Archived events
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JUBILEE BANK HOLIDAY – CLOSED 2nd and 3rd
OPEN: Saturday 4 June - 10am to 5pm CLOSED: Thursday 2, Friday 3 and Sunday 5 June.
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OUTING: Fonthill – Hidden Wiltshire Walk
An evening stroll through the Fonthill Estate, learning about the rich history of its previous incumbents while we walk through Fonthill Gifford, Berwick St Leonard…
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Family Holiday Activity – Medieval themed crafts
Medieval themed art and craft activities for ages 3 to 11 - Make a crown to take home, a dragon sock puppet, a jewelled egg…
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Archaeology in Wiltshire Conference 2022
We are back with our popular Archaeology in Wiltshire Conference at the Corn Exchange in Devizes. We are planning to welcome over 150 delegates to…
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Museum Explorer’s Club: Kings and Queens
With the Platinum Jubilee next month, we will look at some of the jubilees that have taken place through objects and documents from our more…
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Young Curator’s Club: Kings and Queens
With the Platinum Jubilee next month, we will look at some of the jubilees that have taken place through objects and documents from our more…
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Curious Kids: Kings and Queens
With the Queen’s jubilee coming up, come to Wiltshire Museum to create your own crown and design your own castle, sing songs and get to…
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MAY BANK HOLIDAY – OPENING TIMES
OPEN: Saturday 30 April: 10am to 5pm Sunday 1 May: 11am to 3pm Monday 2 May: 11am to 3pm
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ONLINE TALK: Working together: British Museum and the Wiltshire Museum
Lisa Brown, Curator of the Wiltshire Museum, tells the stories between the loans between our two museums. World of Stonehenge - we have…
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Easter Holiday Activities – Art from Ancient Civilizations
Art from Ancient Civilizations: to celebrate World Heritage Day (Monday 18th April). We currently have 3 daggers on loan from the British Museum from Ancient…
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Museum Explorer’s Club: Bronze Age People and Artefacts
Visit our Bronze Age galleries and find out about Bronze Age people through the objects we have. Try costumes, handle objects and explore objects and…
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EASTER WEEKEND OPENING TIMES
OPEN: Friday 15 April: 11am to 3pm Saturday 16 April: 10am to 5pm Monday 18 April: 11am to 3pm CLOSED: Sunday 17 April
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Easter Holiday Activities – Spring and Easter Crafts
Make Easter hangings for you window, woven baskets, bunnies and chicks. Art and Craft activities for ages 3 to 11. Dates: Tuesday 12 April -…
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Young Curator’s Club: Daggers from the Bronze Age
FULLY BOOKED. Email hello@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk to go on the waiting list Find out about the amazing daggers currently on display in the Museum, learn where are…
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Curious Kids: Under the Sea
Go under the sea at Wiltshire museum and create your own octopus, make our own woven fish, and sing songs about creatures that live in…
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ONLINE LECTURE: The Marlborough Bucket: Connections and Context in the Iron Age of Southern Britain
The Marlborough bucket is one of the most richly decorated vessels in Iron Age Europe. Yet, analysis of its decoration and how it…
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Devizes Ghost Walk – 2022
NEW DATE: Join local historian John Girvan on his evening Ghost Walk – and dowse the gallows site – if you dare! Pre-booking ESSENTIAL. Dates:…
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Museum Explorer’s Club: Potty about pots!
Explore the amazing pottery in our galleries and look at how pottery has changed through the ages. Have a go at putting the pottery back…
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Devizes Ghost Walk – 2022
SOLD OUT. NEW DATE AVAILABLE - 25 MARCH. Join local historian John Girvan on his evening Ghost Walk – and dowse the gallows site –…
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Bremhill Parish: a community history project
Louise Ryland-Epton, the principal author of the new and beautifully produced award-winning history of Bremhill Parish, and Martin Nye, Chair of the Wiltshire Museum and…
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Young Curator’s Club: Potty about pots!
Explore the amazing pottery in our galleries and find out ways you might identify pottery pieces you find when you are out and about. We…
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LECTURE: Building Stonehenge: What Happened in Wiltshire
The only stone on Salisbury Plain seems to be chalk. Where Stonehenge came from – once the weight of a dozen blue whales – was…
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Curious Kids: Bugs
Come and learn about bugs at Curious Kids! We will be exploring how a caterpillar transforms info a butterfly, craft dragonflies, sing songs, and see…
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ONLINE LECTURE: Staging the World of Stonehenge
Neil Wilkin and Jennifer Wexler will talk about their roles in curating The world of Stonehenge at the British Museum. Neil is Curator of Early…
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ONLINE LECTURE: Celtic Languages, Migrations and Milk: The genetics of Britain 1500 BC-43 AD
By Tom Booth, Senior Research Scientist, Pontus Skoglund Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London Recent studies of ancient genomics have identified at least…
