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MAY BANK HOLIDAYS – OPENING TIMES
May Bank Holiday Weekends: Saturday 4 May: OPEN 10am to 5pm Sunday 5 May: CLOSED Monday 6 May: OPEN 11am…
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Young Curators Club: Tudor Portraits
Be inspired by Tudor portraits and create your own, as well as an elaborate frame! Our Young Curators club is…
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Museum Explorers Club: Tudor Portraits
Be inspired by Tudor portraits and create your own, as well as an elaborate frame! Our Museum Explorers club is…
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WALK: Lacock and the Wilts and Berks Canal – a Hidden Wiltshire walk
A 7-mile walk taking in the historic village of Lacock and the Wilts and Berks canal. Starting at Lacock, this…
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OUTING: Stonehenge Landscape Walks – 2024
An afternoon walk, from Durrington Walls to Stonehenge, led by Museum Director, David Dawson The Walk This half-day tour starts…
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WALK: Fonthill Estate – a Hidden Wiltshire walk
A 7-mile walk around Fonthill Lake and local villages. This route takes us through the picturesque countryside on both sides…
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Curious Kids: Under the sea
Dive in and swim with us, explore the amazing creatures that live in our oceans, can you wiggle like an…
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TOUR: Behind the Scenes at Wiltshire Museum
Join us for an overview of the Wiltshire Museum collections and a little peep ‘behind the scenes’, led by…
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LECTURE: Who made Avebury? Exploring the 1930s-1940s diaries of William Young
In this talk, Dr Fran Allfrey (University of York) will be joined by Prue Saunders and Bev Stapleton, research volunteers…
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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,…
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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…
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Home Education Sessions: Archaeology themed
Archaeological investigations: • A chance to handle and investigate archaeological artefacts • A quiz to discover objects in the galleries…
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WALK: Ranscombe Bottom and Morgan’s Hill – a Hidden Wiltshire walk
A 6-mile walk around Cherhill Down and Calstone. This very picturesque walk is along the bottom of Cherhill Down through…
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Day course: Wood Engraving with Robin Mackenzie
A one-day workshop perfect for beginners looking to learn a new technique, or for those who have done a little…
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ONLINE TALK: Recent Research on Clarendon Park
This talk, by Rosalind Johnson, will discuss the latest research on Clarendon Park and the palace in the context of…
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WALK: Milk Hill and Wansdyke – a Hidden Wiltshire walk
A 4-mile walk evening walk This evening walk takes us up into the Pewsey Downs, over Walkers Hill and Adam’s…
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WALK: Drawn to Oare: Eric Ravilious landscapes in the Vale of Pewsey
A walk to locations associated with Eric Ravilious and some of his little-known watercolours of the Pewsey Vale - and…
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Curious Kids: Stone Age animals
Stories, objects to discover and the chance to create your very own cave art and make a woolly mammoth model…
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Young Curators Club: Ancient Greek Olympics
Activities linked to Ancient Greek Olympics. Our Young Curators club is for 8-13 year olds and will take place, as…
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Museum Explorers Club: Ancient Greek Olympics
Ancient Greek Olympics. Our Museum Explorers club is for 5-7 year olds and is an introduction to popular topics such…
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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…
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WALK: The Deverills – a Hidden Wiltshire walk
A 6-mile afternoon walk onto the hill above the Deverills This walk takes us into the hill above the Deverills.…
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WALK: Ansty, Wardour and Swallowcliffe – a Hidden Wiltshire walk
A 5-mile afternoon walk from Old Wardour Castle to Swallowcliffe Starting at the historic Old Wardour Castle, this walk takes…
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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…
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Day course: Stone Carving with Andrew Ziminski
A one-day workshop, perfect for beginners looking to pick up the basic skills required to carve stone You will set…
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Exhibitions - now and next
A Wiltshire Thatcher – a Photographic Journey through Victorian Wessex
This exhibition celebrates the work of Ernest Farmer, who today is little-known but was a leading figure in the development of photography as an art…