Local History;
Natural History (especially Herbaria and Insects);
Textiles;
A notable photograph collection.

Sections of the Research site

Collections of the Museum

Collections, general
Overview of the collections (from the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council)
The T E Lawrence Collection
The Douglas Jackman collection of 19th century trading bills
to be added to

Special interest groups

Items from exhibitions

Name the Plant
to be added to

The Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society is a company registered in England and Wales no. 3362107 and registered as a charity no. 1062400. The Society owns and runs the Dorset County Museum with the help of a grant from Dorset County Council.

The Research website is maintained by John Palmer. You can contact him through his personal website, here.

Last revised 2010-07-12

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