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ONLINE EVENT: Connections: Avebury and Orkney
An event as part of the celebration the 35th Anniversary of the Inscription of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site. An online…
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ONLINE LECTURE: Ravilious in Wiltshire
By David Dawson, Director, Wiltshire MuseumEric Ravilious was inspired by the Wiltshire downlands and White Horses. This lecture will explore why he was…
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Jomon Japan, Stone Circles and World Heritage
David Dawson, our Director, talking about Japanese stone circles, the prehistoric Jomon culture and amazing museums he saw when he was fortunate to…
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Devizes Assize Court – a progress report
Work has been progressing steadily on developing ideas on how Devizes Assize Court can become a hub for the community and the new home of…
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Hartmoor and the Devizes Castle Deer Park
The southern boundary of the Devizes Castle Deer Park is formed by a substantial bank and ditch over 5 metres high in places…
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ONLINE LECTURE: Mycenean Gold-working and parallels in Brittany and Wessex: New Research
By Nikolas Papadimitriou (Heidelberg University), with Akis Goumas (Visiting Artist, Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies) and research contributions by Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)…
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ONLINE LECTURE – Building a new chronology for the Mount Pleasant mega-henge by Susan Greaney
Dr Susan Greaney, Senior Properties Historian, English Heritage Located just to the east of Dorchester in Dorset, the enormous and elaborate henge of…
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Death is Not The End: Curation of the Dead In Bronze Age Britain – Tom Booth
Extraneous bits of human bones and cremations are recovered from a variety of Bronze Age sites, including both cemeteries and settlements. The most extraordinary example…
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Latest archaeological news and research – Q & A session
NEW - Latest archaeological news and research - Q & A session with Mike Pitts, Kay Whitaker, Matt Leivers and David Dawson It is difficult…
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What Goes Around Comes Around: Wiltshire, from Stone Circles to Corn Circles – Tom Holland
Tom Holland, born in Wiltshire, talks about ancient and modern aspects of his native county for the Wiltshire Museum. Wiltshire, home of sites such as…
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Curious Kids: Dinosaurs
50 minutes of activity, songs and stories. Multi-sensory fun for families with curious minds. Connect to the objects around the museum, delve into the past…
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WALK: Bradford-on-Avon and Avoncliff – a Hidden Wiltshire walk
A 4-mile afternoon walk This walk through Bradford-on-Avon will take in some of the towns hidden gems, including the Saxon Church and the chapel on…
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Heritage Open Day Museum tour
A special tour of hidden parts of the Museum by Director David Dawson Find out the stories of the 5 buildings that are now the…
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Young Curators Club: Mini Museums
Come along and create a mini-museum! Our Young Curators club is for 8-13 year olds and will take place on the second Saturday of each…
