Online talks archive
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
