News
Museum Opens Its Doors To Under Fives
Monday, 30 November 2009

Under Fives FridaysSalisbury and South Wiltshire Museum welcomes families of young children and wants everyone to enjoy exploring Salisbury’s past. To encourage more families to the museum, parents and carers of children under 5 are invited to Under Five’s Fridays, a morning of creative play, messy crafts, storytelling and exploration.

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Viola Makes 10,000 Mile Journey Home
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Adrian Green holding Banks ViolaA viola, made nearly 230 years ago in Salisbury, has recently been donated to Salisbury Museum from Australia. The donor, Helen Mason from New South Wales, was doing some spring cleaning when she came across the viola which had been given to her by a violin maker friend in Queensland in the 1980s.
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Cataloguing The Archaeology Collections
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Amesbury Archer Finds GroupSalisbury Museum is delighted to announce that it has been awarded £14,200 by The Pilgrim Trust to catalogue its archaeology collections. It is the recognised archaeological museum for south Wiltshire and the archaeological collections are of special significance and received Designated status in 1998 in recognition of their national importance.  The extensive collections focus upon the archaeology and history of Salisbury and South Wiltshire.
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Fountains of Light at Salisbury Museum
Wednesday, 07 October 2009
Pains FireworksThis new interactive firework exhibition, opening on 17 October, is sure to go with a bang! Discover how fireworks are made and what makes the exciting visual effects they produce. Find out who invented them and how they are used today.
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The Redlynch Quilt comes to Salisbury Museum
Saturday, 03 October 2009
Making the Redlynch QuiltThe unique Redlynch quilt is now on display at Salisbury Museum. Produced in 1986, it is a large three dimensional textile map, showing 36 square miles of land to the south of Salisbury. It covers all the villages in the parish of Redlynch as well as Downton and includes such well-known landmarks and landscapes as Clearbury Ring, Pepperbox Hill, the New Forest and the Avon Valley.
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Salisbury Museum Forces Families Discount
Thursday, 01 October 2009

Salisbury Museum is now offering two for the price of one entry for all forces families. To obtain the discount, please present forces ID card, proof of address (if local) or a certificate of eligibility obtainable from http://www.forcesdiscounts-mod.co.uk.

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Wiltshire Council

Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum
The King's House, 65 The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire
Tel: 01722 332151
E: museum@salisburymuseum.org.uk
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Museums, Libraries and Archives Council