Dorchester Gallery

The Dorchester Gallery tells the story of Dorchester from prehistoric times to the present day, beginning with Iron Age settlements, then moving on to the foundation of the Roman town of Dorchester or Durnovaria - a politically important event for Dorset - after the Roman invasion in AD 43. The Romans built bath houses, aqueducts and town houses, and brought a completely different way of life to Durnovaria. In the Dorchester Gallery you can see fragments of Roman frescoes, roof tiles and pottery. Later came Anglo-Saxon settlement, the Norman Conquest and the medieval period - the Gallery has a rich display of medieval pottery.