Archived events
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Holiday Activities: Welcome back to the Museum
Make your own treasures inspired by some of the amazing artefacts in our collection. Using metal embossing foil, clay and other craft materials create Saxon…
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OUTING: Warminster Skyline – Hidden Wiltshire Walk
A walk which starts below the Iron Age hillfort of Battlesbury Camp. After scaling the hill and exploring the ramparts we will head over to…
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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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ONLINE TALK: Trying to Understand Wiltshire Townscapes
By John Chandler, consultant editor, Wiltshire VCH For nearly 70 years the Victoria County History has been researching and describing the history of Wiltshire towns,…
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ONLINE EVENT: Behind the scenes tour – Ways of Seeing Wiltshire
A behind the scenes tour of our new exhibition Ways of Seeing Wiltshire, which will be on display in our Oexmann and Piper Galleries when…
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GUIDED TOUR: Heritage Walk of Devizes
A guided walk and talk of Devizes organised and led by John Girvan, Historian and Local Author. Pre-booking ESSENTIAL - 'book online' below. Adults (£6.50)…
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OUTING: Hidden Wiltshire template
A Hidden Wiltshire Walk - brought to you by intrepid Wiltshire explorers and photographers Glyn Coy and Paul Timlett. Details of the day: Date…
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Online lecture: King Athelstan and the Making of England
by Michael Wood, OBE In this richly illustrated talk historian and film maker Michael Wood looks at the fascinating story of one of the great…
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ONLINE EVENT: Making Public History Fun: an online Q & A session with Greg Jenner
Making Public History Fun is an online question and answer session with Greg Jenner, hosted by Wiltshire Museum. Send in those odd and weird history…
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Hartmoor and the Devizes Castle Deer Park
The southern boundary of the Devizes Castle Deer Park is formed by a substantial bank and ditch over 5 metres high in places…
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ONLINE LECTURE: Mycenean Gold-working and parallels in Brittany and Wessex: New Research
By Nikolas Papadimitriou (Heidelberg University), with Akis Goumas (Visiting Artist, Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies) and research contributions by Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)…
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ONLINE EVENT: Buzzkill: The Victorians and the Vibrator
Today, the Victorians have something of a prudish reputation. We enjoy sniggering at the idea they found table legs offensive and bashfully called trousers ‘sit…
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ONLINE EVENT: Story of Devizes Q&A with John Girvan
An informal session where you can find out a bit more about the story of Devizes and have some (we hope!) of your questions answered.…
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ONLINE LECTURE – Building a new chronology for the Mount Pleasant mega-henge by Susan Greaney
Dr Susan Greaney, Senior Properties Historian, English Heritage Located just to the east of Dorchester in Dorset, the enormous and elaborate henge of…
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Group Tours – Eric Ravilious: Downland Man
1st March 2021 - 14th March 202110:00 am - 10:00 amDiscover more about the art of Eric Ravilious and his links to the Wiltshire and Sussex Downs. Eric Ravilious: Downland Man brings together, for the…
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Death is Not The End: Curation of the Dead In Bronze Age Britain – Tom Booth
24th February 20217:30 pm - 9:30 pmExtraneous bits of human bones and cremations are recovered from a variety of Bronze Age sites, including both cemeteries and settlements. The most extraordinary example…
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Latest archaeological news and research – Q & A session
NEW - Latest archaeological news and research - Q & A session with Mike Pitts, Kay Whitaker, Matt Leivers and David Dawson It is difficult…
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What Goes Around Comes Around: Wiltshire, from Stone Circles to Corn Circles – Tom Holland
Tom Holland, born in Wiltshire, talks about ancient and modern aspects of his native county for the Wiltshire Museum. Wiltshire, home of sites such as…
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Digital Curious Kids: Saxon Crafts
Prior to lockdown we were really enjoying hosting our Curious Kids sessions for under 5’s and their grown-ups. We have missed all those eager faces!…
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ONLINE LECTURE: The prehistoric chalkland landscape of Stonehenge, Avebury and Dorchester – tearing up the text books and starting again
NEW DATE - Thursday 11 February, 7.30 pm. To be presented online. All existing ticket holders have been contacted. by Dr Mike Allen. The comprehension…
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ONLINE LECTURE: Prehistory in History
Interpreting the Prehistoric Landscape in Medieval and Early Modern England. An online lecture by Dr Francis Young MA PhD FRHistS Medieval and early modern people…
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Geochemical fingerprinting the Sarsen stones at Stonehenge – David Nash
How the stones used to construct Stonehenge came to be on Salisbury Plain has been the subject of debate amongst archaeologists and geologists for nearly…
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Devizes Ghost Walk for Christmas
Join local historian John Girvan on this Ghost Walk – and dowse the gallows site – if you dare! For adults (£6.50) and children (£4)…
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Christmas/New Year Opening
The Museum OPENING hours over the festive period will be: OPEN - Tuesday 29 to Thursday 31 December. 10am to 4pm (closed 1-2pm). Pre-booking ESSENTIAL.…
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Devizes Ghost Walk for Christmas
SOLD OUT Join local historian John Girvan on this Ghost Walk – and dowse the gallows site – if you dare! For adults (£6.50) and…