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Pliosaur the Terrifying Sea Rex
1st-2nd January 2026
Venue: Museum of Jurassic Marine Life - The Etches Collection
See the amazing Pliosaur skull discovery and learn more aobut how it lived, hunted and died in the Jurassic seas of Kimmeridge
Giant Sea Monster
1st January 2026
Venue: The Etches Collection
See the Pliosaur skull discovery and learn more about how it lived, hunted and died
Men of Iron
14th January-22nd February 2025
Venue: Lighthouse Poole
Exhibition honouring the faces, stories and craftsmanship of Poole's Foundry Workers
Gladiators of Britain
25th January-11th May 2025
Venue: Dorset Museum
A British Museum Partnership exhibition with Colchester and Ipswich Museums delving into the lesser-known history of gladiatorial contests in Roman Britain
The Big Top Doodle Room
1st February-2nd March 2025
Venue: Red House Museum and Gardens
Space to draw and doodle freely to help turn the gallery into an evolving artwork of doodles, dreams and imagination inspired by a Circus theme
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