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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Margaret Thatcher in Salisbury

1980s Britain – Money Changes Everything

February 8, 2025
to May 11, 2025

Fashioning Our Future After School Sessions

April 24, 2025
4:00 pm
to July 10, 2025
Young Curators Club collage image

Young Curator’s Club ~ April

April 26, 2025
10:30 am
Young Curators Club is a club for 6 – 12 year o...

The Downland and Valleys of South Wiltshire

April 26, 2025
to July 13, 2025
Saxon Broach

Behind the Scenes Tour – May

May 3, 2025
2:30 pm

Spring Fayre 2025

May 5, 2025
10:00 am
We welcome back Spring with the much loved 'Spr...
Squidge and Pop Bubbleologists

May Under Fives Friday~ Bubbleology!

May 9, 2025
10:00 am
A first for Under Fives Friday, we are very ple...

Well-City Salisbury

May 13, 2025
10:00 am
to July 22, 2025

1980s TALK: Endless Beat – A Musical Journey through Salisbury in the 1980s by Frogg Moody

May 15, 2025
7:30 pm

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.