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Summer Holiday Activity – art and craft sessions for under 12s
Dinosaurs and fossil themed crafts Make a mini dinosaur land, dinosaur collage and mask, handle real fossils and identify the…
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Free event: Make & Take: Hardy’s Landscape in Collage
A free drop in craft activity on Thursdays during August Visit the Thomas Hardy exhibition and then create a landscape…
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FREE: Storytelling for all the family, with Tim Laycock
Tim Laycock tells and sings folk tales and story songs from Wiltshire and Dorset for all the family , accompanying…
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WALK: Seend
SOLD OUT. To be added to the waiting list please email hello@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk. An evening walk led by Isobel Geddes. A…
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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: Devil’s Den – Hidden Wiltshire Walk
This walk will take in the mysterious Devil’s Den dolmen and the sarsen fields of Fyfield Down. There is a…
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FILMING HARDY: A tour of Devizes
Various dates throughout the run of the exhibition. Hardy’s Wessex: Filming ‘Far From the Madding Crowd’: a tour of the…
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Summer Holiday Activity – art and craft sessions for under 12s
Pirate themed crafts Make a pirate treasure chest and then create a treasure map and treasures to store inside Dates:…
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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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Summer Holiday Activity – art and craft sessions for under 12s
Wiltshire landmarks - themed crafts Get inspired by landmarks in the Wiltshire landscape – henges, hillforts and white horses and…
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Curious Kids: Down at the Farm
Looking at farmyard animals - make your own fluffy sheep and take home your own egg carton chick. 50 minutes…
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Day course: Stone Carving with Andrew Ziminski
SOLD OUT - please contact us - hello@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk - to be added to a waiting list. 18/7/22 This one-day…
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Young Curator’s Club: Rock Detective
Investigate and identify rocks and fossils. Find out about Wiltshire’s geology and the prehistoric creatures that lived here. Create plaster…
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WALK: Murhill, Avoncliff and Winsley
A circular afternoon walk led by Isobel Geddes. A 5km (3 mile) circular walk starting and finishing in Winsley. Visit…
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Film Screening – Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
Special screenings in Wiltshire Museum’s Lecture Hall of ERIC RAVILIOUS: DRAWN TO WAR ERIC RAVILIOUS: DRAWN TO WAR is a…
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Museum Explorer’s Club: Rock Detective
Investigate and identify rocks and fossils. Find out about Wiltshire’s geology and the prehistoric creatures that lived here. Create plaster…
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Day course: Wood Engraving with Robin Mackenzie
SOLD OUT - please contact us - hello@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk - to be added to a waiting list. 18/7/22 This one-day workshop…
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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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Curious Kids: Vikings!
Design your own long boat and create your own shield! 50 minutes of activity, songs and stories. Multi-sensory fun for…
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ONLINE TALK: John Leland: a Tudor traveller in Wiltshire
John Leland was one of the leading scholars of his day - polymath, courtier of Henry VIII, biographer, bibliographer, historian.…
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CONFERENCE: Industrial Archaeology – Building Materials
15 October 2022. Programme: 9.30am Registration and Welcome 10.05 Building Georgian Chippenham - architects, builders and materials, by Mike Stone.…
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Family Holiday Activity – Superstitions
A Halloween art and craft workshop looking at superstitions. Make your own version of a witches’ bottle and art work…
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Curious Kids: Egyptians
Create your own pyramid and design a beautiful Egyptian collar fit for a pharaoh 50 minutes of activity, songs and…
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ONLINE TALK: Wiltshire Constituencies and the 1832 Reform Act
Michael Hodges examines the considerable (over) representation that Wiltshire for historic reasons enjoyed in the House of Commons prior to…
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Curious Kids: Toys and Games
Make a peg doll and your own toy. 50 minutes of activity, songs and stories. Multi-sensory fun for families with…
Exhibitions - now and next
Hardy’s Wessex: The landscapes that inspired a writer
Hardy's Wessex: the landscapes that inspired a writer The ancient landscape - superstitions Click here to see opening times and book your visit to the…
Oexmann Art Award Competition and Exhibition 2022
Born in or living in Wiltshire? Then why not enter the Oexmann Art Competition - entries welcome from all ages and prizes awarded. The object…