Archived events
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Curious Kids: Egyptians
Create your own pyramid and design a beautiful Egyptian collar fit for a pharaoh 50 minutes of activity, songs and stories. Multi-sensory fun for families…
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Trick or Treat! Family Activity Session
The Trick or Treat family event session is open to families – specifically children under 10 Visit the Museum’s galleries and complete a variety of…
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Family Holiday Activity – Superstitions
A Halloween art and craft workshop looking at superstitions. Make your own version of a witches’ bottle and art work with black cats and bats.…
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FREE: Storytelling for all the family, with Tim Laycock
SOLD OUT - to be added to the waiting list email - hello@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk. Tim Laycock tells and sings folk tales and story songs from Wiltshire…
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Film Screening – Far From The Madding Crowd
Special screenings of Far From the Madding Crowd (1967 version) in Wiltshire Museum’s Lecture Hall To mark the 55th anniversary of the premiere of John…
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CONFERENCE: Industrial Archaeology – Building Materials
15 October 2022. Programme: 9.30am Registration and Welcome 10.05 When is a brick not a brick?, by Gerald Steer, an architect specialising in timber framed…
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Museum Explorers Club: Saxons and Viking invaders
Discover some of our Saxon and Viking treasures through a gallery object hunt, make Saxon style jewellery and have a go at a Saxon recipe…
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Young Curator’s Club: Saxons and Viking invaders
Discover some of our Saxon and Viking treasures through a gallery object hunt, make Saxon style jewellery and have a go at a Saxon recipe…
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Film Screening – Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
September and October screenings are SOLD OUT. To be added to our waiting list email hello@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk (3/9/22) Special screenings in Wiltshire Museum’s Lecture Hall of…
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ONLINE TALK: John Leland: a Tudor traveller in Wiltshire
John Leland was one of the leading scholars of his day - polymath, courtier of Henry VIII, biographer, bibliographer, historian. But what makes him unique…
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Curious Kids: Vikings!
Design your own long boat and create your own shield! POSTPONED - ALL TICKETS WILL BE CONTACTED 29/9/22. 50 minutes of activity, songs and stories.…
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OUTING: Stonehenge Landscape Walk – September
An afternoon walk, from Durrington Walls to Stonehenge, led by Museum Director, David Dawson The Walk This half-day tour starts at 1.30pm, meeting close to…
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Day course: Wood Engraving with Robin Mackenzie
The Monday 19 September workshop has been postponed and all ticket holders contacted. This one-day workshop is perfect for beginners looking to learn a new…
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Museum Explorer’s Club: Rock Detective
Investigate and identify rocks and fossils. Find out about Wiltshire’s geology and the prehistoric creatures that lived here. Create plaster cast fossils and take part…
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Film Screening – Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
September and October screenings are SOLD OUT. To be added to our waiting list email hello@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk (3/9/22) Special screenings in Wiltshire Museum’s Lecture Hall of…
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Devizes Ghost Walk – 2022
Join local historian John Girvan on his evening Ghost Walk – and dowse the gallows site – if you dare! Pre-booking ESSENTIAL. Dates: Friday 30…
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OUTING: Devil’s Den – Hidden Wiltshire Walk
This walk will take in the mysterious Devil’s Den dolmen and the sarsen fields of Fyfield Down. There is a Thomas Hardy link, as the…
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WALK: Murhill, Avoncliff and Winsley
10th September 20222:00 pm - 5:00 pmSOLD OUT. To be added to our waiting list email hello@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk (1/9/22) A circular afternoon walk led by Isobel Geddes. A 5km (3 mile) circular…
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Young Curator’s Club: Rock Detective
Investigate and identify rocks and fossils. Find out about Wiltshire’s geology and the prehistoric creatures that lived here. Create plaster cast fossils and take part…
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Day course: Stone Carving with Andrew Ziminski
SOLD OUT - please contact us - hello@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk - to be added to a waiting list. 18/7/22 This one-day workshop is perfect for beginners…
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Curious Kids: Down at the Farm
CANCELLED - TICKET HOLDERS WILL RECEIVE REFUNDS. 2/9/22 Looking at farmyard animals - make your own fluffy sheep and take home your own egg carton…
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Bank Holiday Opening – Monday 29 August
The Museum will be open from 11 am – 3 pm on Bank Holiday Monday 29 August 2022. If making a special or long distance…
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Summer Holiday Activity – art and craft sessions for under 12s
Wiltshire landmarks - themed crafts Get inspired by landmarks in the Wiltshire landscape – henges, hillforts and white horses and create water colour and tissue…
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GUIDED TOUR: Heritage Walk of Devizes
A guided walk and talk of Devizes organised and led by John Girvan, Historian and Local Author. Pre-booking ESSENTIAL - 'book online' below. Adults (£6.50)…
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Summer Holiday Activity – art and craft sessions for under 12s
Pirate themed crafts Make a pirate treasure chest and then create a treasure map and treasures to store inside Dates: Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17…