Great to welcome @harbourbirds.bsky.social Young Birders Club into our Zooarchaeology Lab 👍 A chance to look at, and identify, a range of bird bones from archaeological sites with @buosteo.bsky.social @peoplepuffins.bsky.social Even a Great Auk on loan from @portlandmuseum.bsky.social 🐦🐦‍⬛🦢

Today marks 100 years since the first public TV demo! We’re celebrating with a peek at Marshall’s Mechanical Televisor — a rare gem from the dawn of broadcast history. On display now at the museum. #Television100 #TVHistory #MuseumMagic #MechanicalTelevisor

📜✨ On This Day… ✨📜 7 Jan 1785: Blanchard & Jeffries made the first flight across the Channel in a hydrogen balloon. A year later, the Halsewell wreck revealed balloon‑engraved cufflinks. ✨ Portland Museum holds one on loan, linking Dorset’s coast to aviation’s dawn.

A huge thanks to all our amazing volunteers on International Volunteer Day. The Museum couldn't function without their support, enthusiasm, and love. Thank you! #Internationalvolunteerday

🎬Frank’s Christmas Film Fundraiser 📅 Thurs 11 Dec, 2:30–4pm 📍 C2000 Hall, Portland Step into Portland’s past with films from Frank Marshall’s archive, 1960s life, quarry stories + festive raffle! 🎟 £3 / £2 Friends. Book: [email protected] 🎄

🌿 Illustrated talk: uncover the surprising stories of backyard plants—from ancient herb gardens to empire trade. Learn how the Wardian case reshaped gardens across Britain. 📅 Thu 20 Nov, 2:30pm 📍 C2000 Hall, Straits 🎟️ £3 / £2 Friends 📧 [email protected] 📞 01305 82180

🧙‍♀️✨ The coven has landed at Portland Museum! From 10:30 to 3:30, we’re brewing up Halloween magic with spooky crafts, haunting tunes, and plenty of cackles!!

Spooky fun at Portland Museum! Wed 29 Oct, 10:30–3:30. Crafts, EYE SPY-der challenge, fossil painting, treats & glittery extras! £3.50/child, £2.50/adult (Islander rates: £2.50/£1.50). No booking—just creep, crawl or broomstick your way in!

On Thursday, 25th September, at 2:30 - 4 pm at the C2000 Hall, Easton, Portland Museum is hosting 'The Battle of Britain over Swanage, 1940' presented by John Smith. Tickets are £3 or £2 for Friends of Portland Museum. To book email: [email protected] or call 01305 821804

Autumn is upon us, the leaves are falling in the garden and our opening hours are now Sunday to Wednesday 10.30 to 4 with last admissions at 3.30. Come visit!

#festivalofarchaeology @portlandmuseum.bsky.social

Lots of happy families @portlandmuseum.bsky.social festival of archaeology #festivalofarchaeology looking forward to next year already😃

We had a fantastic first day! Come along tomorrow for day 2 of Relaxing Relics at Portland Museum! @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

Exciting!!!

The Museum has been busy preparing for our Festival of Archaeology Relaxing Relics event. The canvas has been tied up ready to create our mural and we are squirreling away making badges. Hope you can come and join us. 30th and 31st July 10.30 to 3.30pm #FestivalofArchaeology #relaxingrelics

Join us in celebrating Archaeology and Wellbeing with our 'Relaxing Relics' event on 30th to 31st July 10.30 to 3.30pm as part of the UK’s biggest celebration of Archaeology. #portlandmuseum @archaeologyuk.bsky.social CBA #FestivalOfArchaeology

We had a fantastic time this morning reading everyone’s submissions for the first Portland Museum Poetry Festival taking place on Saturday 26th July! We really have some talented wordsmiths on this isle!!

Here we have museum volunteer Simon Pugh-Jones MBE explaining why Portland Museum is taking part in #MakeAMetreMatter with our mini meadow! Thank you Simon! And huge shoutout to museum gardener, Wendy! 🌼🌸🌺🌾🌱🌿

⚠️🚨 SAVE THE DATE ALERT 🚨⚠️ We are having a Durotriges Big Dig OPEN DAY on: SUNDAY 29 JUNE Free entry - Everyone welcome!!! 🎉🤹💃🕺🎉 Details to follow - watch this space #Durotriges25 #Dorset #Archaeology

The most important thing! There will definitely be cake! 😋🍰

Come and explore Portland Museum tomorrow!

Day one on site with the #Durotriges25 dig team A quick fly-by, courtesy of Jo and Sue Crane, shows the area under investigation this year and the archaeological features prior to cleaning 🤩

Wow, what an amazing response we've had from all of you! Thank you so much! We're nearly at £1000! Keep donating and sharing 🥳

It takes an island to keep this museum going! Have you ever wondered what volunteering at Portland Musuem is like? Or are you looking for something to do to give back to the local community? Come along to our open day to meet the team and look around the museum.

Come and say hello 😊

@portlandmuseum.bsky.social Set up at the Portland Town meeting ☺️

How do you like our new look? 🤩💅 We thought it was about time we updated our flags to better represent the museum and what we’re all about!! Designs were lovingly created by Freya and the flags are top notch quality from Print Team!

Our tiny tags @portlandmuseum.bsky.social have had a glow up 😊 @romanpalace.bsky.social

Thatched roofs are always in need of maintenance and care and just at the moment we need to undertake an urgent repair to one roof in particular. We understand the importance of a community (we wouldn’t be here without you lovely lot!) so any donation or ‘share’ would be gratefully appreciated!

Join writer Sarah Acton and quarrymen Rab Stone and Trev McColm in the stone room (or museum garden if the sun pays us a visit!) for our first discussion Cafe to share memories and stories of Portland quarries and stone workers. Free event and all welcome!

Upcoming talk: Danes in Dorset: A Crash Course Through 300 Years of Viking Britain presented by Jack Durie. On Thursday 1st May 2:30 – 4pm join Portland Museum’s Jack Durie as he guides us through 300 years of Viking Britain – including Dorset!

Portland Museum will be open to the public from TOMORROW!! 🥳

On Wednesday 16th April Portland Museum is hosting Dino Day - With an Easter twist! No booking required. Tickets are £3.50 per child / £2.50 per accompanying adult For Portlanders: £2.50 / £1 per accompanying adult (face painting and paint your own fossil are additional costs)

On Thursday 27th March, Portland Museum will be hosting ‘What’s All This Bunny Business’ by Sophie Fretwell from 2:30pm – 4pm at the C2000 Hall, Easton.

TOMORROW

Always lovely doing collwork @portlandmuseum.bsky.social you never know what you will come across, especially in books. Back to a simpler time when oxygen was always in stock & Winifrd could do you a colour and perm

‘The Island & Royal Manor of Portland Court Leet: Its Past and Future’ presented by Crown local agent and Bailiff, Gerry Hinde. Learn the rich history of the Court Leet, believed to have originated around 1086, and still operates and supports the community of this island today.