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Many of our talks are conducted via ‘Zoom’

[Not a member but wish to join a BNSS Zoom event – email bnssmembership@gmail.com at least 24 hours in advance
and we can send you a ‘link’ for the talk]

More about Zoom here

Upcoming events

Museum Open Day

17th October 2026 at 10.00am to 4.00pm

Silk & Spice Routes Exhibition

17th October 2026 at 10:30am-3:30pm

Museum Open Day

18th October 2026 at 10.00am to 4.00pm

Talk: Lawrence of Arabia in Dorset

20th October 2026 at 7.30pm (zoom only)

Talk: Riverways of Dorset Stories

24th October 2026 at 2.30pm (in house and zoom)

Talk: Honeybees

27th October 2026 at 7.30pm (zoom only)

Talk: Was Jack the Ripper a Slaughterman?

31st October 2026 at 2.30pm (in house and zoom)

Talk: Lakota and Cheyenne Star Knowledge, Traditions, and Cosmology

3rd November 2026 at 7.45pm (zoom only)

Talk: Computer Games and E-Sports – for the Next Olympics?

10th November 2026 at 7.30pm (zoom only)

Talk – Diatoms: Slides, Microscopy and Fossil Diatoms

14th November 2026 at 2.30pm (in house only)

Talk – Active Galaxies: What Are They?

17th November 2026 at 7.30pm (zoom only)

Museum Open to Public

21st November 2026 at 10.00am to 1.30pm

Talk – Hidden Treasures in the BNSS Marine Invertebrate Collections

21st November 2026 at 2.30pm (in house and zoom)

Talk – Urban Wildlife

24th November 2026 at 7.30pm (zoom only)

Talk – Joy to the World!

1st December 2026 at 7.30pm (zoom only)

Talk – ‘Sink the Rich’: Why Are Orca Attacking Ships Off the Iberian Coast?

8th December 2026 at 7.30pm (in house and zoom)

AGM and Assembly

12th December 2026 at 2.30pm (in house and zoom)

Talk – The New Forest: A Landscape Shaped by the Ancient Tradition of Commoning

15th December 2026 at 7.30pm (zoom only)

Museum Open to Public

29th December 2026 at 10.00am to 4.00pm

Museum Open to Public

30th December 2026 at 10.00am to 4.00pm