DCMVOX #026 February 2018

#026 February 2018 Dorset County Museum Volunteer Newsletter With effect from 1st January 2018, tickets must be booked for all lectures. DNHAS members £3.00, non-members £5. You can book on line or at the front desk.

Friday 2nd February Archaeology Lecture 7.00 for 7.30pm Taking Sides: The “Scandinavian-Type” Flint Axe in Britain Kath Walker, New Forest Centre Please note this lecture will be held at the Brownsword Hall, Pummery Square, Poundbury (DT1 3GW) Wednesday 14th February Geology Lecture 6.30 for 7.00pm In Search of Dinosaurs in the Moroccan Kem Kem Professor David Martill at Dorset County Museum

Main Exhibition: 10th February to 7th May

Dippy on Tour: A Natural History Adventure

Welcome to Issue No.26 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 APOLOGY Due to sick leave, there was no January DCMVOX. Please accept my apologies, but may I, on behalf of the Director and staff wish you a belated, but nonetheless sincere, Happy New Year!

The Posh Partridge—10% off We are delighted to let you know that all volunteers at Dorset County Museum are eligible for 10% off their lunch at the Posh Partridge—29 High East Street, Dorchester. This offer is available during the Dippy on Tour Exhibition. Please show your DCM ID card/badge at the till.

The Posh Partridge is a family run café offering home-cooked breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea using high quality local produce.

Dippy on Tour—a Natural History Adventure

PLEASE NOTE During the installation of Dippy, the Victorian Hall, Temporary Exhibition Gallery and Village Dorset are the NHM’s site and will be strictly off limits to all staff, volunteers and visitors except by invitation and prior agreement.

For those who are invited onto the site there is one rule. You must be wearing steel toe capped shoes.

Furthermore, no photography is permitted during the construction phase.

Any unauthorised photography is in breach of our contract with the NHM and will have serious consequences.

No exceptions!

Tea Room Colin Bentley The Jurassic Coast

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

We love this place because it tells you a lot about dinosaurs.

Visitor Quote of the Month:

Visitor Services Team

Reminder Would you please remember to wear your ID badge/lanyard at all times whilst volunteering at the Museum.

We have many more new volunteers especially for the Dippy on Tour Exhibition and wearing your ID will help enormously with security. Once the Tomorrow’s Museum for Dorset building works commence, this will be equally important.

With the museum set to be open more hours each day and every Sunday during Dippy’s stay, the Visitor Services Team has been increased to provide adequate cover. Please do introduce yourself to members of the team (and wear your ID badge).

Gemma Hurlstone is the Visitor Services Manager and works full time.

Visitor Services Assistants (part time) are:

Whilst writing, could volunteers please use the Common Room for refreshment breaks. The Tea Room is going to be very busy during Dippy’s stay and it is important that payment visitors are given priority over staff and volunteers.

Thank you for your co-operation and support.

Welcome to our new volunteers:

nearly 200 enquiries over 150 new volunteers have completed their training and will join those of our Two volunteers have been accredited regular volunteers and staff engaged to the Museum since Dec ember: in our ’Dippy’ project. We very much Christine White in our Museum hope that these new volunteers will Makers team and Miriam Orrell who want to become regulars (and even has joined Gemma in our Visitor better, members) after Dippy has left Services team. us for his trip to Birmingham.

The initial rush of ‘Dippy’ recruitment and training has now passed, and Cathy and I are working on the final stages before Dippy opens shortly.

A huge thank you to everyone who took part in the ‘Dippy’ training days.

We have had very encouraging feedback with plenty of volunteers saying how much they enjoyed them. Although the folders might have seemed daunting initially, it is clear how valuable the information given has been; it is always a pleasure to receive good reports. So far, after

I hope that you have all had a very good Christmas break, and have returned fresh and ready for anything in this New Year. As the preparations for Dippy’s arrival gain momentum we can be assured that the future at the Museum for all of us will be exciting and interesting, for after Dippy’s departure the works for Tomorrow’s Museum for Dorset will be upon us.

Lastly, I must end with an apology; in last month’s edition I bade farewell

Clare Bell Nicky Brodie Carole Burden Abby Kelly Sarah Kenyon Emma Mandy Keven Nash Chelsea Ratcliffe Alison Smith Rob Wood

to Christine Haddon when Christine’s true surname is Hutton. My apologies Christine, but our best wishes were and are sincere despite the typing error.

Jill Minchin Volunteer Co-ordinator and Trustee