Past Exhibitions
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Assizes for Devizes Ideas Exhibition
7th September 2024 - 21st September 2024The Assizes for Devizes project will transform the derelict Assize Court into the new home of the Wiltshire Museum and a vibrant community space. Explore…
Finding Queer Stories at Wiltshire Museum
1st July 2024 - 1st September 2024This exhibition shows some of the first LGBTQIA+ stories ever discovered in the Museum’s archives and collections. Through research into the queer stories in our…
A Wiltshire Thatcher – a Photographic Journey through Victorian Wessex
6th April 2024 - 31st August 2024This exhibition celebrates the work of Ernest Farmer, who today is little-known but was a leading figure in the development of photography as an art…
Wessex – Landscapes of Association: an exhibition of works by Rob Pountney
18th March 2023 - 11th June 2023An exhibition of landscape drawings inspired by the Wessex countryside The exhibition will feature over 30 works by Rob Pountney, all inspired by the…
A Love Letter to Wiltshire: an Exhibition of Paintings by Joanna May
18th March 2023 - 11th June 2023An exhibition celebrating 20 years of the wildlife artist’s work and recognising her commitment to the region’s environment In celebration of her 20 years…
Wessex Airscapes: Elevating Wiltshire
8th July 2023 - 15th October 2023A collaborative exhibition between aerial photographer Hedley Thorne and landscape painter Anna Dillon, exploring aerial landscapes. Their respective art forms offer a complementary and contemporary…
Eric Walrond: A Caribbean Writer living in Wiltshire
11th November 2023 - 9th March 2024Lest We Forget: the Black Contribution to the World Wars in Wiltshire
11th November 2023 - 9th March 2024This and That: a display of recent acquisitions, loans and community photographs
11th April 2022 - 7th May 2022During the Covid-19 pandemic, we continued working with our communities and collecting objects that tell Wiltshire’s Stories. Some of these objects are displayed in our…
Eric Ravilious Downland Man
25th September 2021 - 30th January 2022Hardy’s Wessex: The landscapes that inspired a writer
28th May 2022 - 30th October 2022Hardy's Wessex: the landscapes that inspired a writer The ancient landscape - superstitions Click here to see opening times and book your visit to the…
Ways of Seeing Wiltshire
20th May 2021 - 30th August 2021The 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…
Barrow Clump – Saxon finds
10th January 2020 - 11th January 2020Following the launch of the Barrow Clump report, a selection of finds from the excavation are on display for just two days - Friday and…
Oexmann Art Award Competition and Exhibition 2024
23rd September 2024 - 7th October 2024Born in or living in Wiltshire? Then why not enter the Oexmann Art Competition - entries welcome from all ages and prizes awarded. The object…
Oexmann Art Award Competition and Exhibition 2022
22nd November 2022 - 10th December 2022Born in or living in Wiltshire? Then why not enter the Oexmann Art Competition - entries welcome from all ages and prizes awarded. The object…
Oexmann Art Award Exhibition 2022
17th December 2022 - 18th February 2023And the winners are: On Wednesday 30 November, our Oexmann Art Competition judges came to the Museum to make some very difficult decisions. After much…
Oexmann Art Award Exhibition 2019
27th October 2019 - 4th January 2020Overall Winner: Stephen Ellis - Gower On Wednesday 9th October, our three Oexmann Art Competition judges came to the museum to make some very difficult…
Earth and the Universe
18th January 2020 - 15th March 2020Images by Robert Harvey, BA ARPS EFIAP CSci CEnv MCIWEM For thousands of years, people have been fascinated by the beauty of the night sky.…
Cloth Road Arts – Visual Arts, promoting artists and artisans in Wiltshire
25th January 2020 - 14th March 2020An exhibition that showcases the many talented Cloth Road Artists. From silk work to fine art painting, printing to ceramics, the Cloth Road Artists are…
Out of Egypt
6th August 2020 - 1st November 2020Jomonism and Manga: Japanese Contemporary Art inspired by Prehistory
20th June 2020Eric Ravilious: Downland Man – page under development
25th September 2012Alchemy: Artefacts Reimagined
24th May 2019 - 26th August 2019Alchemy is an exhibition of beautiful contemporary artworks by Ann-Marie James. Wessex Museums invited Ann-Marie James to delve into the collections of our four partner…
Devizes Camera Club
1st September 2019 - 28th September 2019An exhibition of works by members of Devizes Camera Club, on show at Wiltshire Museum between 1st and 28th September 2019. The exhibition will be…
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