What's On: Archived

Old Sarum: Reconstructing a lost Wiltshire Masterpiece

The Cathedral at Old Sarum ceased to be a place of worship almost 800 years ago and the building today is simply a series of marks in the ground. But hundreds of fragments in the museum store and in English Heritage’s stone store suggest that by the mid 12^th century the cathedral was a magnificent tribute to its powerful patron Bishop Roger of Salisbury.

Life in the House of Lords

Michael Dobbs is most famous for writing The House of Cards for television but has gone on to write books about Prime Ministers, Kings and the Dalai Lama.

Recent Discoveries in Archaeology in Wiltshire

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

Digging the Durotriges - 6,000 years on Dorset Farm: A talk by Dr Miles Russell

The Durotriges Project was set up to investigate the nature of settlement and burial in Iron Age and Roman Dorset.

A Celtic feast: the tale of the Chiseldon cauldrons

A talk by Dr Andrew Fitzpatrick, Head of Communications, Wessex Archaeology.

Festival Talk - Mary-Ann Ochota: Hidden Histories: A Spotter's Guide to the British Landscape

Wherever you go in Britain there’s history woven into the landscape around you – in the shape of a field, the wall of a cottage, a standing stone or churchyard, even in the grass under your feet.

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.

Hugo Vickers on Cecil Beaton: Lecture

Due to popular demand, Hugo Vickers has kindly agreed to do another talk here at the museum.

Inspired to Teach: The Story of the College of Sarum St Michael

Jenny Head and Anne Johns will tell the story of Salisbury Teacher Training College (later known as The College of Sarum St Michael) from 1841 until its closure in 1978.