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Wiltshire Museums & Heritage Centres

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Many museums, especially the small ones, will not be re-opening yet. Those that do may require booked timed tickets. Check the websites first.

* Seasonal limited opening -check the website

† Museum accredited by the Arts Council

• • 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.
  • 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. Closed for expansion and redisplay, scheduled to reopen in Autumn 2020.
  • Warminster: Dewey Museum– Local history society collection, displayed in the library.
  • Westbury Heritage Centre
  • 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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