Lest We Forget opens at Lydiard House Museum
Exhibition explores the stories of Black servicemen from WWI and WWII in Wiltshire. At Lydiard House Museum until December 2024.
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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.
Join the Wessex Museums team as Admin and Finance Assistant. We are looking for a highly organised administrator. Closing date: 28 January.
Dorset Museum proudly presents its latest exhibition Elisabeth Frink: A View from Within, offering a closer look at Frink’s remarkable work.
Wessex Museums receives £61,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for project that will redefine Wessex folk arts and traditions.
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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!