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Young Curators Club: July – Festival of Archaeology
Find out about Archaeology through quizzes, interactive activities and craft. Our Young Curators club is for 8-13 year olds and…
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Museum Explorers Club: July – Festival of Archaeology
Find out about Archaeology through quizzes, interactive activities and craft. Our Museum Explorers club is for 5-7 year olds and…
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Queer Ecology, Blackout Poetry and Collaging with Izzy McLeod
Join artist and scientist Izzy McLeod in a creative workshop to explore ideas of queer ecology and learn about the…
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GUIDED TOUR: Lost Pubs of Devizes – July and August
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 – July and August
A guided walk and talk of Devizes organised and led by John Girvan, Historian and Local Author. Pre-booking ESSENTIAL -…
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AFTERNOON WALK: Battle of Roundway Down – anniversary battlefield walk
A walk led by Museum Director, David Dawson. In July 1643, a Royalist army commanded by General Hopton was marching…
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Connections and Collections: Engage with heritage and see objects up close – July
Join us at Wiltshire Museum on the third Thursday of the month for Connections and Collections if you are eager…
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‘We Have Always Been Here’ LGBTQIA+ Exhibition Launch
Join us in celebrating our new LGBTQIA+ heritage exhibition, created in collaboration with the Queer at the Museum advisory group!…
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Day course: Folk charms making workshop
Spend the day creating lovely beautiful jewellery inspired by charms from folk traditions. By the end of the day, you…
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GALLERY TOUR: Folk in the Galleries
Join folklorist Claire Slack to explore the folklore of Wiltshire and the wider world through the objects found in the…
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Summer Holiday Activities: Wild Animal themed art and craft
Visit our folk exhibition and see the wonderful wooden Noah’s ark and create you own wild animals from card and…
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Curious Kids: Under the sea
50 minutes of activity, songs and stories. Multi-sensory fun for families with curious minds. Connect to the objects around the…
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ONLINE TALK: The Materiality of Secret Keeping: Concealed Objects in Buildings by Miranda Spraggs
People hide a wide array of weird and wonderful objects within the buildings they inhabit. Tucked away inside chimneys, concealed…
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Summer Holiday Activities: Nautical and Sea themed crafts
See the amazing boats made from wicker and wood and the ships in bottles in our folk exhibition. Have a…
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ONLINE LECTURE: Un/Common People and The Museum of British Folklore – a History, by Simon Costin
Simon will be talking about the Museum of British Folkore, its fascinating folk collections and developing Un/Common People with the…
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Summer Holiday Activities: Fairies and Elves – art and craft activities
Explore the story of the singing barrow in our folk exhibition and create art work inspired by fairies, elves and…
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Teencraft – August: Tie dye
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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Connections and Collections: Engage with heritage and see objects up close – August
Join us at Wiltshire Museum on the third Thursday of the month for Connections and Collections if you are eager…
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Junk Modelling – run by Wiltshire Museum’s Youth Panel
Pop in to Wiltshire Museum for a morning of sustainability focused junk modelling. All children must be accompanied by a…
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WALK: Stonehenge Landscape – 2025
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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Connections and Collections: Engage with heritage and see objects up close – September
Join us at Wiltshire Museum on the third Thursday of the month for Connections and Collections if you are eager…
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ONLINE TALK: The Search for Maud Heath
Maud Heath's Causeway is a well-known feature of the North Wiltshire countryside, running for more than four miles from Bremhill…
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TOUR: Behind the Scenes at Wiltshire Museum
Join us for an overview of the Wiltshire Museum collections and a little peep ‘behind the scenes’, led by…
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Connections and Collections: Engage with heritage and see objects up close – October
Join us at Wiltshire Museum on the third Thursday of the month for Connections and Collections if you are eager…
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Day course: Wood Engraving with Robin Mackenzie
A one-day workshop perfect for beginners looking to learn a new technique, or for those who have done a little…
Exhibitions - now and next
Un/Common People: Folk Culture in Wessex
Our Un/Common People exhibition is back open! We had a leak in the roof of one of our galleries in the heavy rain on Thursday.…
Downland: art and the archaeological imagination in Wiltshire
Opening in October 2025, this exhibition will feature the landscape and archaeology of Wiltshire, and includes new works by Rose Ferraby. There has long been…