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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · 18h

Join us for a fascinating evening exploring how Wiltshire’s timeless landscape has inspired artists for centuries.

Please see our website for further details.

Tickets: £12 Members | £15 Non-Members

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · 1d

We never wish to discourage researchers wishing to access our archives at The Salisbury Museum. We are happy to discuss the costs with you. Please feel free to contact our collections officer.

The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · 2d

Hi Brian. As a charity, we try to make our artefacts as accessible as possible to researchers and members of the public. Unfortunately, there are time and location costs associated with making them available. Please contact our collections officer at the museum if the costs are prohibitive to you.

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · 5d

✨ Inspired by our Natural History Collection, artist Emma Kerr will be leading a fun-filled morning of making, playing, and storytelling all about birds and butterflies! 🦋🐦
🎨 For under fives
👩‍👧 All children must be accompanied by an adult
📍Museum Hall
🎟 Normal admission applies
✅ No booking required

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · 6d

Get involved in sharing history...

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · 12d

✨Last call! Final days to experience the highly acclaimed ‘Elisabeth Frink: A View from Within’ exhibition✨

⏳Exhibition ends this Sunday, 28 Sept 2025.

#ElisabethFrink #ArtExhibition #ArtLovers #ThingsToDo #Wiltshire

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Sep 7

Join musician Liv McLennan for a magical musical adventure discovering the sounds of Salisbury🎶

Come for a fun-filled day of music, movement and discovering our city together. Perfect for little ones.

🕙 Drop in anytime between 10am–4pm
🎟 Included with standard museum admission
📍 No booking needed

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Aug 26

Never mind the 🌦️ TODAY we have our Summer Discovery Day: Wonderful Windmills! Relocated to the museum hall, so whatever the weather, you can craft your own vibrant windmills and pinwheels!
🕙 10–4
🎟 Included with museum admission
✅ No booking needed—just drop in throughout the day and get crafting!

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Aug 16

🌼 Something magical is blooming at the Museum… 🌸
Join us on Tue 19 Aug for Sun Flowers Discovery Day! 🌿✨

🎨 Create sunlight-powered cyanotype prints with artist Charlie James.
📍 Museum Rear Garden | 🎟 Normal admission | ✅ Drop in anytime between 10-4!

#DiscoveryDay #FamilyFun #SunFlowers

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Aug 15

Commemorating VJ Day
Salisbury’s Jim Smith joined the RAF in 1941, was captured in 1942, and spent 3½ years as a Japanese POW in brutal conditions. His son, Ken, volunteers at The Salisbury Museum, where Jim’s artefacts are displayed.
We honour all who sacrificed for our tomorrow.

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Aug 15

Welcome, Kate and Hannah. We look forward to working with you! 😊

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Aug 8

🎨 Artists, want to see your work in The Salisbury Museum?
Submit your piece to the Landscape Open - all styles and media welcome.
The winner gets: £1,000 prize, a solo show at the museum
Deadline: 13 Aug. 2025, 5pm
Apply online: artopps.co.uk/opportunities/landscapeopen
Full details on our website

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Aug 4

HI Kristian.
We are very glad you and your students enjoyed your visit, and especially the new galleries. We have some wonderful new displays with artefacts from Old Sarum, Salisbury and Clarendon Palace. Come visit us again soon!

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Aug 4

Discovery Day tomorrow!
Be inspired by our beautiful rivers and the wildlife that lives in and around them. We will be making colourful creatures and learning a little about this wonderful, watery environment.
Meet artist Jools Wilson and join in with fun activities and games for all ages!

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Jul 28

Discovery Day - tomorrow!

Tuesday 29 July, 10am - 5pm - drop in and bring the family for some doggy, arty fun!

Based on a sculpture of Elizabeth Frink’s childhood pet, this art workshop, led by artist Sue Martin, will introduce you to low relief using card and paint to create your own dog!
🐶

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Jul 4

We have had a couple of last-minute cancellations for our ‘Behind the Scenes’ Tour this Saturday.
Our expert guide will take you on a journey through the museum’s secret spaces, offering insights and anecdotes that will bring history to life.
Please see our website for further details and booking.

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Jul 4

Artist Charlie James brings a morning at the museum of arty fun, where we get the under 5’s thinking about archaeology and discovering treasures from long, long ago.
Included in normal admission rates, no need to book.
See website for further details.
⚒🏺

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Jun 25

The museum telephone lines and internet will be disrupted throughout the day on Friday 27th June due to essential maintenance works.
The museum and café will remain open as usual but there may be some disruption to card payments. We advise that you bring cash for museum entry or shop purchases.

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Jun 24

We recently welcomed to the museum Nick Abbott, descendent of Salisbury photographer Henry Brooks. Nick lives in New Zealand and came to see Henry’s microscope for the first time in 60 years. Whilst here, he also saw the painting ‘Mrs Ridout and the Coombe Express’ by Frank Brooks, son of Henry.

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Jun 23

Learning and Community Engagement Intern Opportunity (salaried, part-time, one year contract)
Gain invaluable experience of working in a museum, heritage learning and community engagement.
For more info, and to apply, please visit the 'News' section salisburymuseum.org.uk
Closing date: 11.07.2025

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Jun 12

Getting soggy?
Take a break from the downpour and visit The Salisbury Museum.
🌧☔😊

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Jun 12

We are delighted to announce that the highly acclaimed Prof. Turi King is opening the Salisbury Museum’s Festival of Archaeology (26-27 July) with a talk on the evening of 24th July, ‘Using DNA to Uncover the Secrets of Our Past.’
Please book tickets through the Salisbury Museum website.

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Jun 10

Inspired by our summer exhibition ‘Elisabeth Frink: A View from Within,’ artist Emma Kerr will be leading this fun and informative morning for you and your toddler.
Lots of messy, arty fun all in the museum hall. 🎨
Normal admission rates apply.
No booking required.
See you there!

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · Jun 10

Despite the louring skies on Saturday, The Salisbury Museum's Members' Garden Party was a huge success at the stunning Walton Canonry, former home of Rex Whistler. Guests enjoyed prosecco, afternoon tea, traditional games and punting overlooking the water meadows.

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The Salisbury Museum @salisburymuseum.bsky.social · May 27

Today we were proud to welcome a rather soggy Richard Burt with Dilly the guide dog to Salisbury Museum. Richard is visually impaired and has walked all the way from Brighton to Salisbury with Dilly to raise funds for Wiltshire Sight.
#WiltshireSight

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