What's On

The Museum has a busy programme of family events, courses, lectures and tours. Our temporary exhibition programme includes three major and three minor exhibitions per year, which cover subjects as diverse as history, archaeology and fine art.

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Fashioning Our Future Club

January 15, 2026
to July 9, 2026

Conversation Club: May Meeting

May 18, 2026
10:30 am

TALK: Objects of Distinction by Andrew Lawson

May 21, 2026
7:30 pm

Bloomsbury in Wiltshire

May 23, 2026
to September 27, 2026

Discovery Day: Funny Faces

May 26, 2026
HAWKLEY-HANGERS-VI-by-Sophie-Bartlett-Photo-by-Ash-Mills

Sophie Bartlett: Artist Residency

May 26, 2026
to May 30, 2026

Impressions of Bloomsbury: a well-being printmaking course

June 2, 2026
to July 7, 2026

Studio Theatre and Salisbury Museum Presents: ‘The Bluestocking and The Shepherdess: Bloomsbury Life at Ham Spray

June 3, 2026
7:00 pm
to June 5, 2026

Mending Club: June

June 4, 2026
10:30 am

Featured Collection Items

Lime Green Bodice
Printed Cotton Gown
First World War Overall Dress
Produced and worn as workwear...
Dorothy Devenish’s Coffee Service
Dorothy Devenish, from Little Durnford...
Jim Smith’s Backpack
Local man Jim Smith volunteered...
Town Crier’s Bell
Town crier’s bell, early 18th...
City Watch Horn
City watch horn, about 1675.
Reform Bottles
Reform bottles of Lord Brougham...
Communion Cup
Communion Cup from St Thomas's...
Clement Tosier Skillet
Metalworking provided employment for roughly...
Tailor’s Hall Window
The Tailors’ Hall was on...
Winchester Bushel
Bushels measured grain and other...

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Collections
Social History

Of particular significance in the collection are the relics of the ancient guilds of Salisbury.