Wessex Museums Launch Virtual Collection
November 7, 2023
Read about the Wessex Museums Virtual Collection, 250,000+ artefacts from four partner museums now searchable from one place.
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Wessex in 100 Objects will showcase the rich history of the Wessex region through a co-curated collection of 100+ artefacts. Our partner museums will work collaboratively with their local communities to select objects that authentically represent Wessex. Visitors will be able to explore this collection through a series of new digital exhibitions, as well as complementary physical pop-up displays in the partner museums.
The project aims to aid a deeper understanding of the region through the objects in our partner museums’ collections. By actively engaging Wessex communities in the object selection process we hope that the final collection reflects and celebrates those people, places, and time periods that have been most influential in shaping the Wessex region and are most relevant to Wessex people today.
Read about the Wessex Museums Virtual Collection, 250,000+ artefacts from four partner museums now searchable from one place.
Virtual Collection Search the database featuring over 250,000 collection items from Wessex Museums’ partners. The database centralises records from Dorset Museum, Poole Museum, The Salisbury Museum, and
Mrs Ridout and the Coombe Express, The Salisbury Museum.
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!