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Pencil case/ make up bag Get creative and craft your own stylish pencil case or makeup bag in this fun, hands-on session.Join our workshop and walk away with a custom-made pencil case or make up bag decorated entirely by you. We provide all materials, including the calico bag and fabric pens.A drink and a biscuit are also included in the price. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pencil-casemake-up-bag-tickets-1992998174189?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&_gl=1*r95dkm*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTg3MzcwOTY4NS4xNzg0MjE2NjY2*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3ODQyMTY2NDgkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODQyMTY2NDgkajYwJGwwJGgw

Kumihimo bracelets Learn how to use a traditional Japanese braiding technique to weave a beautiful, colourful, unusual friendship bracelet. Use the kit provided to weave a colourful and unusual friendship bracelet. A degree of dexterity is needed for this activity, so it is suitable for older children and adults. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kumihimo-bracelets-tickets-1992994285558aff=ebdsoporgprofile&_gl=1*151e69*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTg3MzcwOTY4NS4xNzg0MjE2NjY2*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3ODQyMTY2NDgkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODQyMTY2NDgkajYwJGwwJGgw

Donation To Support Our Work We love sharing and celebrating fashion history with you, but we are only a small museum, staffed mostly by volunteers. We work hard to keep our prices low, but if you can give more please consider a monetary donation. Your donation would go towards a range of vital costs we have to keep the museum running, from heating and dehumidifying our rooms so we can provide the correct environment for our historic textiles, to emergency repair works (this year we have had to contend with a leaking roof, a broken dishwasher in our tearoom and issues with our boiler). It could also help us to afford to keep running events by contributing to the payment of equipment, guests and staff as well as subsiding the prices for our family focused workshops. We are a charity, as well as one of the only fashion focused museums in the UK. If you can, please consider donating today. Thank you. If you would like to make a monetary donation please follow this link: https://fashion-museum-blandford.arttickets.org.uk/donate Charity Number (Cavalcade of Costume Ltd): 1052471 Contact us at collections@blandfordfashionmuseum.co.uk Our donations page is hosted by the Art Fund SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER Enter your email here...* Yes, subscribe me to your newsletter. * Subscribe

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Accessibility Access to the Tearoom and Shop via ramp Accessible toilet Restricted wheelchair access to the ground floor Illuminated magnifying glasses available from the ticket desk Hearing induction loop available in the Lecture Room for use during talks and lectures Free entry for one carer / companion accompanying a disabled visitor. Were currently working on making the building more accessible for all visitors. We have steps to access the first floor but a digital screen is available to view the full collection.

Historical fashion museum set in a beautiful Georgian townhouse in Dorset LATEST NEWS 'Bournemouth School for Girls Annual Fashion Show' August 2026 The Bournemouth School for Girls Annual Fashion Show is up on display in our lecture room. The exhibition includes award winning A-level students work, with a contrast of fantasy, contemporary and regency themes. The exhibition runs until the end of August 2026 and entry is included in our normal admission fee. VOLUNTEER WITH US BECOME A TRUSTEE Come and be a part of this friendly and unique museum and tea room by volunteering with us. Sign up here... We are currently seeking to appoint new Trustees to join our voluntary Board of Directors. We need those willing to take leading roles at Board level in developing sponsorship and donation income streams. For an informal conversation or to express interest, please contact Deputy Chair of Trustees, Associate Professor Rebecca Pride - rebeccapride19@gmail.com. GROUP VISITS Would you like a tailored experience and the chance to see our collection up close and amongst colleagues or friends? We have a variety of packages available! Please visit our 'Group Visit' page here .... (Booking is essential to ensure we have space in our tea room and can provide the best experience)

'Best Foot Forward: Shoes and Accessories' June 2026 ‘Give a girl the right pair of shoes and she can conquer the world.’ Marilyn Monroe. Shoes and accessories can make or break an outfit. This exhibition focuses on the overlooked gems of our collection: the shoes and accessories, ranging from the 1700s to the 1980s, showing that good style never goes out of fashion.

Get egg-cited and make some Easter chicks and Easter baskets! Have some eggs-tra special fun at our workshop and decorate an Easter hat to wear at all your Easter activities. We will be decorating an Easter hat with chicks, bunnies, flowers and stickers. All materials are supplied. A drink and a biscuit are also included in the price, as is a look around the Museum, if you wish. All children must be accompanied by a parent/carer. This workshop must have at least 4 attendees to run. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/step-out-in-style-this-spring-tickets-1984761806993?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Donations / Acquisitions Due to storage issues, we have to be very strict on accepting donations and making acquisitions. If you would like to donate items to the Blandford Fashion Museum please email photographs and any relevant information to collections@blandfordfashionmuseum.co.uk The donations will then be considered by our display team, before going through the acquisition panel, where the collections' manager and a group of trustees will decide if we accept the item. This process can take a few months. We are lucky that we receive a lot of offers of donations, but to process them takes time. If your item is accepted, we will arrange the relevant paperwork and set a date to deposit the item.Please note, as we are a fashion museum we only take items relating to costume and fashionable dress. We do not currently accept other textiles (such as quilts, tapestries etc) or social history items (such as dolls). We currently do not have the budget to purchase any items for the collection. Items accepted may be taken into our main collection, our education collection or be used for set dressing, but we will discuss these options with you more thoroughly depending on what we think is best for the item. Please do not deposit or post any donations to the museum without prior confirmation that we will accept the item. Doing this may result in disposal. Thank you for considering donating to us.

Keeping Abreast of Fashion - A History of Decolletage Anya Glinksi gives an iIllustrated talk about Corsetry through history. Anya Glinski will entertain and enlighten us with a light hearted look and the corsetry that helped creat and maintain iconic silhouettes through history. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keeping-abreast-of-fashion-a-history-of-decolletage-tickets-1990566317440?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Secret Structure of Fashion Mandy Barrington will share a unique glimpse into the remarkable engineering that shaped womens fashion from the 16th to early 20th Century. Whether you are interested in costume history, sewing fahion of historical craftmanship, this engaging talk offers a unique glimpse at the engineering that created the shape desired by women from the 16th to the 20th Century. Mandy will share with us examples of historic, iconic shaped Corsetry through history. Secrehttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/secret-structure-of-fashion-tickets-1994947257951?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&_gl=1*dzfa82*_up*MQ..*_ga*NTc3MTU2Ni4xNzg1NzU3MDI4*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3ODU3NTcwMjYkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODU3NTcwMjYkajYwJGwwJGgwt Structure of Fashion Tickets, Tuesday, September 15 • 2 PM - 3:30 PM | Eventbrite