Wessex Museums

Exhibitions and events

In addition to each of our partner museums’ individual exhibitions and events, we are developing exciting joint programmes that unite the museums and reach out to more diverse audiences.

The largest collection of Thomas Hardy objects ever displayed at one time.
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Hardy's Wessex
Partnership-wide exhibition

Children and young people speak out about the environment and climate emergency.
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My World, My Future
Virtual exhibition

Objects that tell stories of the region’s ‘wicked’ past – from grim and gruesome to strange and shocking!
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Wicked Wessex
Objects on Tour programme

Once collector's curiosities, now endangered species.
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Wildlife in the Red
Virtual exhibition

Contemporary artist, Ann-Marie James, created a series of stunning artworks inspired by objects in our museums.
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Alchemy
Contemporary art exhibition

Objects that tell fascinating stories of our region’s women – from intriguing and inspiring to ground-breaking.
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Wessex Women
Objects on Tour programme

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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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