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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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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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ONLINE LECTURE: Eric Ravilious: Downland Man
By James Russell The chalk downland of southern England inspired Eric Ravilious (1903-42) to produce some of his finest watercolours,…
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OUTING: Sutton Veny and Tytherington – Hidden Wiltshire Walk
Starting on Sutton Veny High Street by the Church, we head up into the hills to the South of the…
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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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OUTING: Swindon Old Town
An evening walk led by Isobel Geddes. The old railway cutting and Town Gardens shows the changing environment at the…
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OUTING: Stonehenge Landscape Walk – June
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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OUTING: Bowood – Capability Brown’s landscape and lakeland walk
This walk will take us from Sandy Lane down into the Bowood landscape. This was one of ‘Capability’ Brown’s most…
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OUTING: Milk Hill – Hidden Wiltshire Walk
Starting at the Pewsey Downs Car Park, we head up Walkers Hill to see the Neolithic long barrow called Adam’s…
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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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OUTING: Box Hill circular walk – Hidden Wiltshire Walk
This walk starts in the village of Box, following the By Brook past Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studio, before heading…
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OUTING: Bratton and Luccombe Springs – Hidden Wiltshire Walk
Starting at Westbury White Horse car park, we head out along the top of Combe Bottom before walking past the…
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OUTING: Erlestoke Woods
An afternoon walk led by Isobel Geddes. Join Isobel for a walk along the wooded escarpment of Salisbury Plain and…
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OUTING: The Hills above Edington – Hidden Wiltshire Walk
Starting at Edington Priory, we quickly head up to the Salisbury Plain escarpment, waking across Picquet Hill to take in…
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OUTING: Erlestoke Wood and Salisbury Plain – Hidden Wiltshire Walk
Starting at Erlestoke Wood, we head through the woodlands, via its steep banks on to Salisbury Plain where there are…
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OUTING: Devil’s Den and Fyfield Down – Hidden Wiltshire Walk
Devil's Den and Fyfield Down - 6 mile route taking in the dolmen, the sarsens but also heading over to…
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OUTING: Stonehenge Landscape Walk – September
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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CONFERENCE: Industrial Archaeology – Building Materials
NEW DATE - 23 October 2021. The programme has been changed to the one previously advertised (March 2021). Future changes…
Exhibitions - now and next
Ways of Seeing Wiltshire
The Wiltshire landscape from chalk hill figures to prehistoric remains - artworks from the Museum’s collection. Echoing ideas of England’s heritage landscape pioneered across the 18th and…
Wildlife in the Red: Wildflower Meadows
Introducing our new virtual partnership exhibition... Once collectors’ curiosities, now endangered species Explore Wildlife in the Red - Wessex Museum's first online exhibition. Visit the…
