Wiltshire Heritage Museum

Wiltshire Heritage Museum
41 Long Street
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 1NS
England

Website

E-mail

wanhs@wiltshireheritage.org.uk

Telephone

01380 727369

Fax

01380 722150

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Stained glass window featuring Avebury, a White Horse, Beaker pottery from the collection and an amber necklace found at Upton Lovell.

The Wiltshire Heritage Museum has the best Bronze Age collections in Britain. The collections in the Museum, together with its Library and Archive, are Designated Collections of national significance. Founded over 150 years ago, it preserves the rich archaeological and historical treasures and records of Wiltshire, including the World Heritage Site of Avebury and Stonehenge.

Venue Type:

Museum, Library, Archive, Association or society

Opening hours

Museum
Mon - Sat 10.00-17.00
Sun 12.00-16.00

Library
Tues - Sat 10.00-17.00
(Library closed first Sat of every month)

Closed: Sun - Mon (library only)

Admission charges

Museum and Library:
Monday to Saturday: Adults £4.50, Senior Citizens & Students £3.50, Children under 16 - FREE (except for special activities and school groups where separate charges apply).
FREE admission to all visitors on Sundays.

WANHS members: Free
Members of Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum: Free

Free admission also to members of Museum Association, English Tourist Board and the National Art Collections Fund.

Discounts

Museums Association
English Heritage

General services and facilities

Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
Pre-booking service for groups
Toilets
Auditorium
Shop

Children and families

Events and resources for children and families
Baby changing facilities

Disability access

Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
Induction loops in lecture theatres
Large print information and/or interpretation
Touch exhibits
Parking for disabled available
Toilets for disabled
Wheelchair access to some public areas

Schools services and facilities

Direct teaching services for schools
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Secondary school education service available
Education facilities available

Research and adult learning

Academic publications and resources available
Adult lectures and courses held
Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
Library
Library with public access
Mail order service available
Research facilities for academics
Study facilities

Commercial and hire services

Facilities for private functions and events
Meeting room available

Additional info

We welcome researchers of all types, but please contact us before you intend to visit. Find out more from our Research Charter at
http://www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk/services/index.php?Action=6

Most of our collections are online - please see our website.

Wiltshire Heritage Museum
41 Long Street
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 1NS
England

Website

Our website

www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk

Images on Flickr

www.flickr.com/photos/wiltshireheritage/

Videos on YouTube

www.youtube.com/WiltshireHeritage

Become a fan of the museum on Facebook

www.facebook.com/pages/Devizes-United-Kingdom/Wiltshire-Heritage-Museum/29230349194?ref=ts

VisitWiltshire tourism information

http://www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/site/things-to-do/wiltshire-heritage-museum-p138153

E-mail

wanhs@wiltshireheritage.org.uk

Telephone

01380 727369

Fax

01380 722150

The entire collections of Wiltshire Heritage Museum are Designated Collections of national importance.

The collections contain Early Bronze Age items, along with objects related to the World Heritage Sites of Avebury and Stonehenge including gold ornaments and jewellery made of various materials. The displays also include outstanding and Iron Age, Roman, Saxon and Medieval collections.

Social history collections concentrate on the more recent history of the town of Devizes. The museum also has natural history collections allowing visitors to explore the geology and wildlife of Wiltshire. A selection of the extensive art collection that relates to the county is on display.

Collection details

Trade and Commerce, Social History, Personalities, Natural Sciences, Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles, Coins and Medals, Archives, Archaeology, Agriculture

Key artists and exhibits

Works by John Piper and David Inshaw are on permanent display. The Museum's collection also includes works by Graham and Ann Arnold, James Bridges, John Buckler, A V Copley Fielding, Philip Crocker, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Lord Methuen,
Henry Moore, Samuel Prout, Augustin Pugin and Robin Tanner. These may be viewed by prior arrangement. A selection of 185 paintings, drawings and prints from the collection have been published in Art in Wiltshire available from the Museum bookshop.
Designated Collection

Collections services

Object identification and/or written enquiry service
Public access available to collections information
Specialist publications on collections available
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Online collections database

Wiltshire Heritage Museum
41 Long Street
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 1NS
England

Website

Our website

www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk

Images on Flickr

www.flickr.com/photos/wiltshireheritage/

Videos on YouTube

www.youtube.com/WiltshireHeritage

Become a fan of the museum on Facebook

www.facebook.com/pages/Devizes-United-Kingdom/Wiltshire-Heritage-Museum/29230349194?ref=ts

VisitWiltshire tourism information

http://www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/site/things-to-do/wiltshire-heritage-museum-p138153

E-mail

wanhs@wiltshireheritage.org.uk

Telephone

01380 727369

Fax

01380 722150

Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Landscape with Stones - paintings by Nick Schlee

14 January — 3 September 2012 *on now

Landscape with Stones: paintings and woodcuts by Nick Schlee features a series of oils in an expressionist style and woodcuts depicting the ancient landscape of Avebury and the Ridgeway. Nick Schlee has exhibited at various exhibitions, including The Spirit of London and the Royal Academy.

More than half of the pictures in this exhibition feature the ancient stones of our landscape whose meaning to our forebears remain such a mystery. That sense of ancient mystery is so vividly communicated in Nick’s pictures, and the pull of these mysterious sites is as enduring as ever.

In contrast, the exhibition also features vast panoramas from along the Ridgeway. Here the use of heightened colour and emphasised rhythmic line mean that we too feel a sense of the excitement that the Wiltshire landscape inspires in Nick.