How Wiltshire Museum ran its first Crowdfunder

Wiltshire Museum’s first Crowdfunder campaign raised over £4,400 to boost the museum’s education and learning offer. The success of this campaign helped guide Wessex Museums in planning its recent Crowdfunder for the Hardy’s Wessex exhibition.

To find out more about how Wiltshire Museum planned and delivered its Crowdfunder, please read our case study

Sawfish are also called carpenter sharks...but they are rays, not sharks!

There’s also a species called a sawshark, but that’s, well, a shark!

What the heck is a lek?

Males great bustards perform spectacular courtship displays, gathering at a ‘lek’ or small display ground to try to impress the females.

Road Runner!

The great bustard has a dignified slow walk but tends to run when disturbed, rather than fly.

Belly Buster!

The hen-bird on display at The Salisbury Museum was one of the last great bustards to be eaten in the town!

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