Dimbola Museum & Galleries

01/06/2026

🌟 Happy Volunteers Week 2026! 🌟

This week, we’re celebrating the wonderful volunteers who help make Dimbola such a welcoming, vibrant part of our community.

Thank you for everything you do to support our visitors, our programmes, and our shared community spirit. From front-of-house to gardening and everything in between, we’re so grateful to have you as part of the Dimbola family. 💜

If you think you might be interested in joining our team, please email our brilliant Volunteer Coordinator, Penny - [email protected] or pop in for more details.

30/05/2026

Sadly, our two superb current exhibitions are coming to an end. 'Dreams' by Yana Barabash is available to view until Sunday 7th June. However Syd's exhibition 'Eavesdropping on the Otherworld' will be coming down a little earlier than advertised, at the beginning of next week.

Make sure you come and visit before they go! 👀

https://dimbola.co.uk/event/dreams-yana-barabash/

https://dimbola.co.uk/event/eavesdropping-on-the-otherworld-syd-wytch/

29/05/2026

We had a fantastic evening on Tuesday at the private launch party for our brand new exhibition!
Many thanks to everyone for coming, and also to Pamela Parker for her write-up.
The exhibition is now well and truly open so come and see it! 🎸✨

The opening evening for the Experience Hendrix Isle of Wight Festival 1970 was opened on Tuesday evening, May 26, by creative director Jo Macaulay.

26/05/2026

Our brand new ground floor gallery, located in the former bookshop space, opens tomorrow (27th May) with the fantastic Experience Hendrix - Isle of Wight 1970 exhibition! 🎸✌️

This open-ended exhibition is included in your museum admission price.

22/05/2026

The Isle of Wight Biosphere Festival returns in 2026!
Nine days of free or low-cost nature and community events across the whole Island, celebrating our unique UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, only one of seven in the UK.

Freshwater Circle Walk
Thursday 2nd July 2026
11:00 - 13:00
Dimbola Museum & Galleries
Freshwater, PO40 9QE
£15pp

Follow in the footsteps of famous, historic Island photographer, Julia Margaret Cameron on a 2-hour guided walk around the coastal town that inspired her, Freshwater Bay.

Refreshments and entrance to the museum are included in the ticket.

Isle of Wight Biosphere Reserve

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Follow in the footsteps of famous, historic island photographer, Julia Margaret Cameron on a 2-hour guided walk around the coastal town that inspired her, Freshwater Bay. Julia Margaret Cameron photographed the great and the good of Victorian society. On this walk we will find out about the famous

21/05/2026

🚨The competition closes tomorrow!🚨

Creative Island IW Creative Network

Dimbola Museum & Galleries are opening a new exhibition of Jimi Hendrix at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, and to celebrate, they're

19/05/2026

18/05/2026

This International Museum Day, celebrate the creativity and cultural heritage preserved here at Dimbola -- former home and workplace of pioneering Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, and a treasured part of the Isle of Wight’s artistic history.

We're open every day, 10-4.

16/05/2026

Our brand new exhibition, in the former bookshop, opens on May 27th and we can't wait for you to see it. ✨

New exhibition opening later this month at Dimbola Museum celebrates Hendrix's legendary 1970 Isle of Wight performance

15/05/2026

We are thrilled that acclaimed sculptor Guy Portelli has brought his striking Jimi Hendrix sculpture to Dimbola as part of the upcoming Experience Hendrix – Isle of Wight Festival 1970 exhibition.
A huge thank you to Wightlink in the Community for supporting the journey across the Solent and helping to make this possible.

The fantastic new exhibition opens on May 27th! 🎸✨

Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferries