WIN a family annual pass to Museum of East Dorset!

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We’ve a really fun competition for the smart or curious minded among you …

Discover the rich history of East Dorset by entering our exciting competition for a chance to win a Family Annual Pass to the award-winning Museum of East Dorset! This prize grants unlimited visits for two adults and up to four children for an entire year, allowing your family to uncover the many treasures and stories of our area.

Housed in a historic building once home to the Coles family’s ironmonger’s business, the Museum of East Dorset showcases more than 40,000 objects that span from the 1700s to the early 2000s. The collection includes fascinating items that reflect domestic life, trades, childhood and agriculture in the region. Among the museum’s rarest artefacts are archaeological pieces of national significance, a comprehensive photographic archive dating back to the 1850s, and historic clothing that brings East Dorset’s past to life. Many objects come from the Coles family’s personal possessions – they famously “never threw anything away”! There are also items from Sir Ernest Kaye le Fleming, a local historian who gathered an extensive array of photos and artefacts that vividly depict the area’s history, and more recently The BV’s own favourite historian, the late Roger Guttridge, left his extensive personal archive to the museum.

How to Enter: To win, simply take a look at the photo above and guess what the mystery item might be! Is it something related to an old trade? Or a unique household item from the past? Make your guess and fill in the widget box below for your chance to enjoy unlimited visits to our museum and share in East Dorset’s rich heritage.