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.
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Museum & Art Swindon (formerly Swindon Museum & Art Gallery) exists to help visitors and local communities discover its inspiring heritage and art collections.
The Museum holds objects dating from prehistory to the present, including collections in archaeology, geology, palaeontology, natural history, botany, Egyptology, and social history. Swindon’s Collection of Modern British Art is a collection of nationally-significant 20th century British art. The collection focuses on major artists and movements of 20th and 21st century British art.
Email: MuseumArtSwindon@swindon.gov.uk
Address: Civic Offices, Euclid Street, Swindon, SN1 2JH
Un/Common People is on display at Museum & Art Swindon until 8 March 25. The exhibition celebrate Wessex’s rich folk art and seasonal customs.
Hardy’s Wessex exhibition returns for a tour at Museum & Art Swindon.
Museum & Art Swindon will open its doors to the public on Tuesday 9 July 2024.
Preparatory works start at the Civic Offices, which will make the building more accessible for Swindon Museum and Art Gallery.
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!