Archaeology and Stonehenge

The museum’s archaeology collection is one of the most important outside a national museum in Britain, including artefacts from Stonehenge, the Amesbury Archer and medieval finds from Old Sarum. Many of these items are displayed in the Wessex gallery, a display of international importance which places the story of Stonehenge within its wider chronological and regional context whilst telling the story of Salisbury and the surrounding area from prehistoric times to the Norman conquest.
Drainage Collection
Four keys from the ‘Drainage...
Downton Mosaic
The remains of a Roman...
Clarendon Head
This most well-known sculpture, which...
Bowerchalke Roman Hoard
This gold coin is a...
Bowerchalke Iron Age Hoard
This stunning collection of gold...
Boscombe Bowmen Finds
In 2003 Wessex Archaeology conducted...
Auroch’s Horn
Aurochs were a type of...
Archer’s Companion Gold Ornament
In 2002 a new school...
Amesbury Sarcophagus
This sarcophagus was discovered by...
Amesbury Archer
The grave of the Amesbury...
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