What's On: Archived
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| 2019-07-14 11:00:00 to 2019-07-14 12:00:0014Jul2019 |
Festival Talk - Dr Alex Langlands: Britons, Bridges and Boroughs: Old Sarum from the Fall of Rome to the Coming of the VikingsSunday, July 14, 2019 - 12:00 to 13:00Incorporating some of the most recent archaeological finds and archival research, this talk will examine the role of Old Sarum in three critical periods of its history. Event Details » |
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| 2013-09-04 17:00:0004Sep2013 |
Rex Whistler: A Closer LookWednesday, September 4, 2013 - 18:006.00 pm drinks, 6.45 pm talk. A lecture by Nikki Frater. Rex Whistler had a dazzling career as a muralist, portrait painter, illustrator, stage designer and grap Event Details » |
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| 2011-04-12 18:30:0012Apr2011 |
A Henge Revealed: Recent work at Marden HengeTuesday, April 12, 2011 - 19:30A lecture by Jim Leary, English Heritage. The summer of 2010 saw excavations at one of the largest Neolithic Henge monuments in Britain: Marden. Event Details » |
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| 2017-11-01 10:30:00 to 2017-11-29 13:00:0001Nov2017 |
British Painting Between the Wars: An Art History Course with Paul ChapmanWednesday, November 1, 2017 - 10:30 to Wednesday, November 29, 2017 - 13:00Wednesdays 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 November, 10.30am - 1pm Event Details » |
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| 2012-04-10 18:30:0010Apr2012 |
The Parkers of Heytesbury: The First Field ArchaeologistsTuesday, April 10, 2012 - 19:30A lecture by Dr Paul Everill. Histories of archaeology often focus on the role of wealthy, educated men and women in the development of the field techniques and the production of knowledge. Event Details » |
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| 2017-11-09 18:30:00 to 2017-11-09 20:00:0009Nov2017 |
Discworld Fandom: Stranger than Fiction? A talk by Pat HarkinThursday, November 9, 2017 - 18:30 to 20:00Pat Harkin is tremendously proud to have been referred to as ‘Lord of the Uber Fans’ by Sir Terry in the preface to the collection ‘A Slip of the Keyboard’ but acknowledges that the title was a lot Event Details » |
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| 2009-04-14 18:30:0014Apr2009 |
Hunter Gatherers of the Old Forest: Evidence of pre-farming communities in the New ForestTuesday, April 14, 2009 - 19:30A lecture by Stephen Moody, Avon Valley Archaeological Society. Event Details » |
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| 2018-05-10 17:30:00 to 2018-05-10 19:00:0010May2018 |
Living with Monuments: New Work on the Neolithic of the Avebury Region - A talk by Dr Josh PollardThursday, May 10, 2018 - 18:30 to 20:00The Avebury landscape has long attracted archaeological interest, drawn by its remarkable prehistoric monumental architecture. Event Details » |
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| 2015-03-07 14:00:00 to 2015-03-07 16:00:0007Mar2015 |
Paper, Scissors, Stone! Paper Cutting Workshop with artist Vanessa StoneSaturday, March 7, 2015 - 14:00 to 16:00Come to this two hour adult workshop and see how Vanessa makes her work, hear her talk about what inspires her and let her teach you the main techniques of paper cutting. Event Details » |
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| 2019-07-18 17:30:00 to 2019-07-18 19:00:0018Jul2019 |
Winifred Lamb: Field Archaeologist and Museum Curator - A talk by Professor David GillThursday, July 18, 2019 - 18:30 to 20:00Winifred 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. Event Details » |
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| 2016-06-16 17:00:00 to 2016-06-16 19:30:0016Jun2016 |
Spelling out Ancient Egypt - A talk by Ilona Regulski, Curator of the British Museum Touring ExhibitionThursday, June 16, 2016 - 18:00 to 20:30Ancient Egypt has produced an astonishing variety of written material in its great temples, on the walls of the tombs of Pharaohs and the coffins of the dead, and in the rubbish dumps of lost and f Event Details » |
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| 2010-04-14 11:00:0014Apr2010 |
Rembrandt, the Misunderstood GeniusWednesday, April 14, 2010 - 12:00A talk by Christopher Wright MA FRSA FSA. Christopher, who talked to us about Vermeer in 2008, has made a long career as an art historian, first publishing in the Burlington Magazine in 1969. Event Details » |
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| 2012-12-11 19:30:0011Dec2012 |
The Early Iron Age in the Hindon/Tisbury area: rare new evidence recovered by a local metal detectorTuesday, December 11, 2012 - 19:30A talk by Dot Boughton, Finds Liaison Officer – Cumbria / Lancashire. Event Details » |
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| 2019-07-14 12:30:00 to 2019-07-14 13:30:0014Jul2019 |
Festival Talk - Christie Willis: Up in Flames: Cremation at Stonehenge and in Neolithic BritainSunday, July 14, 2019 - 13:30 to 14:30This 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 Event Details » |
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| 2019-07-14 14:00:00 to 2019-07-14 15:00:0014Jul2019 |
Festival Talk - Lorraine Mepham and Adrian Green: More Cakes and Buns! Digging the Foundations of the CafeSunday, July 14, 2019 - 15:00 to 16:00This spring, Dr Phil Harding and Lorraine Mepham dug a test pit in the museum grounds, adding to our knowledge of this historic building. Event Details » |
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| 2011-04-12 09:30:00 to 2011-04-12 14:30:0012Apr2011 |
Family Discovery Day: Discover FossilsTuesday, April 12, 2011 - 10:30 to 15:30Family Discovery Day. Hands-on and creative activities exploring and making fantastic fossils. Drop in with regular timed fossil-making activity. All ages welcome. Baby play area. Event Details » |
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| 2014-09-09 18:30:00 to 2014-09-09 20:00:0009Sep2014 |
The Mayan world - from Copan to TikalTuesday, September 9, 2014 - 19:30 to 21:00Find out about this amazing civilisation and discover the history of two of their greatest cities (Tikal and Copan). Event Details » |
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| 2009-11-10 19:30:0010Nov2009 |
The Stonehenge Riverside Project - UpdateTuesday, November 10, 2009 - 19:30A talk by Professor Mike Parker-Pearson, University of Sheffield. Event Details » |
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| 2014-11-17 18:30:0017Nov2014 |
The Salisbury Magna Carta in ContextMonday, November 17, 2014 - 18:30A talk by Professor David Carpenter. Event Details » |
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| 2017-01-12 18:30:00 to 2017-01-12 20:00:0012Jan2017 |
A Reassessment of Constable's Paradoxical Rainbow: A talk by Professor John ThornesThursday, January 12, 2017 - 18:30 to 20:00John Constable’s powers of observation and thirst for meteorological knowledge propelled him to paint more natural-looking skies than most other English artists before or since. Event Details » |
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