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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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.
Email: hello@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk
Address: Wiltshire Museum, 41 Long Street, Devizes, SN10 1NS
Un/Common People opens at Wiltshire Museum until 6 September 2025. The exhibition celebrate folk art and seasonal customs of Wessex.
Wiltshire Museum reaches two major milestones in its plan to move to Devizes Assize Court – a planning application has been submitted, and £1 million in funding has already been raised!
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.
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!