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MuseumsSite Name: Wiltshire Heritage Museum Alternative Name: Devizes Museum, Wiltshire MuseumCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Wiltshire Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Devizes
Map Ref: SU0055261196 Landranger Map Number: 173
Latitude: 51.349842N Longitude: 1.99346W
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
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Estrela visited We intended to visit the museum in Salisbury in September 2013 whilst visiting Avebury and Stonehenge. I particularly wanted to see the Amesbury Archer. However when we got to the Devizes museum the Bronze Age display had been removed as a new display is being arranged. The manager of the Devizes museum gave me an August 2013 copy of trilithon the newsletter of the Wiltshire Arcaeological and Natural History Society, which says "Our new Prehistoric Wiltshire Galleries open on Monday 14th October" "There are four galleries"- I believe that is the Devizes museum part, but may also refer to Salisbury museum, where the new Archaeology of Wessex Gallery is due to open in Spring 2014. We will have to return.
neolithique02 have visited here
The large specially-designed new high security and humidity-controlled exhibition facility, constructed inside the museum, cost £750,000 to build, with funding coming from the Heritage Lottery Fund, English Heritage, Wiltshire Council, the North Wessex Downs Area of Natural Beauty and other sources.
Amongst the ancient Stonehenge era treasures placed on permanent display for the first time, are a beautifully decorated gold lozenge, a magnificent bronze dagger with a gold- covered hilt, a golden fitting from a dagger sheath, a ceremonial axe, gold beads, necklaces, ear-rings, pendants and other items of gold jewellery, a unique jet disc (used to fasten a luxury garment), rare traces of ancient textiles and two of the finest prehistoric flint arrow heads ever found.
Address: 41 Long Street, SN10 1NS
Phone: 01380 727369
Opening Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday 12 noon - 4.00 pm Sunday.
Admission: Small charge, Free on Sun & Mon
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Original page by Coldrum
Note: Revealing the Golden Treasures of the Age of Stonehenge, a new permanent exhibition opens Monday 14th October. See our preview of the exquisite objects, some on display for the first time
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