Wimborne’s Museum of East Dorset has dug up a real expert today, Saturday August 14.

Well known archaeologist Julian Richards of TV’s ‘Meet the Ancestors’ is visiting the museum from 11am to 3.30pm.

Normal admission charges apply.

Julian will be spending the day in his exhibition ‘A Potted History of Britain’ that charts 6,000 years of ceramics.

He will be on hand to chat to visitors and also answer queries on any pots or pottery fragments that visitors bring in.

Valuations cannot be given.

The fascinating display of 80 pots ranges from 6,000 year old fragments excavated near Stonehenge to a pot made during the lockdown last year.

It explores pottery’s role in everyday life from prehistoric times to today.

The pots on display include some from the museum’s own stores, highlighting its unique collection of East Dorset ‘Verwood’ pottery.

Others have been generously loaned by Salisbury Museum.

The exhibition is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Julian said: “Pottery has always been a passion of mine, whether it’s muddy broken fragments on an archaeological dig or showing primary school pupils how to make and fire their own pots.

“Pots are part of our everyday life.

“We eat off them, drink out of them and even sit on something that’s made of pottery in our visits to the bathroom!

“We can learn so much about people’s day to day lives through their pottery.”

• museumofeastdorset.co.uk.