Not Just a Building Site Now…
26 Tuesday Mar 2024
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inThe Salisbury Museum cafe, and the peregrine falcons ARE BACK!
Salisbury Museum Café
The Salisbury Museum Café is superbly located in a Grade 1 listed building within the Close, at the front of the museum and opposite Salisbury Cathedral – the café garden may well have the best view from any café seat in Salisbury.
You can pop in for a hot drink and light refreshment from Thursday 21st March as part of our soft opening week.
A full menu and service will be in place from Good Friday.
Come and say hello!
Live Peregrine Webcam
Watch our Peregrine Livestreams for the 2024 season… (Salisbury Cathedral}
The nesting pair can be watched via three cameras sited on the South Tower balcony. The cameras stream the peregrines in real time and they can be watched 24 hours a day.
Photo by Ash Mills of 2019 falcon chicks
10 Wednesday May 2023
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The North Wing, almost completely obscured now, by scaffolding
And also at the rear
And in the rear garden, the clearing continues, with careful preservation of turf
But the new exhibition is up and running, and worth a visit, along with the Wessex Gallery, of course
And even on a rainy Bank Holiday, visitors welcomed the Wood Bar and its very well organised, and covered, seating area. Tea and cake and other goodies available for the summer
21 Tuesday Mar 2023
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After their usual winter break, two of our Volunteer gardeners, Jane and Brenda, are back.
The gardens look amazingly well after what has been a confusing winter for us all…Great to see our gardeners. Welcome back Jane and Brenda.
This is, of course, the first week of the takeover by contractors to upgrade much of the museum. The changes are under way…
The Wessex Gallery and temporary exhibition gallery (new exhibition coming soon!) are still open, entry at reduced prices.
The cafe is closed, but there is some good news…
A summer pop-up cafe! What a lovely idea.
30 Wednesday Nov 2022
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inVolunteers were in the museum today, getting things ready for Tudor Christmas.
Thank you to all those Volunteers who came along and worked wonders!
Set in the beautiful medieval King’s House, for one day only, the museum takes you back to Yule tide in Tudor times. Step inside and experience the sights, sounds and fun festivities familiar to Henry VIII and his court.
The building will be decorated for Christmas as it may have been hundreds of years ago, and there will be a full day of entertainment for all ages with Tudor activities including:
After all this you’ll need refreshments in the Museum Cafe!
Christmas with a historic twist? Come to the museum! A fun and fascinating day for all the family.
25 Monday Jul 2022
The weather was kind, we were joined by friends old and new – all eager to share their passion for archaeology – and the public came along.
There were families (including one that diverted on their journey from London to Wales!), visitors to Salisbury, people from overseas, famous archaeologists, budding archaeologists, little ones realising they could be archaeologists, all enjoying and having fun. Even Thomas Hardy!
Thank you – Wessex Museums, Scrapstore, Salisbury Cathedral Education, CBA Wessex, Cranborne Chase AONB, The Outside, Tim Lowe (as Thomas Hardy), Weorod, Ancient Wessex, The Bowmen (and women), Wiltshire Museum, Wessex Archaeology, NT and HE Stonehenge, Hampshire Cultural Trust, Friends of Claendon, musicians, cafe, Chris Elmer, PAS, Past Foward, Simon Cleggett, Lorraine Mepham, Phil Harding, Alice Roberts, Julian Richards, Museum Director Adrian Green and staff and Volunteers and visitors.
31 Sunday Oct 2021
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Members and Volunteers exclusive late opening Thur 25 November 6.30pm to 8.30pm On Thursday 25 November between 6.30pm and 8.30pm the museum will be open for a special Members’ and Volunteers’ evening, where you can explore the whole museum, including the current exhibition Cutting It Fine: The Art of the British Wood Engraver. The museum shop will be open to cater to your Christmas shopping needs – your 10% Members’ or Volunteers’ discount applies to all shop purchases, so you can save while you spend and support the museum at the same time! We have a highly-collectible range of merchandise available to support the current exhibition, including limited edition prints from Howard Phipps, Gwen Raverat, Anne Desmet and Neil Bousfield – any of which would make an exquisite and unique gift this Christmas. The shop also offers a carefully curated selection of wonderful book titles for children and adults – ideal presents for history-loving, curious-minded would-be collectors, curators and archaeologists of all ages – as well as exclusive gifts based on the museum’s collection and locally sourced items, from children’s colour-in textiles to stunning locally-produced scented candles and, of course, the Salisbury edition of Monopoly. The café will be open with a pay-bar offering seasonal drinks and snacks. If you would like to come along, simply click on the link below to register. Entry is free and exclusive to Members and Volunteers Pre-booking essential – spaces are limited and subject to availability so early booking advised CLICK HERE TO REGISTER |
Not Just Darwins – A Talk by William Pryor
Thur 18 November 7.30pm
Lecture Hall
Members £9
Non-members £12
Pre-booking essential
BOOK HERE
Cutting It Fine – The Art of the British Wood Engraver: Artist Walk Through with
Howard Phipps
Sat 13 & Sat 27 November
2.15pm to 3.15pm
Main Exhibition Galleries
Members £9
Non-members £12
Pre-booking essential – limited to 12 places
BOOK HERE
Block Party – Printmaking in the 20th Century. Art History Course with Paul Chapman 3 November to 1 December 2021 Wednesdays from 10.30am in the Lecture Hall There is still just time to sign up for our next art history course which will examine the development of print as fine art from 1900 to the present day. See website or follow the link below for full course details. Members £50 Non-members £55 Pre-booking essential BOOK HERE |
Festive Beer Tasting with Master Brewer Simon Jackson Wed 8 December 7.30pm Lecture Hall Celebrate the start of the festive season with a talk about the history of beer and a tutored tasting of a selection of festive Winter British ales, accompanied by seasonal finger food, and held in the museum Lecture Hall. Members £9 Non-members £12 Pre-booking essential BOOK HERE |
05 Tuesday Oct 2021
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inFarewell…. to those extraordinary illustrations by Richard Chopping
….and welcome, to more illustrations, but of a different kind
Beautiful work – engravings and pencil drawings – by Wiltshire engraver Howard Phipps, is already on display. See his website here.
And temporarily….
03 Saturday Jul 2021
The Salisbury Museum Discovery Days are by no means just for children. Coming up this summer…..
Booking: No booking required.
Cost: Normal admission charges apply.
As we anticipate the opening of the new Costume Gallery at the museum there is an arts workshop for the whole family with Sue Martin.
Booking: No booking required.
Cost: Normal admission charges apply.
‘Bright Bricks’ are coming back. In 2020 it was 800 years since the Cathedral and city were founded and these brick builders have plans for the construction of miniature replicas of historic buildings in Salisbury. JOIN IN. This will be quite something! All welcome.
Booking: No booking required.
Cost: Normal admission charges apply.
An artwork session with Liza Morgan inspired by the Richard Chopping Exhibition which includes illustrations for the James Bond books.
Booking: No booking required.
Cost: Normal admission charges apply.
If you can fit into a harness and climb a 24 foot high ‘rock’ (a replica of a Stonehenge monolith) and would like to see English Heritage’s experts with their Neolithic handling collection, this is the day for you!
Bring the children, and/or the grandchildren. Have lunch or tea in the Museum Cafe or picnic in the Close…. Who needs foreign holidays!
Booking: No booking required.
Cost: Normal admission charges apply.
In the museum’s garden a tented kitchen will transport visitors back to the Iron Age where you can experience historical food and cooking. ”Pario Gallico” translates as ”The Gallic Cauldron” in Latin. These experts using authentic methods and tools will bring to life the smells, tastes and sounds of life in Britain over 2,500 years ago.
Pario Gallico at the Chalke Valley History Festival in June
15 Thursday Oct 2020
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Planning ahead…
Our next Coffee and Conversation online session is on Tuesday 27th October at 11am until 12 noon. Rachel, who recently gave us a memorable talk about the Battle of Waterloo anniversary activities, 2015, will be chatting about recreating her version of a dress in the Salisbury Museum collection. The talk will last approximately 20 minutes with plenty of time for questions and chat after. If you fancy joining in, here is the link to the meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86345297401 Meeting ID: 86345297401
Passcode: 397904
You can also dial in on the phone using any of these numbers
+44 203 901 7895
+44 131 460 1196
+44 203 051 2874
+44 203 481 5237
+44 203 481 5240
The Salisbury Museum Cafe
The Salisbury Museum Cafe now has an elegant marquee on the front drive and continues to welcome visitors every day 11am – 3pm. On a sunny autumn day it is also still pleasant to sit outside.
LEGO!
These Lego models are even more striking ‘in the flesh’. Well worth a visit.