Join one of the UK's leading Thomas Hardy experts to find out more about the famous Dorset author.

A spart of the Hardy's Wessex exhibition, curator Harriet Still will be at Dorset Museum on June 23. Join her to hear more about the themes and stories of Dorset Museum's landmark Thomas Hardy exhibition, which spans three other museums in Dorset and Wiltshire.

Explore the Victorian novelist and poet, and the stunning Wessex landscapes that shaped his view of the world. Learn more about the objects, stories and themes that are covered in the exhibition, and more about Hardy himself.

Visitors can also benefit from exploring the exhibition, as well as Dorset Museum's award-winning galleries, in a free open evening before the lecture.

Harriet said: "We hope the exhibition will encourage visitors to see Hardy in a different light - for example, how he used his writing to campaign for rural workers' rights, women's equality and animal welfare, or his conflicting interests in superstition and science. Each exhibition sheds light on different aspects of hardy's life, work and character."

To book the lecture, visit dorsetmuseum.org and the free open evening can be booked here.