Wiltshire Museum

06/06/2026

Our Home Education Session this month will be Anglo Saxons.
Join us on Wednesday 10th June for Artefact handling, a chance to visit the gallery to find out more about Anglo-Saxon Wiltshire AND create Saxon replicas and writing in runes.

Two sessions are available, depending on the children's age.

To book tickets for either of these sessions, follow this link:
https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/news-articles/event/home-education-session-anglo-saxons-2/?event_date=2026-06-10

05/06/2026

It was lovely having you!

05/06/2026

SUNDAY 7th JUNE is the last day to see our John Piper in the South Country exhibition.
We have added an extra day for the exhibition and will be open this Sunday, 7th June, 11am - 4pm.
So if you haven't yet managed to visit, or you're coming back to see it one more time before it goes - we will see you this weekend!

05/06/2026

Happy Wiltshire Day!
We met Steve from BBC Wiltshire at the White Horse on Roundway earlier as he interviewed our Director, David Dawson. Good luck to Steve, who is spending his day driving around Wiltshire visiting all the White Horses in honour of Wiltshire Day! We also had some very curious visitors desperate to be interviewed too...

05/06/2026

This we have glass pieces; six pieces which were found in one bag.
2 from the Roman period, both being green coloured and hexagonal shaped, 1 glass armlet fragment probably from Meare La Tene 3 period, 1 possible tessera fragment also in green, 1 half of a blue glass bead with snaking white glass infusion and not closely dateable and suggested as Iron Age to Saxon, plus 1 globular glass blob, all items being marked with previous numbers. From the Marlborough College Collection, transferred to the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society in 1981.

Find out more about this item, here:
https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/item-record/b55d29a4-2254-34c4-b0a9-7c9a35e1e28a/?s%3D%26filter%5Bsubject.summary.title.keyword%5D%5B%5D%3Diron+age&pos=8

04/06/2026

LAST CHANCE to see our John Piper in the South Country exhibition!
The exhibitions ends this SUNDAY 7th JUNE.

Wiltshire Museum will be open this Sunday, 11am - 4pm for the final day of the Piper exhibition.
If you've been meaning to tick this one off the list, now is your chance!

04/06/2026

This perforated axe head made of tourmaline granite with red and olive-green markings, was excavated from a Beaker burial to the south of Woodhenge in 1926.
A favourite in our collection, as Helen explains in the video. It is a beautifully formed axe head, with no signs of use… and it also looks like a block of cheese…

03/06/2026

Introducing Threads of Wiltshire!
Our new textile project on display in our lift lobby.
This project has been made possible by collaborating with Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living Life Connectors who work directly with survivors of domestic abuse.

By exploring landscape through a means of colours, textures and styles, the group were taught by a professional artist, whilst being able to access wellbeing support via the Life Connectors.

Participants immersed themselves in experimenting, finding joy in creating, and finding their own unique expression on the Wiltshire Landscapes!

On display until the Autumn!

02/06/2026

This Saturday, 6th June you can join us for Wiltshire themed fun to celebrate Wiltshire Day.
Run by Wiltshire Museums Youth Panel, there will be a scavenger hunt, crafts & play.
Time: 2pm – 5pm.
The activities are free to join as part of your admission ticket, under 18s go free!

02/06/2026

One week today we have our first trial session of CREATE SPACE, our new adult craft group.

You can book yourself onto this session here:

https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/news-articles/event/create-space-botanical-theme/?event_date=2026-06-09&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAb21jcASLxnJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA81NjcwNjczNDMzNTI0MjcAAaedQuoRp9poOCdckhvlh1m4Od7jxVKYlNbYPIkqruzELgBEX4pSU7grsWWz-A_aem_zWeWU3G4L8uSBG4oSpDI6Q

Create space for our new adult art & craft group!
Introducing Create Space, a group for adults who would like to explore art for their wellbeing.
Our first session will be Tuesday 9th May, 10:30am – 12:30pm and will explore the theme of botanicals. The aim of this group is to focus on the joy of creating, experimenting, connecting, and making mistakes.
Together we will explore new techniques, learn from one another and build connections.
These are trial based sessions, to understand what the community would want from a regular session.

To book tickets to this event, click here:
https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/news-articles/event/create-space-botanical-theme/?event_date=2026-06-09