Museum Events Calendar, 2022
This is a provisional list of Museum events planned for 2022. It will change as new events are arranged or confirmed, so please check back often!
For more details about these events, please click the links in the Info column or visit our Events page.
| Date | Time | Event | Venue | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 21 April | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Iron Age excavation at the Blandford Waste Transfer site | Blandford Parish Centre |  |
| Saturday 23rd April | 7:00 PM | An Invitation... Richard Batterham, Studio Potter of Durweston | Durweston Village Hall | |
| Friday 29 April | 6:30 PM | Last Friday talk: Memories of Blandford: The S&D, the Railway Hotel and my family (Mike Beale) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Saturday 14 May | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Monday 16 May | 7:00 PM | Museum AGM and Talk: The History of Brewing in Blandford | Hall and Woodhouse Brewery Visitor Centre | |
| Thursday 19 May | 7:30 PM | Archaeology Group Lecture: Underfloor excavations at Avebury Manor | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 20 May | 6:30 PM | Friday talk: The River Stour – An Historic Watercourse (Anthony Firth) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 27 May | 7:00 PM | Last Friday in the Garden | Museum Garden | |
| Saturday 11 June | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Friday 24 June | 6:00 PM | Last Friday talk: New Ideas on Recent Human Evolution (Chris Stringer, Natural History Museum) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 24 June | 7:00 PM | Last Friday in the Garden | Museum Garden | |
| Sunday 26 June | Blandford's Hidden Gardens | Around the town, Museum garden open | ||
| Saturday 9 July | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Saturday 23 July | Festival of Archaeology | | ||
| Sunday 24 July | Festival of Archaeology | |||
| Thursday 28 July | 10:00 AM | Archaeology Group Finds day | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Friday 29 July | 6:00 PM | Last Friday in the Garden | Museum Garden | |
| Saturday 13 August | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Friday 26 August | 6:00 PM | Last Friday in the Garden | Museum Garden | |
| Saturday 10 September | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden | |
| Friday 16 September | 6:30 PM | Friday talk: Living With the River: new ways of thinking about water (Veronica Strang) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Friday 30 September | 6:00 PM | Last Friday in the Garden | Museum Garden | |
| Saturday 8 October | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden (WP) | |
| Friday 28 October | 6:30 PM | Last Friday talk: Riots 1831 (UWE) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
| Saturday 12 November | 10:00 AM | Coffee morning | Museum Garden (WP) | |
| Thursday 24 November | 10:00 AM | Archaeology Group Finds day | Blandford Town Museum | |
| Friday 25 November | 6:30 PM | Last Friday talk: Blandford's Flood Defences (Henry Quinney) | Blandford Parish Centre | |
WP = Weather Permitting, TBC = To Be Confirmed, TBA = To Be Arranged