Set in the historic market town of Devizes, Wiltshire Museum is housed in Georgian and Victorian buildings – all Grade II listed. It has been located there since 1874.
The museum contains the largest collection of Early Bronze Age gold ever put on public display in England. Award-winning displays transform public understanding of the era and feature 500 Stonehenge period objects, including 30 pieces of gold treasure, together with archaeology, art, natural history and local history.
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Address: Wiltshire Museum, 41 Long Street, Devizes, SN10 1NS
Wessex Museums receives £61,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for project that will redefine Wessex folk arts and traditions.
Read about the Wessex Museums Virtual Collection, 250,000+ artefacts from four partner museums now searchable from one place.
Wiltshire Museum has received initial support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for an ambitious and exciting project ‘Assizes for Devizes: Unlocking Wiltshire’s Stories’. Made possible by National Lottery players,
Youth panel creates museum’s first podcast series Wiltshire Museum’s new podcast series engaged young people in sharing the stories of Wiltshire in a new and exciting way. Here Wiltshire Museum’s
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!