What's On

The Museum has a busy programme of family events, courses, lectures and tours. Our temporary exhibition programme includes three major and three minor exhibitions per year, which cover subjects as diverse as history, archaeology and fine art.

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Young Curators Club

Young Curators Club ~ April

April 27, 2024
10:30 am
Young Curators Club meet once a month, usually ...

Drop-In Mending Workshop

April 30, 2024
10:30 am
Aimed at adults and suitable for beginners, joi...
Under Fives Friday nature art with Mary and Sally

Under Fives Friday ~ Celebrate! Natural history art with Mary and Sally!

May 10, 2024
10:00 am
To celebrate the museum's new Natural History g...
Rex Whistler., Panel designed for 36 Hill Street London, 1936.

Rex Whistler: The Artist and His Patrons – Talk by Nikki Frater

May 16, 2024
7:30 pm
Rex Whistler's patrons included many eminent fi...
Mere Jewellery

Conversation Club – May meeting

May 20, 2024
10:30 am
10:30am - 12 noon The conversation club is a mo...
Forest School of Dance maypole dance

May Half Term ~ Maypole Dance special!

May 28, 2024
10:00 am
This half term the museum is proud to host the ...
Emma Kerr, artist

Under Fives Friday ~ Creative morning with artist Emma Kerr

June 14, 2024
10:00 am
A morning of creative fun with artist Emma Kerr...
Mere Jewellery

Conversation club – June meeting

June 17, 2024
10:30 am
10:30am - 12 noon The conversation club is a mo...
Georgian Arcadia: Architecture for the Park and Garden

Georgian Arcadia: Architecture for the Park and Garden – A Talk by Roger White

June 27, 2024
7:30 pm
The invention and evolution of the Georgian lan...

Featured Collection Items

Yellow Wedding Dress
Bought in Paris, this dress...
Trial Scene from the Merchant of Venice
Sketch of the Trial Scene...
Smock
Smocks were designed to protect...
The Sleeping Princess programme
An elaborate programme in the...
Purple Silk Dress
The ownership of this dress...
Mother of Pearl and Lace Fan
The lace on this fan...
The Next Volume: And Elsewhere
Illustration for The Next Volume...
Millicent Fawcett’s Cape
This embroidered cape may have...
The Epicurean
Design for the cover of...
Ladies Shoe
This shoe was found under...
Lace Maker Doll
The doll sits behind a...
The Entrance Gates to the Daye House, Wilton Park
Unsigned, but believed painted 19...

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Of particular significance in the collection are the relics of the ancient guilds of Salisbury.

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