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ONLINE TALK: Un/Common People: an introduction to our new exhibition about Folk Culture in Wessex
an online talk by David Dawson, Director of Wiltshire Museum David will introduce our new exhibition, highlighting intriguing, bizarre and surprising objects and stories drawn from across the…
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ONLINE TALK: Wiltshire Museum – A Science Research hub
David Dawson, Director of Wiltshire Museum, highlights some of the leading edge research being carried out using the nationally important collections of the Wiltshire Museum. Ancient DNA, fingerprints, isotope analysis…
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Assizes for Devizes – online briefing about our Planning Application
Image: Artist's impression by Richard Carman Join our online briefing to see what the completed building will look like and hear about our next steps with the project.…
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LECTURE: The dark, the light and the weird: a brief history of Wiltshire – 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 Stonehenge and Avebury,…
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Assizes for Devizes – reaching a milestone
Image: Artist's impression by Richard CarmanJoin our online briefing to see what the completed building will look like and hear about our next steps with the project.Work has…
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ONLINE TALK: Show and Tell – a look at some new acquisitions
An online ‘show and tell’ highlighting some recent additions to the Wiltshire Museum collections. Join Curator, Lisa Brown, Friday Schoemaker, Assizes for Devizes Project Assistant, and Director, David…
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From Milan to Draycot Cerne. The Funerary Helmet of Sir Thomas Long
This is the intriguing story of the helmet, on display at Wiltshire Museum, which was worn by Sir Thomas Long of Draycot Cerne, Wiltshire, who fought beside King…
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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) is joined by Prue Saunders and Bev Stapleton, research volunteers for the Avebury Papers Project, to discuss how the…
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Assizes for Devizes – an Update
An update on the Assizes for Devizes project, including the latest architectural plans, our audience consultation and work on the stories that we will tell in the displays.…
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ONLINE TALK: Art Unlocked – Wiltshire Museum
Art Unlocked is an online talk series brought to you by Art UK in collaboration with Bloomberg Philanthropies. In this talk, you will hear David Dawson, Director of…
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ONLINE LECTURE: Lest we Forget
an online talk by Selena Carty, founder of BlackPoppyRose Our exhibition "Lest We Forget: the Black Contribution to the World Wars in Wiltshire" aims to respectfully tell some of the…
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ONLINE LECTURE: Eric Walrond: A Caribbean American Writer in Exile in Wiltshire
In this presentation, biographer James Davis (Brooklyn College - City University of New York) describes the peripatetic career of fiction writer and journalist Eric Walrond. Born in Guyana, raised in…
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ONLINE TALK: New to the Museum: Wiltshire’s stories through our collections
Join us for an online ‘show and tell’ highlighting some recent additions to our collections. Ranging from a Saxon jewel to stones from Stonehenge, children's toy to Roman…
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ONLINE LECTURE: Boles Barrow: excavations old and new
Boles barrow on Salisbury Plain is a monument much talked about and little published. Over the last few years research in the archives has pulled together some of the findings…
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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 Sir Richard Colt Hoare at…
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ONLINE TALK: The William Cunnington Letter Books, 1799-1810
Within the museums archive there are two bound letter books containing over 520 letters addressed to William Cunnington 1st from nearly 60 correspondents, including Richard Colt Hoare, John Britton,…
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ONLINE TALK: Human Henge 2016 – 2023: Walking with intent in ancient landscapes
This talk outlines the value of ancient landscapes for wellbeing and mental health, describes what Human Henge is and does in that context, shares experiences of participation in…
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ONLINE LECTURE: William Gowland: Japanese megalithic tombs and Stonehenge
An online talk by Professor Simon Kaner In 1901 William Gowland undertook pioneering restoration work at Stonehenge, and his archaeological observations helped shape current understanding of the monument.…
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ONLINE LECTURE: Upton Lovell Shaman – a Bronze Age Goldworker
The Upton Lovell Shaman was buried with a 4000-year-old goldworking tool kit. Hear about this new research, just published in Antiquity, from the team at the University of…
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ONLINE TALK: Assizes for Devizes
by David Dawson David outlines the work under way as we prepare our application to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for submission in February 2023. Inflation and the…
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ONLINE TALK: A Wealth of Knowledge: A decade of archaeological research, unlocked
by Wil Partridge, who worked on the project for over two years. Wiltshire Museum has recently completed its Arts Council funded A Wealth of Knowledge project. The project,…
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What lies beneath Max Gate? Live stream of discussion about excavations at Thomas Hardy’s former home
Speakers: National Trust archaeologist Martin Papworth; Hardy’s Wessex curator Harriet Still and Wiltshire Museum director David Dawson.In 1884, the writer Thomas Hardy unwittingly built his house Max Gate (near Dorchester)…
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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 lent finds from Bush Barrow,…
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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 relates to other vessels in…
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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 one of the coordinators of…
Events coming up ...
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ONLINE TALK: Millionaire Shopping: The Collections of Alfred Morrison of Fonthill 1821-1897
Alfred Morrison was one of the most important and unusual collectors of the nineteenth century in Britain. He amassed not…
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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.…
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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 -…
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Family art and craft sessions inspired by our exhibition, Un/Common People
Come and make your own folk creations. Try raffia weaving, create colourful seed art pictures and sewn art. Art and…
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Evening Walk: West Kennet Longbarrow
An evening walk, led by David Dawson and Claire Slack, meeting at Wiltshire Museum (for pre-arranged car-sharing) and then at…
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ONLINE TALK: How To Survive The Ritual Year, by Liza Frank
Do you know your First Footing from your wassailing? Your Imbolc blessings from your Beltane flowers? What nights to bake…
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EVENING WALK: Milk Hill and Wansdyke – exploring Wiltshire’s folklore
A 4-mile walk evening walk Join David (our Director) and Claire (folklorist and our Project Engagement Officer) to explore the…
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Curious Kids: June postponed
The June Curious Kids sessions (Under the Sea) has been postponed to August. Come and join us instead for the…
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Let’s Celebrate Wiltshire Day
Celebrate Wiltshire Day at Wiltshire Museum! As part of this event we will have a range of Folk activities, as…
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Teencraft – June: Macramé
After school craft sessions designed for 12-16 year olds, takes place on the second Tuesday of the month. Sessions may…
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ONLINE TALK: Thomas Henry Wyatt, Victorian Architect in Wiltshire
T.H. Wyatt (1807-80), eminent Victorian, was President and Gold Medallist of the RIBA. More than a quarter of his 400…
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Young Curators Club: June – Discovering the Folk exhibition
A fun trail to find out about this exhibition and a chance to try crafts linked to it including making…
