Wiltshire Heritage Museum, England

The Wiltshire Heritage Museum is a museum, archive, library and art gallery in Devizes, Wiltshire.

The museum is run by the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, a registered charity founded in 1853.

The museum maintains a collection covering the archaeology, art, history and natural history of Wiltshire stretching back as far as the Palaeolithic and also includes Neolithic, Bronze Age, Roman, Saxon, Mediaeval as well as more recent historical artefacts.

The collection included items from the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site. One of the most important collections at the museum is the finds from Bush Barrow, an early Bronze Age burial mound in Stonehenge World Heritage Site. The barrow was excavated by William Cunnington in 1808 and produced the richest and most important finds from a Bronze Age grave in the Stonehenge Landscape to date.

The Museum is currently raising funds to be able to create new Neolithic and Bronze Age displays, that will include the Bronze Age gold.

The Museum has launched a community bus service, the Henge Hopper, linking Avebury with Amesbury and Stonehenge. This is a hop-on, hop-off service linking Stonehenge, Avebury and the Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes.

The initial pilot service will run on weekends and Bank Holidays until September 11 2011. When you use the service, you will become a special ‘Henge Hopper’ member – giving you free entrance to the Museum.

Opening Times

10am - 5pm, Monday to Saturday and
Noon - 4pm on Sundays.

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Ticket Prices

Adults: £4
Concessions: £3
Children under 16: FREE (Excluding school groups)

Free on Sundays

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Disabled Facilities

The Museum is arranged in two Grade II Georgian buildings and has many steps, stairs and changes of level. Unfortunately no lift is available to upper levels, however ramps are available to assist wheelchairs users move easily around the ground floor.

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