A MUSEUM in Dorchester will be holding an event in celebration of the Georgian era in Dorset.

Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum, in High West Street, is hosting the new Georgian Dorset exhibition in partnership with Weymouth Museum.

The event will take place between July 10 and September 4 and will feature selected Georgian artworks from the Bussell Collection.

Ernest Bussell, a Weymouth ironmonger, was well known in the town as a collector of fine art, china, porcelain and silver. After his death in 1967, Bussell's wife donated his paintings and prints to the town of his birth.

Abbie King, spokeswoman for the Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum, said: "The Bussell collection is one of the most important collections held by Weymouth Museum, so it's such a pleasure to exhibit this artwork and welcome visitors from across the county and country to see it."

For more info visit: www.shirehalldorset.org/whatson