What's On: Archived

Edward Heath

A talk by Philip Ziegler The acclaimed biographer Philip Ziegler will talk about the career and personality of the Museum’s famous neighbour.

Winifred Lamb: Field Archaeologist and Museum Curator - A talk by Professor David Gill

Winifred Lamb, who grew up at Winterslow near Salisbury, served as honorary keeper of Greek antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge from 1920 to 1958.

Festival Talk - Christie Willis: Up in Flames: Cremation at Stonehenge and in Neolithic Britain

This talk will examine the evolution of cremation during the Early to Middle Neolithic and how it became the dominant burial rite by the end of the Neolithic.  Wildly diverse locations were selecte

Landscape Research and Excavations in Teffont

A talk by David Roberts, Teffont Archaeology Project. Since 2008 the Teffont Archaeology Project has investigated the landscapes of Teffont Evias and Teffont Magna in south-west Wiltshire. 

Recent Discoveries in Archaeology in Wiltshire

A talk by Melanie Pomeroy-Kellinger, Wiltshire County Archaeologist.

Archiving Salisbury Cathedral: From Medieval to Modern: A talk by Emily Naish

Emily Naish has been the archivist at Salisbury Cathedral since 2014 and is responsible for the care of thousands of documents from the medieval period right up to the present day.

Recent Discoveries from Wiltshire

A lecture by Richard Henry, Wiltshire Finds Liaison Officer.

Insignia of Dignity: The Bush Barrow Burial

A talk by David Dawson.

David Dawson, Director of the Wiltshire Heritage Museum at Devizes and a Trustee of  Salisbury Museum, will talk about the Bush Barrow Burial.

Finding Nero (and other Roman Emperors): Establishing Identity in Romano-British Sculpture - A talk by Dr Miles Russell

Although Britain was part of the Roman Empire for nearly four centuries, the apparent absence of portrait sculpture here stands in marked contrast to other western Roman provinces.