Archived events
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FREE: Heritage Open Day and family craft activities
Join us on Heritage Open Day - FREE ENTRY to the Museum and Wessex Airscapes: Elevating Wiltshire exhibition plus family craft activities and tours of…
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LECTURE: The Mystery of Wansdyke
SOLD OUT - to be added to the waiting list email hello@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk an evening lecture by Dr Alex Langlands For centuries, Wansdyke has evaded interpretation…
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Wessex Airscapes WALK: Avebury and surrounding area
A 5 mile circular walk around Avebury and West Kennett Long Barrow, with Anna Dillon, Hedley Thorne and Glyn Coy. SOLD OUT - to be…
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Museum Explorers Club: Rock Detectives – fossils and rocks
Rock Detectives: fossils and rocks. Our Museum Explorers club is for 5-7 year olds and will be an introduction to popular topics such as the…
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Young Curators Club: Rock Detectives – fossils and rocks
Rock Detectives: fossils and rocks. Our Young Curators club (previously Young WANHS) is for 8-13 year olds and will take place, as before, on the…
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ONLINE TALK: Wiltshire manors and manorial documents
This talk is focused upon post medieval manors and English language manorial documents. We shall discuss the development and changes in the business…
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Curious Kids: Egyptians
Activities on the theme of the Egyptians 50 minutes of activity, songs and stories. Multi-sensory fun for families with curious minds. Connect to the objects…
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Wessex Airscapes WALK: Westbury White Horse
A 5 mile circular walk around Bratton Camp and Bratton, with Anna Dillon, Hedley Thorne and Glyn Coy. This route takes in Bratton Camp and…
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Summer Holiday Activities: Summer Textiles and Crafts
Arts and crafts activities for ages 3 to 11 1 and 2 August - Prehistoric Discoveries. Create prehistoric animals from clay, handle artefacts from the…
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WALK: Uffington Castle, the white horse and Wayland’s Smithy
19th August 20235:00 pm - 8:00 pmSOLD OUT: to be added to the waiting list email hello@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk A circular late-afternoon walk led by Isobel Geddes. A walk looking at the geology…
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Summer Holiday Activities: Viking Explorers
Arts and crafts activities for ages 3 to 11 1 and 2 August - Prehistoric Discoveries. Create prehistoric animals from clay, handle artefacts from the…
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GUIDED TOUR: Heritage Walk of Devizes (August and September dates)
A guided walk and talk of Devizes organised and led by John Girvan, Historian and Local Author. Pre-booking ESSENTIAL - 'book online' below (maximum number…
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Wessex Airscapes WALK: Pewsey Downs
A 5 mile circular walk over Clifford's Hill and Rybury Camp to Tan Hill , the Wansdyke, All Cannings and the Kennet and Avon Canal,…
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Summer Holiday Activities: Dinosaurs and Underwater Sea Creatures
Arts and crafts activities for ages 3 to 11 1 and 2 August - Prehistoric Discoveries. Create prehistoric animals from clay, handle artefacts from the…
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Curious Kids: Dinosaurs and Fossils
Activities on the theme of Dinosaurs and Fossils 50 minutes of activity, songs and stories. Multi-sensory fun for families with curious minds. Connect to the…
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Summer Holiday Activities: Prehistoric Discoveries
Arts and crafts activities for ages 3 to 11 1 and 2 August - Prehistoric Discoveries. Create prehistoric animals from clay, handle artefacts from the…
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WALK: Pewsey Downs
29th July 20235:00 pm - 8:00 pmA circular late-afternoon walk led by Isobel Geddes, with David Dawson. A 4-mile walk above the Vale of Pewsey - starting below Knap Hill causewayed…
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ONLINE LECTURE: Richard Colt Hoare and the discovery of Stourton Castle, the House before Stourhead
Martin Papworth updated from the library at Stourhead about the excavation and David Dawson, Director at Wiltshire Museum showed some of the collections linked to…
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ONLINE TALK: Roman Trade & Industry in North Wiltshire
The Borough of Swindon is justly famous for its rich railway industrial history; over the last 30 years excavations in advance of developments have shown…
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Home Education Sessions: Fossils, dinosaurs and prehistoric sea creatures
Handling fossils from our collection and finding out what Wiltshire was like at the time of the dinosaurs. There will be art and crafts to…
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OUTING: Stonehenge Landscape Walks – 2023
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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Museum Explorers Club: Archaeological Investigations
Fun archaeological themed activities including sand tray excavations, artefact identification, pottery reconstruction, archaeological illustration and games. Our Museum Explorers club is for 5-7 year olds…
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Young Curators Club: Archaeological Investigations
Fun archaeological themed activities including sand tray excavations, artefact identification, pottery reconstruction, archaeological illustration and games. SOLD OUT: To be added to the waiting list…
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GUIDED TOUR: Lost Pubs of Devizes
A 'dry' pub crawl of the lost pubs of Devizes, organised and led by John Girvan, Historian and Local Author. Pre-booking ESSENTIAL - 'book online'…
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Curious Kids: Romans
Activities on the theme of the Romans 50 minutes of activity, songs and stories. Multi-sensory fun for families with curious minds. Connect to the objects…