Wiltshire Museum

Two young girls wearing a period costume looking at a display of an authentic period costume at Wiltshire Museum.

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.

Contact

Telephone: 01380 727369 

Email: hello@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk

Address: Wiltshire Museum, 41 Long Street, Devizes, SN10 1NS

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Old-fashioned telephone with headphones and a mouthpiece.

Alfred Cunnington’s telephone

The first work-to-home telephone in Britain, 1877. From: Wiltshire Museum Inspired by Bell Alfred Cunnington’s telephone connected his wine merchant business at the Old Town Hall in Devizes with his

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Lots of amber beads laid out in the shape of the necklace they were once part of.

Amber necklace

Stunning necklace found in the grave of a woman buried around 4,000 years ago. From: Wiltshire Museum The lady with the amber necklace The necklace was found with the cremated

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The Bush Barrow lozenge against a black backdrop with size marker underneath.

Bush Barrow lozenge

Intricate ancient gold craftsmanship From: Wiltshire Museum The lozenge is the finest example of Bronze Age gold craftsmanship ever found. Made from sheet gold, only one millimetre thick. It is

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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!

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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