DCMVOX #025 December 2017

#025 December 2017 Dorset County Museum Volunteer Newsletter Thursday 30th Nov—1pm2pm Lunchtime Concert Damian Clarke Friday 1st—7:30pm Archaeology Unearthed The Land and The Sea 40001600 BC Richard Bradley Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, Reading University Thursday 7th—5pm-9pm Dorchester Christmas Cracker Wednesday 13th—7pm Geology Revealed Thinking with Dinosaurs: Tomorrows World Alison Smith Why do Molluscs have spines?

Dr John Whicher

Welcome to Issue No.25 of DCMVOX… Items for the “My Favourite Object” or any other suggestions are welcome for the next and subsequent issues of DCMVOX. E-mail offerings to Anna on secretary@dorsetcountymuseum.org - thank you!

Members, Volunteers and Staff Christmas Drinks You are cordially invited to join the President, Board of Trustees, Director, Members and Staff for Christmas drinks on Friday 8th December 2017 6.00pm—7.30 pm in the Victorian Hall RSVP: secretary@dorsetcountymuseum.org—01305 262735

Don’t forget—volunteers receive 10% discount on all shop purchases. Plenty of ideas for gifts as well as books and cards.

Volunteers of the Year Awards Main Exhibition: 8th April to 6th January 2018 David West: Under the Surface An exhibition of paintings and carvings

Tea Room 11th September to 6th January 2018 Christine Rogers Art Work These artworks are for sale and can be taken away before the end of the exhibition

A picture is worth a thousand words. We are very proud of Linda Roberts— Individual Volunteer of the Year— and all the members of the Education Team.

Terry Riggs and Stuart McLeod represented the Team at the event which was hosted by the Volunteer Centre.

For all the latest updates and news, please visit www.tomorrowsmuseumfordorset.org and sign up to the e-newsletter for the latest developments.

Dorset County Museum, High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1XA Tel: 01305 262735 - www.dorsetcountymuseum.org

Visitor Quote of the Month: I loved it! All the artwork and books, it was just mind-blowing. Thank you for making our holiday memorable.

Dorset County Museum Christmas Card Dorset County Museum; painted by George Wickham This card, available only at Dorset County Museum, is now on sale. Pack of 10 cards for £10.00

LIBRARY, VICTORIAN HALL and DORCHESTER GALLERY CLOSURES Please accept our sincere apologies for the following restrictions to areas in the Museum: LIBRARY Thursday 30th November—10.30am to 2.30pm Wednesday 6th December—all day Saturday 9th December—all day Thursday 4th January 2018 This is in addition to the Board of Trustees meetings which take place on the third Thursday in the month and start in the afternoon. The Library will not, therefore, be open to members or volunteers from 3.00pm on these days.

VICTORIAN HALL With effect from Monday 4 December, access to both the Victorian Hall and Dorchester Gallery will be restricted. We are commencing the decant of artefacts in preparation for Dippy’s arrival.

Saturday 9th December – for Training Dippy on Tour Volunteers Two weeks starting Monday 11th December – for essential floor repairs.

This means that the Lunch Time Concert advertised for Thursday 21 st December has been cancelled. th

Welcome to our new volunteers: fully accredited with us now are

‘Dippy’ continues to occupy every waking moment of Cathy Breward and my lives, Peter Down, who has changed his hat from but we are now nearing the end of the Chairman of our Board to Visitor Services, training schedules. The response has been Clare Franklin and Summer Strevens in almost overwhelming, we are getting Education, James Bown and Tricia Virgo in there, and after the final Training Day on 9 Social History, Tom Bowns in Archaeology, December we shall both have time to Stephanie Davey in Natural History, catch up with all the domestic trivia that Michael Presslee in our Metalwork team we’ve had to ignore. and Vincent Heaven who is a much needed member of our Maintenance team. Dale We very much hope that some of our Churchill and Christine Haddon from our ‘Dippy on Tour’ volunteers will come to Visitor Services and Library teams are no like the Museum so much during the longer able to volunteer with us, but I am ‘Dippy’ visit that they will wish to become pleased to tell you that there are 17 part of our regular team of volunteers, application working their way through the and, like so many of our volunteers, system. become Members too.

You are all so valuable to us, and we realise how much the Museum depends on you. As we start to move into our new, exciting, future rest assured that all you do will play a large part in assuring our Brave New Museum!

Thank you.

Jill Minchin Volunteer Co-ordinator and Trustee