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Wessex Museums is a thriving partnership of museums across Dorset and Wiltshire – Dorset Museums, Lydiard House Museum, Poole Museum, STEAM – the Museum of the Great Western Railway, Museum & Art Swindon, The Salisbury Museum and Wiltshire Museum.
Our purpose is to build resilience and relevance of the museums in our partnership and across the region. Our mission is to connect, inspire and add value to people’s lives. Through our website we share learning, resources and inspiration across the wider museums and arts sector.
Exhibition explores the stories of Black servicemen from WWI and WWII in Wiltshire. At Lydiard House Museum until December 2024.
Wessex Museums partners with Create Studios to capture film and photography for forthcoming project Lost & Found: Redefining the folk arts and traditions of Wessex.
The Fashioning Our World exhibition at The Salisbury Museum will feature fashion items from the past which tell powerful stories of sustainability.
Males great bustards perform spectacular courtship displays, gathering at a ‘lek’ or small display ground to try to impress the females.
The great bustard has a dignified slow walk but tends to run when disturbed, rather than fly.
The hen-bird on display at The Salisbury Museum was one of the last great bustards to be eaten in the town!
