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Wiltshire Museums & Heritage Centres
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Many museums have re-opened, but some, especially the small ones, may not be re-opening yet. Those that do may have restricted opening times and may require booked timed tickets. Check their websites before visiting.
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* Seasonal limited opening -check the website
† Museum accredited by the Arts Council
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- Aldbourne Heritage Centre -facebook page
- Amesbury Museum & Heritage Centre closed for relocation
- Avebury: Alexander Keiller Museum† – English Heritage’s museum of Avebury archaeology
- Castle Combe Museum – The museum has closed on losing its home; the collection is cared for by Chippenham Museum
- Boscombe Down Aviation Collection
- Calne: Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum -Private car collection
- Calne Heritage Centre
- Chippenham Museum† – Town Council museum
- Chiseldon Museum * -museum of Chiseldon Local History Group
- Coate near Swindon: Richard Jefferies Museum† -home of the Wiltshire writer
- Corsham Area Heritage & Information Centre
- Cricklade Museum† * -Volunteer-run museum of the town and its district
- Devizes: Kennet & Avon Canal Museum – The K&A Trust’s museum.
- Devizes: The Wiltshire Museum† -The premier collection of archaeology in northern Wiltshire, part of the Wiltshire Archaeology & Natural History Society.
- Highworth Heritage Centre Museum
- Lacock: Fox Talbot Museum† -National Trust museum of photography
- Lackham Agricultural Museum -closed and its collection dispersed; the Wiltshire Folklife collection is now part of the Wiltshire Museum, Devizes.
- Lyneham: REME Museum† -Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers army museum, relocated to Wiltshire
- Malmesbury: Athelstan Museum† – Formerly North Wiltshire Council, now independent
- Market Lavington Museum† * – Small independent local history collection, with a big Museum Blog Site
- Marlborough: The Merchant’s House -17th century interiors
- Melksham: Well House Collection -a private local history collection
- Mere Museum† – Small independent museum in the town’s library
- Pewsey Heritage Centre† – Independent collection in an agricultural engineer’s works
- Purton Museum†* – Independent museum of the local history society, in the library building
- Salisbury Museum† – The main museum for Salisbury and South Wiltshire
- Salisbury: The Wardrobe (Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum)† -for the Wiltshire Regiment history
- Stonehenge Visitor Centre (English Heritage)
- Swindon: Museum of Computing†
- Swindon: Steam† -The museum of the Great Western Railway
- Swindon Museum & Art Gallery† -Municipal multi-disciplinary museum
- Lydiard Park†, near Swindon -Stately home/art gallery/museum/park
- Trowbridge Museum† – Town Council museum, with a special interest in the woollen cloth industry. Re-opened 2021 after major expansion and redisplay
- Warminster: Dewey Museum– Local history society collection, displayed in the library.
- Westbury Heritage Centre
- Wootton Bassett -small museum in the historic town hall
- Wroughton: The Science Museum†* -storage of the National Museum of Science & Industry
- Shaftesbury Gold Hill Museum*, Dorset -covers some southern Wilthire parishes
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