A watercolour view of the front of the Assize Court building, with flags and banners. People are approaching the entrance using the steps and the sloping entrance.

Assizes for Devizes Ideas Exhibition

The Assizes for Devizes project will transform the derelict Assize Court into the new home of the Wiltshire Museum and a vibrant community space. Explore this exciting project through our new exhibition - from the history of the Assize Court, to community feedback and our plans for the future Museum.

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Oexmann Art Award Competition and Exhibition 2024

Born in or living in Wiltshire?  Then why not enter the Oexmann Art Competition - entries welcome from all ages and prizes awarded. The object of the competition is to encourage and promote Wiltshire artists and is open to everyone born or living in Wiltshire (Wiltshire Museum reserves the right

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View of two display cases in the Library Long Room of the Museum

Finding Queer Stories at Wiltshire Museum

This exhibition shows some of the first LGBTQIA+ stories ever discovered in the Museum’s archives and collections. Through research into the queer stories in our collections, the Museum is highlighting historically overlooked and dismissed perspectives and celebrating the diversity of Wiltshire’s community. This display in the Long Room features objects

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Folkton Drums by Rose Ferraby

Protected: Downland: art and the archaeological imagination in Wiltshire

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Megalithic Connections – Drawings & Etchings by Dave Gunning

An exhibition of artworks inspired by the prehistoric heritage of the UK and with Egyptian influences Dave Gunning is a Fine Artist who has exhibited at Wiltshire Museum on many occasions. His main inspiration to continue to make ‘on site’ drawing originates from an encounter at Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber

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Person digging with a spade with the barbed-wire topped prison wall in the background. (c) Wessex Archaeology

Digging for Erlestoke

Digging for Erlestoke is a community archaeology project with a difference, and the people at the heart of this project are men from HMP Erlestoke, a  category C prison in Erlestoke, Wiltshire. It took place from June 2023 – May 2024. Made possible by funding from the National Lottery Heritage

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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 form. The exhibition features the image immortalised on the Led Zepplin IV album cover. Through the exhibition, we show how Farmer captured the spirit of

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Wessex – Landscapes of Association: an exhibition of works by Rob Pountney

  An exhibition of landscape drawings inspired by the Wessex countryside The exhibition will feature over 30 works by Rob Pountney, all inspired by the Wessex landscape and the works of Thomas Hardy, including images of Stonehenge, Avebury and Hambledon Hill.    All the artworks are for sale, modestly priced from

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A Love Letter to Wiltshire: an Exhibition of Paintings by Joanna May

  An exhibition celebrating 20 years of the wildlife artist’s work and recognising her commitment to the region’s environment In celebration of her 20 years in business, Joanna May has produced a new series of paintings for the exhibition representing her love of Wiltshire: ‘Crop Circles and Wildlife’.  She discovered

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Wessex Airscapes: Elevating Wiltshire

A collaborative exhibition between aerial photographer Hedley Thorne and landscape painter Anna Dillon, exploring aerial landscapes. Their respective art forms offer a complementary and contemporary take on the landscape of Wessex. This is Anna and Hedley's second ‘Airscapes’ exhibition.  The first, at Radley College in 2021, showcased Oxfordshire and Berkshire

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