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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The Salisbury Museum have completed The National Lottery Heritage Fund Past Forward: Salisbury Museum for Future Generations restoration and development work. Three new galleries, Devenish Bradshaw Salisbury History Gallery, Ceramics Gallery and Natural History Galley, officially opened on Saturday 13 July 2024.
The £5.1 million redevelopment marks a significant milestone in the museum’s journey, offering visitors a transformed experience, delivering three new permanent galleries, a flexible learning and events venue, along with new activities and the staff to run them.
The new galleries feature objects and artefacts that have not previously been on public display, such as the Ichthyosaur vertebrae, 1912 Scout motor car, and a treasured 13th century chess piece. Visitors will see the extraordinary everyday objects of Salisbury’s past, and not-so-past with the stories of the city being told by everything from a medieval handmade jug made in Salisbury to a mug with Chris Whitty’s face on! The museum displays have been co-curated with local community groups, schools, and colleges to tell the story of Salisbury together and there is something for everyone to connect to in the displays.
Photo credit: Past Forward, The Salisbury Museum for Future Generations, Spencer Mulholland.
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!