The Romans who Shaped Britain

Only a few tickets left for this Saturday afternoon lecture by Dr Sam Moorhead - 13 April, 2.30pm.  Tickets cost £6 (£3.50 for WANHS members) and are available from the Museum shop or online.

Free Entry to the Museum over the Easter holidays

Open Friday 29 March - noon to 4pm; Saturday 30 March - 10am to 5pm; Sunday 31 March - noon to 4pm; Monday 1 April - noon to 4pm. Plus from 25 March to 7 April entry is FREE for all the family. Come along and visit our Roman, Iron Age, Bronze Age and Recent History galleries. Come and see items discovered at Barrow Clumps on Salisbury Plain last summer, plus much more .... The Archive & Library will not be open over the bank holiday weekend.

Easter Holiday Activities

For all the family ...

Easter crafts - paper bunting, egg cosies, masks and more - Wednesday 27 March and Thursday 28 March. 

Colourful Mosaics - make coasters with colourful glass mosaic tiles - Thursday 4 April

Meet a Saxon Warrior - Sunday 7 April.  Hands on fun with object handling and crafts.  Drop in between non and 4pm - no booking needed.

Charges apply and booking essential - see website for details.

Closed 18 to 20 March

for renovation of entrance hall and shop.

It's a very busy time here and the latest of our projects will see our Museum shop refitted and redecorated.  As this is at the hub of the building we will be unable to open to the public for the period of the refit.  We apologise for any inconvenience and plan to reopen on Thursday 21 March 2013.

Archaeology in Wiltshire Conference this Saturday

Last minute preparations are in hand to welcome over 200 people to the Archaeology in Wiltshire Conference at the Corn Exchange in Devizes.

The full programme is here.

The Corn Exchange in is Devizes Market Place. The most convenient car park is at Station Road - follow this link to a Google Map. It is a very short walk up Station Road to the Market Place, and the Corn Exchange is immediately on your right, next to the Bear Hotel - follow this link in Google Street View.

The Twitter tag for the event is #archwilts - and we should have a live Twitter feed running during the conference.

Saturday's lecture cancelled

Unfortunately we have had to cancel the lecture Dr Bruce Campbell because of ill-health. It was to have been about Climate Change, Epidemic Disease and History: the Case of the Black Death. Our apologies. We will organise refunds for those that have paid for their tickets.

Intestested in working with us? We are looking for a Visitor Services Officer

We have a vacancy for a Visitor Services Officer to work with us at this exciting time. The Job Description and Application Form are now online. Closing date for applications is Saturday 23 March.