Wiltshire Heritage Museum
The Museum has an international reputation and
attracts visitors from all over the world. The archaeology collections
are among the finest in Britain and trace the history of people living
in Wiltshire in a series of galleries - Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron
Age, Roman, Saxon, and Medieval. The collections on display include
finds associated with the World Heritage Sites of Avebury and
Stonehenge.
Other galleries at the museum include Recent History,
which describes aspects of life in Wiltshire in modern times and
Natural History where you can explore the geology and wildlife of the
county, including the famous chalk downland.
There is an art collection relating to Wiltshire with
a small selection always on display on the walls stairwells of the
museum. In the Art Gallery a programme of exhibitions from this
collection or the works of contemporary artists, while a Temporary
Exhibitions area has a constantly changing series of displays.
Opening Times:
The Museum is open 10am - 5pm, Monday to Saturday and noon - 4pm on Sundays.
The
Library is open 10am - 5pm Tuesday - Friday and 10am - 1pm/2pm - 5pm on
Saturdays EXCEPT for the first Saturday of every month, when it is
closed.
Admission:
£4 Adults
£3 concessions
£1 for Children under
16 (first child in group, others are admitted FREE - except school
groups). Entry is FREE for members of the WANHS (the Society which owns
the Museum and Library), Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum,
Museums Association, National Art Collections Fund and the English
Tourist Board. Library admission is included in the Museum charge.
Museum admission is FREE for all on Sundays.