Wessex Museums

Our first ever Impact Report

We have just published our first ever Impact Report. The report outlines the achievements of our partner museums in 2019/20, including two major partnership exhibitions, and the amazing work of our community curators.

It also looks at the challenges we face in the next year. Listen to this video of our Partnership Manger, Kristina Broughton, introducing the report. 

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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!

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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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