Adopt an Object
Adopt an Object
Every item in our collection requires tender loving care. That may mean conservation, restoration, storage, specialist mounts, display cases or display graphics. All these things require specialists to work on them and time and money to complete. Our Adopt an Object Scheme offers our members the opportunity to play a part in the care of our fascinating collections. By choosing an object and adopting it for a two year period, you will become part of the story of that object. We will let you know if it is moved, redisplayed, loaned out or put in storage. Your name will be placed beside the object when it is on display.
We do hope that you will become part of this incentive to raise funds to help keep our collections in the best condition possible. There are 40 objects which can be adopted for a minimum donation of £100 and ten star objects below in bold with a minimum donation of £250. Of course if there is an object you love but is not on the list please let us know. The objects are listed below. Please contact museum Director Adrian Green at adriangreen@salisburymuseum.org.uk for further information.
1. Stonehenge by JMW Turner- Adopted
2. The Salisbury Giant and Hob Nob- Adopted
3. Panoramic View of Salisbury from the North East
4. Rex Whistler’s paintings of Wilton (5 pictures)- Adopted
5. Great bustards
6. Warminster jewel- Adopted
7. Amesbury archer- Adopted
8. Jadeite axehead from the Alps- Adopted
9. Monkton Deverill torc and palstave axe- Adopted
10. Stonehenge gneiss macehead - Adopted
11. Lady Chapel and Choir by JMW Turner- Adopted
12. Salisbury Cathedral North Porch by JMW Turner- Adopted
13. Salisbury Cathedral North Transept by JMW Turner- Adopted
14. Distant View of Salisbury from Old Sarum by JMW Turner
15. The Swallowcliffe mount- Adopted
16. Chess king from Ivy Street- Adopted
17. Mrs Ridout and the Coombe Express by Frank Brooks
18. Downton fire engine
19. Hindon hoard- Adopted
20. Old Sarum kettle- Adopted
21. Wedgwood ‘Frog’ plate- Adopted
22. Wardour hoard- Adopted
23. Five senses Bow porcelain (5 objects)- Adopted
24. Verwood pottery
25. Bowerchalke Roman jewellery and coin hoard
26. Richard Parrett Pistols
27. Clarendon Palace tiles - Adopted
28. Sir Walter Alcock's engine
29. Shoehorn by Robert Mindun
30. Wiltshire brownware puzzle jug
31. Laurence Whistler glass- Adopted
32. Painting of Winterslow beaker burial
33. Limoges crucifix, 13th century
34. Stonework from Old Sarum- Adopted
35. Saxon finds from Mere
36. Downton mosaic
37. Brixton Deverill Hoard
38. Shrewton beaker burial- Adopted
39. The Stonehenge Archer - Adopted
40. A Pitt Rivers contour model
41. Pitt-Rivers craniometer
42. Wilton hanging bowl
43. Bowerchalke gold coin hoard
44. Mammoth tooth
45. Boles Barrow bluestone - Adopted
46. Fovant sword
47. Easton Down dog skeleton- Adopted
48. Amesbury sarcophagus
49. Tisbury Iron Age stater hoard- Adopted
50. Boscombe Bowmen beaker pots- Adopted
