Workshop: Victorian Portrait Photography brought to life!
Find out more about Victorian photography and have your portrait taken! Join Frank Menger, who re-created the Stonehenge images for the A Wiltshire Thatcher exhibition at Wiltshire Museum, as he demonstrates how a Victorian Photographer would have taken the photograph of the Thatcher in Farmer’s photo-album. As a group or
Family Workshop: Victorian Portrait Photography brought to life!
Find out more about Victorian photography and have your portrait taken! In these sessions Frank Menger, who re-created the Stonehenge images for the A Wiltshire Thatcher exhibition at Wiltshire Museum, will explain and demonstrate how a Victorian Photographer would have taken the photograph of the Thatcher in Farmer’s photo-album.
Wiltshire Thatcher Photo Album Conservation Appeal
Can you help fund the conservation, cleaning and scanning of our amazing Wiltshire Thatcher Photo Album? The album was created by Ernest Farmer, who was a leading figure in the development of photography as an art form. It will feature in our forthcoming exhibition, which will show how Farmer captured
Remembrance Day
Remembering all those who have fought and those who lost their lives during conflict. Letters Home During 2018, we embarked upon a 'Letters Home project'. Volunteers, local and far away, wrote letters home inspired by factual information about soldiers from Devizes who fought in the Great War and are commemorated
LECTURE: Exploring photography’s history up to 1939
Dr Michael Pritchard will look at how photography evolved from its announcement in France and England in 1839 up to the outbreak of war in 1939. He’ll show how the cameras and equipment that photographers – both amateur and professional – used evolved, and the types of photographs produced during
Jomon Japan day 3 Oyu and Isedotai stone circles
Day 3 – Friday 25 October The day started with bright sun and the colours of the autumn leaves were stunning. A morning bath was essential, though it meant that I had to miss breakfast as the queue was too long. Instead, I bought an apple from the hotel shop
May Holiday Activities – Building, landscapes and nature
A variety of crafts inspired by our Wiltshire Thatcher exhibition and the landscapes, buildings and nature of Wiltshire Art and Craft activities for ages 3 to 11, including: • junk modelling to create mini buildings and monuments • collage techniques to create landscapes • paper craft to create floral blooms
Camera Amnesty
Have you got an old-fashioned camera gathering dust at home? Are you wondering if it still works? Do you want to start using it with film but don’t know where to start? Between 2 pm and 4 pm on Saturday 10 August, photographer, researcher and camera geek (his own word!)
Museum Explorers Club: Rural Crafts
Activities linked to the Wiltshire Thatcher exhibition. Our Museum Explorers club is for 5-7 year olds and is an introduction to popular topics such as the Romans and Ancient Egyptians. 4 year olds who have started school (or are being home educated) are welcome too. Come along and take part
Young Curators Club: Rural Crafts
Activities linked to the Wiltshire Thatcher exhibition. Our Young Curators club is for 8-13 year olds and will take place, as before, on the second Saturday of each month (usually). Sessions are focused around our collections and exhibitions, and subjects we look at include archaeology, history, natural history and art.
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