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Portland Museum
The Portland Museum is a charity dedicated to working with the local community to protect and promote the unique heritage of the Isle of Portland and was founded in 1929 by the scientist and women’s rights campaigner, Dr Marie Stopes.
Sitting squarely in the middle of the Jurassic Coast, the museum houses a diverse and fascinating collection based on the themes of maritime history, quarrying and the Portland stone industry, dinosaurs and fossils, archaeology, folklore and local customs.
Resources by Portland Museum
The Portland Museum is dedicated to working with its local community to protect and promote the unique heritage of the Isle of Portland in Dorset. Over the past five years, the museum has used advances in digital technology across the arts and heritage sectors to create new ways for people to engage with its collections. The museum used its Earl of Abergaveny Collection to train and support volunteers to produce 3D digital models of shipwreck items from this collection to create a digital archive.
The Portland Museum is dedicated to working with its local community to protect and promote the unique heritage of the Isle of Portland in Dorset. Over the past five years, the museum has used advances in digital technology across the arts and heritage sectors to create new ways for people to engage with its collections. This resource explains how the museum trained and supported volunteers to produce 3D digital models of items from its collection.
