September 2018

Having newly started as the Museum Engagement Officer at MoDiP, I knew the job would have a strong focus on the significance of plastics, but I didn’t realise quite how this would change my everyday perception of the material and my attitude towards it. With a background of conservation and a love...

What do you think of plastics? Today they are much in the press. David Attenborough’s Blue Planet touched a nerve and it has become fashionable to go plastics free. There are guides to plastics free festivals, plastics free sports events, and plastics free parties. Archers’ characters, Fallon and...

MoDiP is currently closed until we open our doors to our new exhibition. See through September 2018 - March 2019 Objects are made to be see-through and to be seen through for a number of reasons. Many plastics materials provide designers and manufacturers with translucency, or even complete...

As part of our w-Rap project with Musician in Residence, Karen Wimhurst , there will be a performance at Poole Lighthouse . For tickets see https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/whats-on/2018/w-rap/ Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)