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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Fashioning Our World: Unpicking the Past to Thread Together Our Future

February 10, 2024
to May 12, 2024
This exhibition will tell the stories of clothe...
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...
Saxon Broach

Behind the Scenes Tour – May

May 4, 2024
2:30 pm
Our popular Behind the Scenes Tours take place ...
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...
Ulysses Farewell by Rex Whistler

Rex Whistler: The Artist and His Patrons

May 27, 2024
to September 29, 2024
Rex Whistler (1905 – 1944) was one of the most ...
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 ...

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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