Wimborne’s Museum of East Dorset has appointed a new Events and Programming Officer.

Twenty-four-year-old Aidan Hill from Corfe Mullen joins the award-winning museum after working as an ‘errand boy’ during his summer holidays.

Aidan, who has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Winchester as well as a master’s degree in history, spent his summer working at the museum. He explains: “I helped on the Craft and Lunch activities offered to children eligible for free school meals. These sessions allowed children to have fun through craft and get a nutritious meal throughout their holidays. I loved it and knew I wanted to eventually work here full time.”

In his new role Aidan is responsible for organising numerous events and activities for museum visitors, designed to give added value to the museum experience.

He said: “My predecessor was in this job a long time, so I have big shoes to fill. My aim is to live up to their legacy and continue to deliver high-quality events for our museum visitors of all ages and abilities. One of our key areas is improving our activities for visitors with special educational needs and accessibility issues.

He added: “Our founder Hilda Cole was such a visionary and always wanted her museum to be a place of interaction, engagement and interest so I will endeavour to create activities that are a lot of fun as well as educational and that Hilda would be proud of!”