Wareham Town Museum and runs on donations. The museum has a special section on Lawrence of Arabia, who lived close by at Clouds Hill, now maintained by National Trust. They have hosted lectures by the archaeologist, Neil Faulkner, on the topic, explaining Lawrence's role at the Hallat Ammar train ambush in 1917, showing a bullet apparently fired from a Colt pistol by Lawrence himself. The museum has produced an hour-long DVD entitled "T. E. Lawrence — His Final Years in Dorset" which includes a reconstruction of Lawrence's fatal motorcycle accident while riding his beloved Brough Superior near his home, Clouds Hill, in May
Culture of Dorset was born in Shirley, Derbyshire, his father was from Dorset and the family moved to Dorchester, Dorset in 1880. The family then moved just across the Somerset border to Montacute in 1885, but Powys maintained a connection with Dorset because he attended Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset. Several of his novels, including "Ducdame" (1925), "Wolf Solent" (1929), "Weymouth Sands" (1934) and "Maiden Castle" (1936) are set in Dorset, while Powys's first novel "Wood and Stone" is dedicated to Thomas Hardy. "Maiden Castle", which is set in Dorchester, was begun in 1934 after Powys's return from America. He initially lived in Dorset,