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Dimbola Museum & Galleries

Dimbola Museum & Galleries, originally home to pioneering Victorian photographer, Julia Margaret Cameron, was saved by from demolition by a band of volunteers and enthusiasts. It’s now home to a museum and galleries on the Isle of Wight.

The Freshwater location has stunning views making it easy to understand why Cameron and her husband were based here.

Woman in Victorian clothes reading under a tree - image used on the Book cover of Arresting Beauty

18, September 2023·2 min read

Arresting Beauty book launch’: A peek into Victorian struggles, romance and ambition

Don't miss local author Heather Cooper's book launch where she presents 'Arresting Beauty', a novel on Mary Ryan's transformative Victorian journey

Harry Shapiro and Brian Hinton holding Harry's book

29, August 2023·2 min read

Dimbola hosts exclusive talk on ‘The Year of Living Dangerously’ by Hendrix biographer

Harry Shapiro illuminates Jimi Hendrix's iconic years in sold-out Dimbola Museum event

Jules Holland and Mark Cooper both holding Mark's book

21, August 2023·2 min read

BBC’s Mark Cooper to share insight on 26-year career with ‘Later… With Jools Holland’

Having heard Mark Cooper talk earlier in the year, we can strongly recommend this event at Dimbola on Wednesday evening

The audience at Isle of Wight Festival 2019

15, May 2023·8 min read

Epic retrospective celebrates 21 years of the Isle of Wight Festival: Discover the highlights at Dimbola

Dimbola celebrates 21 years of the Isle of Wight Festival with an unprecedented retrospective exhibition

John Giddings, Brian Hinton and Julia Cameron De Villiers

13, July 2022·2 min read

Isle of Wight Festival visit for Dimbola Vice President

Julia thanked John Giddings for the space at Isle of Wight Festival and helped promote Dimbola Museum and Galleries

Photo of girl holding milk bottle from the 1950s

27, May 2022·4 min read

Retrospective of ‘one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century’, Marilyn Stafford

The touring exhibition heads to Dimbola Museum and Galleries from June to September. Don't miss it

2, April 2022·2 min read

Dimbola receives £41,000 from Arts Council England’s Emergency Resource Support Fund

Funds have been allocated to employ essential staff, and making improvements to the shop, library, darkroom and front hallway

The artwork called Devas Devis and Vahans © Jeremy Bear

5, March 2022·2 min read

Creative Cross-Currents with India and Sri Lanka exhibition brings together the work of four artists

Three 21st Century artists share this exhibition with work by pioneering Victorian photographer, Julia Margaret Cameron

Image of Hendrix from Iconic Jimi exhibition poster

5, August 2021·2 min read

‘Iconic Jimi’ by legendary British music photographer, Gered Mankowitz, comes to Dimbola

Mankowitz says, "I wanted to present him as he was. He needed no enhancement. He was so overwhelmingly charismatic I didn't want him to do anything"

3, December 2020·1 min read

Changes announced at Dimbola Museum and Galleries

Although the galleries and museum will be closed until spring, they reopen for a week over the Christmas period and the tearoom remains open

16, October 2020·1 min read

Close family connection to pioneering Victorian photographer for new Dimbola President and Vice President

The new President and Vice President at Dimbola Museum and Galleries have very close family connections to Julia Margaret Cameron. Details within

andreas polaroids of a woman looking away

1, October 2020·2 min read

‘Polaroid originals’ exhibition opens at Dimbola this week

Andrea Muendelein’s early Polaroid work explores her engagement with portraiture and painting during her time at Central Saint Martins College of Art between 2003 and 2005

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