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Wiltshire Museum
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Venue Exhibitions
- A Wiltshire Thatcher – a Photographic Journey through Victorian Wessex
- Finding Queer Stories at Wiltshire Museum
- Assizes for Devizes Ideas Exhibition
- Wessex – Landscapes of Association: an exhibition of works by Rob Pountney
- A Love Letter to Wiltshire: an Exhibition of Paintings by Joanna May
- Wessex Airscapes: Elevating Wiltshire
- Eric Walrond: A Caribbean Writer living in Wiltshire
- Lest We Forget: the Black Contribution to the World Wars in Wiltshire
- This and That: a display of recent acquisitions, loans and community photographs
- Eric Ravilious Downland Man
- Hardy’s Wessex: The landscapes that inspired a writer
- Ways of Seeing Wiltshire
- Wildlife in the Red: Wildflower Meadows
- Barrow Clump – Saxon finds
- Oexmann Art Award Competition and Exhibition 2024
- Oexmann Art Award Competition and Exhibition 2022
- Oexmann Art Award Exhibition 2022
- Oexmann Art Award Exhibition 2019
- Earth and the Universe
- Cloth Road Arts – Visual Arts, promoting artists and artisans in Wiltshire
- Out of Egypt
- Jomonism and Manga: Japanese Contemporary Art inspired by Prehistory
- Alchemy: Artefacts Reimagined
- Devizes Camera Club
- Snakes … a Slither into a Secret World
- Wiltshire Remembers: Aftermath of the First World War
- Artwork by Louise Rolt MA Royal College of Art
- Votes for Women! Celebrating Then and Now
- INTERPRETATION & EXPRESSION: ARCHAEOLOGY & ART – Peter Dunn
- The Winds and Words of War: Posters and Prints from the San Antonio Public Library
- Compassion in Crisis: 80 Years of the Royal Voluntary Service
- Telling Wiltshire’s Story: 30 Years of Support from Art Fund
- SPOIL HEAP
- Devizes Camera Club Biennial Print Exhibition 2017
Venue Events
- Heritage Open Day Museum tour
- Devizes Through Time
- What the Stonehenge Builders Ate
- Free Talk: Archaeology revealed on the North Wessex Downs VIP Project
- Eric Walrond – Book Club
- Book Launch and Talk: Walking the White Horses
- FREE: Heritage Open Day and family craft activities
- Workshop: Victorian Portrait Photography brought to life!
- Family Workshop: Victorian Portrait Photography brought to life!
- LECTURE: Flint and fire: the first half million years of early humans in Britain
- LECTURE: The Hunt for Stourton Castle
- Film Screening – Far From The Madding Crowd
- Film Screening – Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
- Film Screening – Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
- Film Screening – Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
- JUBILEE BANK HOLIDAY – CLOSED 2nd and 3rd
- AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY – OPENING TIMES
- MAY BANK HOLIDAYS – OPENING TIMES
- MAY BANK HOLIDAYS – OPENING TIMES
- MAY BANK HOLIDAY – OPENING TIMES
- EASTER WEEKEND OPENING TIMES
- EASTER WEEKEND OPENING TIMES
- EASTER WEEKEND OPENING TIMES
- LECTURE and BOOK LAUNCH: Mary and Kate Hardy
- LECTURE: The Mystery of Wansdyke
- POSTPONED – LECTURE: Twentieth Century Dress at the Fashion Museum Bath
- LECTURE: The Story of Edward Duke and the Amesbury Oliver
- LECTURE: Contemporary art, aerial photography and the Wiltshire landscape
- LECTURE: Stonehenge: A Brief History
- LECTURE: Exploring photography’s history up to 1939
- LECTURE: Who made Avebury? Exploring the 1930s-1940s diaries of William Young
- LECTURE and BOOK LAUNCH: St Giles Imber: In a Different Light
- LECTURE: Roman Hoards from Wiltshire
- LECTURE: Fractured Britannia – material culture and the end of Roman Britain
- POSTPONED – LECTURE: Fractured Britannia – material culture and the end of Roman Britain
- LECTURE: Building Stonehenge: What Happened in Wiltshire
- Book Launch: Hidden Wiltshire: from near and far
- Hardy’s Wessex exhibition: Meet the Curator
- Day course: Stone Carving with Andrew Ziminski
- Day course: Stone Carving with Andrew Ziminski
- Day course: Stone Carving with Andrew Ziminski
- Day course: Stone Carving with Andrew Ziminski
- Day course: Stone Carving with Andrew Ziminski
- Day course: Wood Engraving with Robin Mackenzie
- Day course: Wood Engraving with Robin Mackenzie
- Day course: Wood Engraving with Robin Mackenzie
- Day course: Wood Engraving with Robin Mackenzie
- Day course: Wood Engraving with Robin Mackenzie
- Day course: Wood Engraving with Robin Mackenzie
- Day course: Wood Engraving with Robin Mackenzie
- Day course: Wood Engraving with Robin Mackenzie
- Day course: Wood Engraving with Robin Mackenzie
- Art Course: Inspired by Ravilious, by Sue Martin
- Tuesday Masterpiece Tour – Eric Ravilious: Downland Man Exhibition
- Group Tours – Eric Ravilious: Downland Man
- Christmas and New Year Opening
- Christmas/New Year Opening
- Christmas/New Year Opening
- Christmas/New Year Opening
- October half-term
- AGM of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
- AGM of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
- Bookable admission – Fri & Sat 24 & 25 July; Fri & Sat 31 July & 1 Aug
- CANCELLED – Easter Activities – Relaxed Session for ages 6 to 11
- CANCELLED: Relaxed Opening – Autism Awareness
- CANCELLED: Easter Activities – For under 6s
- CANCELLED: Easter Activities – Ancient Egyptian themed Family Workshops
- CANCELLED: Easter Holiday Activities – Easter themed
- CANCELLED: Easter Activities – Ancient Egyptian themed Family Workshops
- CANCELLED: Easter Holiday Activities – Easter themed
- CANCELLED: World Heritage Day – Egyptian themed drop-in activities
- CANCELLED: Easter Holiday – Easter Egg Hunt
- Late May Bank Holiday weekend
- Early May Bank Holiday – CLOSED
- Curious Kids: Dinosaurs
- Curious Kids: the Circus
- Curious Kids: Stone Age animals
- Curious Kids: Under the sea
- Curious Kids: Pirates!
- Curious Kids: Spring Time
- Curious Kids: Farmyard Fun
- Curious Kids: Dinosaurs and fossils
- Curious Kids: Woodland Creatures
- Curious Kids: A Tudor Christmas
- Curious Kids: Victorian Homes
- Curious Kids: Toys from the past
- Curious Kids: Egyptians
- Curious Kids: Dinosaurs and Fossils
- Curious Kids: Romans
- Curious Kids: Tudors
- Curious Kids: Kings and Queens
- Curious Kids: Books and more!
- Curious Kids: Bugs
- Curious Kids: Vikings
- Curious Kids: Toys and Games (CANCELLED)
- Curious Kids: Egyptians
- Curious Kids: Vikings!
- Curious Kids: Down at the Farm
- Curious Kids: Dinosaurs!
- Curious Kids: “Digging it”
- Curious Kids: Kings and Queens
- Curious Kids: Under the Sea
- Curious Kids: Toys and Games
- Curious Kids: Horses
- Curious Kids: Egyptians
- Curious Kids: Dinosaurs
- CANCELLED: Curious Kids: Archaeology
- Dementia Friendly Tour – May: POSTPONED
- Dementia Friendly Tour – March
- Holiday Activities – Stars and Space
- Holiday Activities – Stars and Space
- CANCELLED: Curious Kids – Moonrakers
- CANCELLED: Curious Kids – Wildlife
- POSTPONED: Curious Kids – Stonehenge
- Relaxed Opening – Autism Awareness
- Stonehenge Landscape Walk – May 2020: POSTPONED
- POSTPONED: Devizes Castle – Norman Stronghold to Victorian Folly
- Romano-British Pewter in Wiltshire
- Recent excavations at West Kennet Palisades enclosures
- Digging up Britain
- The prehistoric chalkland landscape of Stonehenge, Avebury and Dorchester – tearing up the text books and starting again
- A Prehistoric Burial Mound and Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Barrow Clump, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire: English Heritage and Operation Nightingale excavations
- POSTPONED: A Behind The Scenes Tour of Wiltshire Museum (for members only)
- CANCELLED: A Behind The Scenes Tour of Wiltshire Museum (for members only)
- CANCELLED: A Behind The Scenes Tour of Wiltshire Museum (for members only)
- TOUR: Behind the Scenes at Wiltshire Museum
- A Behind The Scenes Tour of Wiltshire Museum (for members only)
- Wessex Women Workshop – February
- Day Course: Ancient Landscapes Seen and Imagined, with Helen Garrett
- Art Course: Drawing on the Ancient Past, with Helen Garrett
- Curious Kids: Stonehenge Gold
- Curious Kids: Roman Mosaics
- Wessex Women Workshop
- Family Workshop: Christmas Crafts
- Opening Times over the Festive Period
- October Holiday Activities – Halloween
- FREE: Storytelling for all the family, with Tim Laycock
- FREE: Storytelling for all the family, with Tim Laycock
- Summer Holiday Activity – art and craft sessions for under 12s
- Summer Holiday Activity – art and craft sessions for under 12s
- Summer Holiday Activity – art and craft sessions for under 12s
- Family Holiday Activity – Medieval themed crafts
- Family Holiday Activity – Superstitions
- Family Holiday Activity – Felt Crafts for under 6s
- Family Holiday Activity – Hardy Textiles
- Easter Holiday Activities – Art from Ancient Civilizations
- Easter Holiday Activities – Spring and Easter Crafts
- Easter Holiday Activities – Fossils and nature
- Easter Holiday Activities – Easter themed art and craft
- Easter Holiday Activities – Spring wildlife themed activities
- Easter Holiday Activities – Easter themed activities
- Summer Holiday Activities: Summer Textiles and Crafts
- Summer Holiday Activities: Viking Explorers
- Summer Holiday Activities: Dinosaurs and Underwater Sea Creatures
- Summer Holiday Activities: Saxons vs Vikings
- Summer Holiday Activities: Prehistoric sea creatures
- Summer Holiday Activities: Summer Crafts
- Summer Holiday Activities: Woodland Animals
- Summer Holiday Activities: Prehistoric Discoveries
- October Holiday Activities
- May Holiday Activities
- May Holiday Activities – Building, landscapes and nature
- February Holiday Activities – Valentines and spring themed art
- February Holiday Activities – Toys
- February Holiday Activities – Traditional Toys
- February Holiday Activities – Traditional Toys
- October Holiday Activities – Chalk landscapes and White Horses
- Summer Holiday Activities at the Museum – Fossils and Dinosaur Crafts
- Summer Holiday Activities at the Museum – Fossils and Dinosaur Crafts
- Summer Holiday Activities at the Museum – Prehistoric Cave Art Creations
- Summer Holiday Activities at the Museum – Prehistoric Cave Art Creations
- Summer Holiday Activities at the Museum – Ways of Seeing Wiltshire
- Summer Holiday Activities at the Museum – Ways of Seeing Wiltshire
- Summer Holiday Activities at the Museum – Ancient Greek Olympics
- Summer Holiday Activities at the Museum – Ancient Greek Olympic Crafts
- Holiday Activities: Welcome back to the Museum
- Holiday Activities: Welcome back to the Museum
- Holiday Activities: Egyptian Themed
- Holiday Activities: Halloween Crafts
- Holiday Activities: Museum Arts and Crafts
- Antiques and Collectables Charity Valuation Day, with Marc Allum and Lisa Lloyd
- ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
- Lecture: Art UK: Democratising Access to the Nation’s Art, by Andrew Ellis
- Lecture: Bronze Age Gold and the Bush Barrow Dagger
- Scanning the Past: 3D models of historic buildings, by Robin Ault
- Curious Kids
- Curious Kids
- Lecture: Mapping Prehistory: OGS Crawford and the Origins of Wessex, by Martyn Barber
- Sold out: Lecture: The Old Stones – the Megalithic Sites of Britain and Ireland, by Andy Burnham
- A tour of Wiltshire Museum (for members only)
- A tour of Wiltshire Museum (for members only)
- A tour of Wiltshire Museum (for members only)
- Stonehenge Landscape Walk – July 2019
- Easter Weekend – CLOSED
- Easter Weekend – Opening Times
- World Heritage Day – snake themed craft activities
- Snake themed craft activities
- Art Course: Drawing on the Ancient Past, with Helen Garrett
- Young WANHS – Sssnakes …
- Young WANHS – Dyeing to meet you!
- Young WANHS: Roman Feast.
- Young WANHS – Medieval Medicines and Cures
- Young WANHS – Post Excavation activities
- Young WANHS – Saxons
- Young WANHS: Visit to the archaeological dig at Truckle Hill
- Young WANHS: Mini Curators
- Young WANHS – ARTS Award
- NEW – Museum Explorer’s Club: Christmas Traditions
- May Holiday Activities – Magical Materials
- Free event: Make & Take: Hardy’s Landscape in Collage
- Museum Explorers Club: Mini Museum Displays
- Silent Disco – for ages 8 to 12
- Eerie-on-Sea: Family Activity Session
- Summer Crafts 4 Kids – run by Wiltshire Museum’s Youth Panel
- Trick or Treat! Family Activity Session
- Trick or Treat! Family Activity Session
- LGBTQIA+ Zine Workshop
- Camera Amnesty
- Conversation Cafe – an event for Loneliness Awareness Week
- Home Education Sessions: Roman themed (under 8s)
- Home Education Sessions: Roman themed (over 8s)
- Home Education Sessions: Archaeology themed
- Home Education Sessions: Archaeology themed
- Home Education Sessions: Fossils, dinosaurs and prehistoric sea creatures
- Home Education Sessions: Journey Through Prehistory
- Home Education Sessions: Journey Through Prehistory
- Museum Explorers Club: Hare and wild life art
- Museum Explorers Club: Iron Age Themed Activities
- Museum Explorers Club: Ancient Greek Olympics
- Museum Explorers Club: Rural Crafts
- Museum Explorers Club: Tudor Portraits
- Museum Explorers Club – Animals in the Museum
- Museum Explorers Club – Medieval castle and banquets
- Museum Explorers Club – Discover Ancient Egypt
- Museum Explorers Club – Romans vs Celts
- Museum Explorers Club – December
- Museum Explorers Club – November
- Museum Explorers Club – October
- Museum Explorers Club: Rock Detectives – fossils and rocks
- Museum Explorers Club: Archaeological Investigations
- Museum Explorers Club: Roman Themed Activities
- Museum Explorers Club: Roman Themed Activities – CANCELLED
- Museum Explorers Club: The Ice Age
- Museum Explorers Club: Mythical creatures
- Museum Explorers Club: Tudor Christmas
- Museum Explorers Club: Saxons and Viking invaders
- Museum Explorer’s Club: Rock Detective
- Museum Explorer’s Club: Ancient Egyptians
- Museum Explorer’s Club: Thomas Hardy’s Wessex
- Museum Explorer’s Club: Kings and Queens
- Museum Explorer’s Club: Bronze Age People and Artefacts
- Museum Explorer’s Club: Potty about pots!
- NEW – Museum Explorer’s Club: The Romans!
- NEW – Museum Explorer’s Club: Ravilious and the Chalk Downland Landscape
- NEW – Museum Explorer’s Club: Ravilious and the Chalk Downland Landscape
- Young WANHS – An Unofficial guide on being an archaeologist
- NEW – Museum Explorer’s Club: Archaeological Discoveries
- Jonathan’s Jungle Roadshow
- Young Curator’s Club: Christmas Traditions
- Young Curators Club: Hare and wild life art
- Young Curators Club: Iron Age
- Young Curators Club: Mini Museums
- Young Curators Club: Ancient Greek Olympics
- Young Curators Club: Rural Crafts
- Young Curators Club: Tudor Portraits
- Young Curators Club: Animals in the Museum
- Young Curators Club: Medieval castle and banquets
- Young Curators Club: Discover Ancient Egypt
- Young Curators Club: Romans vs Celts
- Young Curators Club: December
- Young Curators Club: November
- Young Curators Club: October
- Young Curators Club: Rock Detectives – fossils and rocks
- Young Curators Club: Archaeological Investigations
- Young Curators Club: Roman Feast
- Young Curators Club: Roman Feast – CANCELLED
- Young Curators Club: The Ice Age
- Young Curators Club: Mythical creatures
- Young Curators Club: Tudor Christmas
- Young Curators Club: Mini Museum Displays
- Young Curator’s Club: Saxons and Viking invaders
- Young Curator’s Club: Rock Detective
- Young Curator’s Club: Ancient Egyptians
- Young Curator’s Club: Thomas Hardy’s Wessex
- Young Curator’s Club: Kings and Queens
- Young Curator’s Club: Daggers from the Bronze Age
- Young Curator’s Club: Potty about pots!
- Young Curator’s Club: Romans and the origins of Valentine’s Day
- Young Curator’s Club: Ravilious and the Chalk Downland Landscape
- Young Curator’s Club: Ravilious and the Chalk Downland Landscape
- Lecture: Identity and Ideology during the Beaker period by Chris Carey, University of Brighton
- Young Curator’s Club: Archaeological Discoveries
- Lecture: Eric Ravilious: White Horses and the ‘lost’ Puffin picture book by Joe Pearson, Design for Today
- Lecture: Raising the Lacock Cup: making a replica using medieval silver-smithing techniques by Mike Neilson , British Museum
- Lecture: Wessex and Mycenae: old finds and new insights by Ken Wardle, University of Birmingham
- Devizes in Focus Presentation Evening
- Members Tour of the Museum with David Dawson
- Museum at Night
- The Secrets Within the Earth: Workshop
- Charity Christmas Cards at the Museum
- WEA Course at the Museum: English Canals
- Empire Soldiers VR – Workshop KS4 (Years 10 & 11)
- Empire Soldiers VR – Performances
- Fun Fundraising Quiz Night
- Fun Quiz Night
- Fun Quiz Night
- Fun Quiz Night
- The Great War in Wiltshire Conference – 2018
- Art Auction
- Art Course: Drawing on the Ancient Past with artist Helen Garrett
- Macmillan Biggest Coffee Morning (and afternoon!)
- February Holiday Activities
- Halloween Holiday Activities
- Halloween Holiday Activities
- Halloween Holiday Activities
- Halloween Holiday Activities
- Coffee, Cake & Chat with John Girvan
- Lecture “From Roman Civitas to Anglo-Saxon Shire” by Bruce Eagles, Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University
- EVENING COURSE: Britain’s Cold War – ‘The Dangerous Decades’ by Dr Bob Clarke
- Children’s Arts Award ‘Discover’ in a Day
- Morning Coffee & Afternoon Tea
- Lecture: Return to the Antikythera by Phil Short
- Lecture: Recovering Lost Music of Medieval Wiltshire by Graham Bathe
- Lecture: the Scandinavian Flint Axe Type in Britain by Dr Katharine Walker
- Lecture: The South Wiltshire Roman Temple and an update on fieldwork in the Verlucio area by Dr David Roberts
- Summer Holiday Activities 2019
- Summer Holiday Activities – Snakes and the Rain Forest
- Summer Holiday Activities – Prehistoric Sea Monsters
- Summer Holiday Activities – Pirates and the Sea
- Summer Holiday Activities – Pirates and the Sea
- Summer Holiday Activities – Tudor Crafts
- Summer Holiday Activities – Tudor Crafts
- Bank Holiday Opening – Monday 29 August
- Bank Holiday Opening Monday 27 August
- Axe Casting Workshop with James Dilley
- Morning Coffee & Afternoon Tea
- Morning Coffee & Afternoon Tea
- Free Lecture: Compassion in Crisis – 80 years of the Royal Voluntary Service by Matthew McMurray
- Free Lecture: the WRVS in Devizes during World War II by David Dawson
- Devizes Castle Garden Tours
- Devizes Castle Garden Tour
- Devizes Castle Garden Tour
- Devizes Castle Garden Tours
- Devizes Castle Garden Tours
- Stonehenge Landscape Walk
- Walk : Pewsey Vale and Marden Henge
- Walk : Stonehenge Landscape – cancelled
- Young WANHS: World Heritage Day
- Bank Holiday Monday 28 May – Opening Times
- Bank Holiday Monday 7 May – Opening Times
- Children’s Holiday Craft Activities
- Children’s Holiday Craft Activities
- 4 April – Fully Booked – Holiday Activities
- Holiday Craft Activities – Amazing Art!
- Holiday Craft Activities – Amazing Art!
- Holiday Craft Activities – Amazing Art!
- Holiday Craft Activities – Amazing Art!
- 4 April – Fully Booked – Holiday Activities
- Early Man comes to the Wiltshire Museum!
- Easter Opening Times
- World Heritage Family Day – free children’s activities
- Young WANHS: Archaeological Discoveries
- Young WANHS – Great Bustards and wildlife in Wiltshire
- Young WANHS – ‘Dyeing to meet you!’
- Young WANHS – Christmas Through the Ages
- Young WANHS – Aztec Discoveries
- Young WANHS
- Young WANHS
- Young WANHS: Inspired by Civilisations – Romans
- Young WANHS: Geology
- Coffee, Cake & Chat (postponed)
- Lecture: Curating ‘Feast! Food at Stonehenge’ by Susan Greaney
- Lecture: The Calne Fates by Reverend Professor Martin Henig
- Lecture: Salisbury Cathedral Archive: from Medieval to modern by Emily Naish
- February Half Term Holiday Activities: Vikings
- February Half Term Holiday Activities: Vikings
- February Half Term Holiday Activities: Vikings
- Lecture: Stonehenge The story so far by Julian Richards – 2 tickets available
- February Half Term Holiday Activities: Vikings
- Prehistory Evening Class Course with Bob Clarke
- Lecture: Cat’s Brain – a Neolithic ‘house of the dead’ by Dr Jim Leary
- Lecture: Cat’s Brain – a Neolithic ‘house of the dead’ by Jim Leary
- Christmas Winter Warmer at the Museum
- Twelfth Night Revels at the Museum *Fully booked*
- Young WANHS: WW1 American Propaganda Posters
- #ThanksToYou – free entry for National Lottery players
- #ThanksToYou – free entry for National Lottery players
- #ThanksToYou – free entry for National Lottery players
- Winter Opening Times (closed Sundays & Mondays)
- Lantern Making Workshop
- Lantern Making Workshop
- Lantern Making Workshop
- Lantern Making Workshop
- Members Tour of the Museum
- Members Tour of the Museum (moved from 28 April)
- Members Tour of the Museum
- Members Tour of the Museum
- AGM of the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
- Book Sale
- YOUNG WANHS: Traditional Christmas Party
- YOUNG WANHS: Egyptian Discoveries
- YOUNG WANHS: Post Excavation Session
- Coffee, Cake & Chat
- Art Film Screen Screening: SPOIL HEAP
- Coffee, Cake & Chat
- Coffee, Cake & Chat
- Macmillan Coffee Morning
- Pimms Party & Auction
- Fun Quiz Night at the Museum
- Heritage Open Day
- Heritage Open Day
- Lecture ‘The Winds and Words of War: WWI Posters and Prints from the San Antonio Public Library Collection’
- TOUR: EXCAVATING A NEOLITHIC HENGE – Marden Henge and the Wiltshire Museum
- TOUR: EXCAVATING A NEOLITHIC HENGE – Marden Henge and the Wiltshire Museum
- LECTURE: Bronze Age amber spacer artefacts in Britain & Europe
- LECTURE: Wor Barrow with Dr Mike Allen
- LECTURE: A Medieval Guide to Sex
- LECTURE: The Making of Prehistoric Wiltshire
- Half-Term Holiday Activities: Dinosaurs
- Half-Term Holiday Activities: Dinosaurs
- Half-Term Holiday Activities: Dinosaurs
- Half-Term Holiday Activities: Dinosaurs
- Walking the Dead: Stonehenge Landscape Walk