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The Fine Art collection at Dorset County Museum consists of a diverse range of visual materials that reflect the evolution of an art collection acquired over the last 150 years. Containing works dating from the seventeenth century to the present day, it shows Dorset's history, people, natural history and landscape. Dorset has long been a source of artistic inspiration and attracted visiting artists such as John Constable, Paul Nash and Frederick Whitehead. The oil painting collection is strong in portraits that reflect the people who have shaped the county. The nineteenth- and twentieth-century landscapes reveal the rolling downs, views of the River Frome and Dorset's Jurassic coastline.

Address and contact

66 High West Street, Dorchester, Dorset DT 1XA England

enquiries@dorsetcountymuseum.org

01305 262735

Dorset County Museum will reopen in summer 2020 after a multi-million-pound redevelopment. (Dorset County Museum is open Monday to Saturday, 10am–5pm. Many of the Society's paintings are stored in its reserve collection. If you would like to see or know more of a specific work of art, please contact the Museum for more information.)

http://www.dorsetcountymuseum.org