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Annual Report 2017

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Front cover: Eric Ravilious, The Wilmington Giant (1939), Copyright: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The Salisbury Museum

Annual Report 2017

The year in numbers

£177,807 Income from ticket sales

57,424 Museum user number

£45,677 Grant from Wiltshire Council

42,106 Museum visitor number

18,190 Volunteer work hours

£15,000 Grant from Salisbury City Council

£14,408 Donations and legacies

3,210 School children visiting museum

1,473 Members of the museum

1,277 People at Festival of Archaeology

230 Volunteers

33 Family learning events

8 Temporary exhibitions

Brian Graham, Winter Menhirs, Imbolc, 2003, acrylic on canvas (Copyright Brian Graham)

The Chairman’s Report

A successful organisation will greet any understanding of English history across challenge with pragmatism and a steady multiple levels. heart. It is currently true of all museums, whether regional or national, that they face a It is worth remembering that the key objectives demanding financial climate. In 2017 Salisbury for which the museum was founded include Museum has not been immune to challenges the following for the benefit of the public: but has ended the year under review in robust and defiant spirit. Providing exhibits of historical scientific and artistic significance and interest; The Heritage Lottery Fund has been under increasing pressure to support more bids with The provision in connection with the museum an ever-decreasing pot of money. It did not of a library, lectures and other facilities for come as a major surprise to the museum to education relating to the Arts and Sciences; discover that the dwindling source of money and available was allocated to larger institutions and that our bid was not successful in 2017. The promotion of research relating to the Arts However, with support from the HLF, we will and Sciences and the publication of the useful resubmit our bid for a smaller sum to continue results of such researches. our essential refurbishment but phasing it to address, in the first instance, The Salisbury Addressing these in reverse order, 2017 has Gallery. The revised masterplan will focus on seen the continuation and ever expanding the history of the city, creating an environment success of the MODES database. With the that will enable visitors to appreciate what is help of over two hundred and thirty volunteers special and significant about this landscape the museum has also continued to catalogue and the people who have shaped it. The The Salisbury Journal photography archive, gallery will aspire to facilitate the and the costume collection, the latter thanks to 1

support from the Arts Society. Acquisitions insight into the exceptional life and work of Sir worth £24,000, including a painting of Terry Pratchett using key personal artefacts Stratford Tony by Wilfrid Gabriel de Glehn, are and artwork. This exhibition received media now part of the museum collection thanks to coverage from all over the world including the HLF funded Creative Wiltshire project co- prime BBC national news. It was an excellent ordinated by Wiltshire Council. example of the museum’s broad ranging offer.

Museum outreach has increased in 2017 for Extending our temporary exhibition reach both formal and informal learning groups, outside the museum saw the creation, with a including family events and discovery days. nod to Trafalgar Square, of the ‘Wessex The museum had a presence at the Chalke Plinth’. Julian Sainsbury’s Head surveyed the Valley History Festival, sponsoring a talk by Close from the front garden of the King’s Alex Langlands about Old Sarum. Promotion House and began a series of placements of research related to the sciences is evident which represent contemporary sculptors in our Festival of Archaeology. This event whose work relates to the collections and the continues to draw speakers and attract a wide landscapes of Wiltshire. public audience where the subject of archaeology, its developing ideas and Further to a review in 2016, a Governance discoveries and the collections of the museum committee meets on a quarterly basis to are accessible to all. Even a very wet ensure that relevant issues raised in the weekend did not deter the crowds. review are considered and addressed.

Working in partnership with other The year has seen the Director and staff of the organisations continues to be beneficial for the museum, together with an exceptional body of museum. The significance of the successful volunteers, working with enormous energy application, as part of the Wessex Museums and professionalism to ensure that Salisbury Partnership, for Arts Council NPO (National Museum remains a dynamic and successful Portfolio Organisation) funding means that the institution. collective is in the top tier of regional museums in the country. Susanna Denniston, Chair of Trustees

The Wessex Museums Partnership comprises Poole Museum, Dorset Country Museum, and Salisbury Museum. The funding, £1.278m, will be for four years

for projects spread across the four museums including exhibitions, community engagement, learning, marketing, fundraising and collections care.

Hugh Homan joined the Board of Trustees as a retired solicitor who brings knowledge of both the charity and education sectors.

Visitor numbers have seen a significant increase this year. This is largely due to the nature of our temporary exhibition programme.

January saw the continuation of Constable in Context that included works relating to Constable’s famous painting of from the Meadows. This was followed by British Art: Ancient Landscapes. The exhibition, curated by Professor Sam Smiles, was composed of over seventy works which examined artistic responses to British Antiquity, including works by Turner, Constable, Paul Nash, John Piper and Eric Ravilious. Our final exhibition of 2017 was Terry Pratchett: HisWorld, which provided an

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Sir Terry Pratchett’s office – recreated in HisWorld (Photo by Ash Mills)

Increasing Visitor Numbers

Exhibitions

The centrepiece of Constable in Context (17 scientific interpretations offered by September 2016 to 25 March 2017) was John archaeologists. Sam produced an excellent Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the catalogue for the exhibition which proved very Meadows which returned to the museum in popular with our visitors. the autumn of 2016 for a six month period as part of the ASPIRE partnership. The painting Terry Pratchett: HisWorld, (16 September was acquired for the nation in 2013 by Tate in 2017 to 14 January 2018) was the final, and partnership with four other institutions: most successful exhibition of the year. This National Museum Wales, the National was curated by Richard Henry, Wiltshire’s Galleries of Scotland, Colchester and Ipswich Finds Liaison Officer, who has been a lifelong Museum and Salisbury Museum. Salisbury fan of the author. Richard secured the full was the fourth venue on its national tour support of the Pratchett Estate and had where it was placed in its historical and artistic exclusive access to Sir Terry’s archive, context. including many items not seen by Pratchett fans before. At the heart of the exhibition was British Art: Ancient Landscapes (8 April to 3 Paul Kidby’s incredible artwork which brings September 2017) was a major new exhibition the Discworld vividly to life. curated by Professor Sam Smiles. It explored how the British landscape has been a Three smaller exhibitions were held in the continual inspiration to artists across the museum’s first floor gallery. Rena Gardiner, centuries, particularly places shaped and Artist and Printmaker (14 January to 13 May marked by our distant ancestors. One central 2017) is famous for the guidebooks she theme of the show was the relationship designed, illustrated and printed for historic between how artists view ancient landscapes places, buildings and countryside. This and how archaeologists interpret their work. exhibition looked at the wonderful paintings, This was illustrated brilliantly through works by pastels and prints she produced. Rena artists such as Paul Nash, who sought to offer Gardiner was followed by the Art of an alternative view to the empirical and (20 May to 27 August 2017)

3 which revealed some of the many paintings period and the desire to showcase cutting we have in the archives of this nationally edge thinking in art, history and archaeology. important monument. The year ended with Events were designed to enhance the Paul Kidby’s Charmed Realm (2 September exhibition experience and support interest and 2017 to 14 January 2018) which was timed to learning around the museum’s collections in a co-incide with the HisWorld exhibition and variety of ways. So whether it involved showcased Paul’s work for his book of the recreating a great artwork in LEGO building same name. bricks, tramping across Martin Down, listening to the latest findings on archaeobotany or The final exhibition to highlight is Spoons – A enjoying a visit from vintage and veteran Stiring Tale (8 April to 3 September 2017). steam cars (see below) – the intention was to This unusual project was a collaboration with be as exciting and accessible to the widest the National Federation of Women’s Institutes possible audience. Craft Committee. The aim was to encourage WI makers of all abilities to attend workshops The year started in a flurry of media attention, held at the museum to knit or stitch spoons following a lecture by Professor John Thornes inspired by those in the museum’s collections. at the museum. Professor Thornes had Once created, they were dipped in porcelain recently published ‘A Reassessment of and fired in a kiln. The resulting individual Constable’s Paradoxical Rainbow’. The creations were displayed at the museum. audience sat spellbound as this leading meteorologist unravelled the mysteries of the solar geometry surrounding the rainbow in Lectures and Events Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, 1831 revealing that the rainbow had been added It proved to be a year of sell-out events at the afterwards, to reflect the date and time that museum, which reflected the dynamism and John Constable’s friend Archdeacon John impact of three major exhibitions across this Fisher had died.

Steam Cars outside the King’s House, 20 June 2017 (Photo by Ash Mills)

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Rena Gardiner, Salisbury Cathedral, 1960, Pen and ink drawing (Copyright Estate of Rena Gardiner)

The final months of the Constable in Context life of acting, writing and working with Sir Terry exhibition also saw 166 people enjoying Pratchett. Constable-related walks in the landscape; new writing and performance based on The Fisher Across the year, a total of 1,297 people Letters; eminent art historian Nicholas Alfrey attended lectures and 447 enjoyed exclusive lecturing at the museum; and a sell-out two- performances at the museum. Courses were day artist workshop with Claire Thomas. also incredibly popular, including an Understanding Chalkland Landscapes course The major summer exhibition British Art: in the summer with Hadrian Cook and later in Ancient Landscapes was supported by a talk the year Paul Chapman led an art history and curator’s walk through with the course on British Painting Between the Wars. exhibition’s curator, Professor Sam Smiles; sell-out lectures from archaeologists Professor The number of those attending events and Richard Bradley and Dr Jim Leary and art lectures at the museum rose to 10,361 historian James Russell; and talks from author increasing from 6,767 in 2016. A further 400 Anna Thomasson and artist Anna Dillon which people attended museum events and talks off rounded off the programme. Members also site, including Civic Day and the Members’ enjoyed an exclusive trip to Down Farm led by Summer Party. archaeologist Martin Green.

The opening of the Terry Pratchett: HisWorld exhibition in the autumn gave an exciting Marketing Success opportunity to programme a whole sequence of unusual performances, lectures, book Social Media signings and events inspired by the writings of Sir Terry Pratchett. The highlight came on 15 The museum continued to use and strengthen December, when Sir Tony Robinson treated a its presence on three key social media packed house to a generous insight into his platforms, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

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throughout 2017. There was an increase of To complement the website, the monthly e- 72% to the museum’s following on Facebook Newsletter has been reimagined and is (2,510), 15% increase on Twitter (6,743) and regularly sent out to over 1,500 subscribers – a 53% increase in followers on Instagram double the figure at the start of 2017. With (1,073). The museum’s Facebook page has bite-sized updates on events and a link to the increased its star rating to 4.7 and the Volunteer BLOG, the e-Newsletter has helped Instagram page received 13,525 likes in to increase the profile of everyday life and response to 240 posts. These platforms activity at the museum. enabled the museum to foster relationships with an increasingly social media savvy Trip Advisor audience, not only within the local community but at national and international levels. The In 2017, the museum retained its score of sculpture on the ‘Wessex Plinth’ at the front of 4.5/5 in the ratings. Out of the 340 reviews, the museum has been shared and enjoyed 66% gave the museum a rating of ‘excellent’ around the world, along with instant and the museum holds 16th place in the top information about museum events and behind 264 things to do in Wiltshire. the scenes insights. Press Coverage Working with partners through social media has become increasingly important, not only The museum continued to retain a high press as the museum’s partnership with the Wessex profile throughout 2017. This profile was Museums has continued to develop but also raised initially in January with a piece by Jo with the Salisbury Information Centre, Kent filmed at the museum for BBC South Salisbury Playhouse, Visit Wiltshire, English Today. The piece was covering the new Heritage and national institutions like the research by Professor John Thornes on Heritage Lottery Fund, Art Fund and Tate. Constable’s rainbow. Local press throughout Raising our social media profiles across the the year continued to be good – particularly sector is essential to our success. with Salisbury Journal, BBC Radio Wiltshire and Spire FM. The LEGO Constable activity The museum also took its first foray into over February half term attracted much media Crowdfunding starting on #WorldToiletDay on attention. The major summer exhibition British 19 November with a campaign to raise funds Art: Ancient Landscapes was widely covered to improve access to and generally update the locally and nationally, including reviews in The museum’s public toilets. The overall campaign Spectator, The Guardian, Apollo Magazine using print media, social media and the and British Archaeology. The year ended with museum’s website led to raising over half the spectacular coverage for the Terry Pratchett: £30,000 required for the project. HisWorld exhibition, starting with national news coverage on the BBC’s Six O’Clock News with Jon Kay. The incredible press Website coverage ranged from The Hindustani Times, via The Lancet to all the broadsheets, local In 2017, the number of website user sessions press and radio. increased to 161,405 from 75,491 – an increase of 113% on 2016. It proved to be a vital tool in supporting visitors to Terry Museum Usage Pratchett: HisWorld, where many chose to find

out visitor information in advance, or purchase Visitor numbers (people who come to the museum entry online. The bounce rate museum during opening hours) were 42,106, hovered around 41%, with visitors to the a 55% increase on 2016. The overall user website spending an average of 1.75 minutes figure (including those people who attend over 3 pages. Work has continued to update evening lectures, events, visit the coffee shop and improve the information available on the and attend activities off site) was 57,242. website, including links on green ways to get to the museum and where to stay nearby.

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Possible view of the King’s Room refurbished as part of the masterplan (Copyright Metaphor)

Museum Development

Museum Masterplan two year project development period and then we will need to submit a round two application. The museum learnt it was unsuccessful with Actual building works are unlikely to start until our major HLF grant application at the end of 2022. April. This was difficult news given all the hard work that had gone into it, however the One area that the HLF have particularly asked competition for HLF funding last year was us to focus on is the conservation of the fabric intense. There were applications from 23 of the building. Problems include an internal organisations across the country, with a total drain which cannot cope with heavy rain and value of £220 million. The HLF had only £40 leaks into the costume gallery; limestone used million to give away this time so only four around our windows which is slowly organisations were awarded funding. fragmenting; walls which suffer from moisture ingress due to poor construction and ceilings that need restoration, in particular our unique We spent the remainder of 2017 revising our th plans. The new scheme is a scaled-down 17 century plaster moulded ceiling in the version. It will focus on the redisplay of the King’s Room. Salisbury Gallery, Ceramics and Costume Galleries so we can display more of our The project also includes provision for collections. This will include recent additional staff including an Operations acquisitions such as the Scout Motor Car and Manager, Admin Officer and Project Curator. the Rex Whistler archive. We also plan to We will also appoint a co-ordinator to develop improve physical access to the public areas a whole range of activities to widen access to with the introduction of a passenger lift to the the museum to a broader section of the ceramics gallery. Onsite collections storage community. will be enhanced and there will be a new dedicated space for schools. Partnership Working

The total cost of the project is £4.3 million and The Wessex Museums Partnership was we will be asking the HLF for £3.1 million. We delighted to learn in June that it was will need to raise £1.2 million in match funding successful in its application to become one of if we secure the round one bid. The HLF the Arts Council England’s National Portfolio decision will be made at their board meeting in Organisations (NPO). The Wessex Museums June 2018. If we are successful there will be a Partnership is led by Poole Museums Service 7 and includes the Dorset County Museum and Wiltshire Museum as well as Salisbury Museum. The museums will receive nearly £1.3 million over four years from 2018 to support a range of innovative projects delivered by the partnership including exhibitions, community engagement, learning, marketing, fundraising and collections care.

Securing the NPO funding is of huge significance as it means the partnership (and the museums) sits alongside some of the top regional museums in the country. The Arts

Council has been committed to addressing a lack of investment in Wiltshire museums by A life-long friend of contemporary artist John previous national museum bodies (such as the Singer Sargent, de Glehn exhibited at the Renaissance scheme managed by the Paris Salon, the Royal Academy and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council). In Royal Society of Portrait Painters. He was the past funding has been focussed on large made an RA in 1932. De Glehn travelled regional museums in major urban centres. widely, his landscape paintings feature views in Britain, France, Italy and North America. The Wessex Museums Partnership spent the South Wiltshire is prominent in his work second half of 2017 preparing for National because he lived at The Manor House in Portfolio status from April 2018. It also Stratford Tony for the last nine years of his life continued to deliver existing partnership work, (2017.06). including the successful Spotlight Loans programme. This involved objects from each museum touring across the partnership venues.

Collections Management

Collections Store

To support its redevelopment, the museum has been seeking to acquire an offsite store, primarily for our archaeology collections. At the beginning of October 2017 an offer of £125,000 was accepted on an industrial unit at Old Sarum. This was purchased in February 2018 with a grant of £50,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation. Wiltshire Council have promised a grant of £75,000.

Acquisitions

The museum made 46 acquisitions over the year. These included some gifts that came through the Creative Wiltshire Project funded by Heritage Lottery Fund:

Stratford Tony, c 1945, oil painting by Wilfrid de Glehn (1870-1951) (above right). Wilfrid de Glehn was one of Britain’s leading Black Bird, 1931, two pairs of curtains impressionist artists. Born in south-east designed by Nancy Nicholson (1899-1977) London he studied at the Government Art and Geoffrey Taylor (1900-1956) (above). Training School, South Kensington before Nancy Nicholson was the daughter of the enrolling at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. artists Sir William Nicholson and Mabel Pryde.

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Her brothers included the artist The demolition of the Salisbury Gasholder led and the architect Christopher Nicholson. In to the donation of some related items 1929 Nancy opened Poulk Prints near Sutton including the cast iron commemorative plaque Veny in Wiltshire, along with her partner the dating back to when it was erected in 1928 Irish poet Geoffrey Taylor. They produced (photo below). hand-printed fabrics like this example here. In the 1940s her business moved to Motcomb Street, London (2017.10)

This lists the board of directors of the Monday Morning, watercolour by Dora Salisbury Gas Company – one of whom was Noyes, c 1900 (above). Theodora Joan Sir Cecil H E Chubb, famous for donating Noyes (known as Dora) was from Harrow, Stonehenge to the nation in 1918 (2017.41). Middlesex. She had two sisters, Mary and Ella Margaret and together they lived at The Documentation Projects Cottage, Upton Lovell, in the early 1900s. In about 1907 they moved to Fosters in Sutton The museum is very fortunate to have a band Veny where they lived for the rest of their of willing volunteers prepared to spend their lives. days shut away in storerooms or slaving in front of a computer. These are the th th Dora’s late 19 and early 20 paintings documentation volunteers who work diligently include the well-known Haymaking on to ensure that the objects in the museum’s Salisbury Plain, 1912. She often exhibited collection are identified, measured, carefully pictures at London galleries, including the wrapped and stored and their details entered Royal Academy. Her sister Ella wrote travel on the collections database – MODES. books and Dora sometimes accompanied her on her research trips. Five of Ella’s books 85 volunteers offered their services during were illustrated by Dora (2017.11). 2017 and, at any one time, there were on average 72 people beavering away behind the In addition there were three items acquired in scenes. 29 projects have been undertaken, of 2017 via the Treasure Act: which three have been completed during the year and five new projects started.  Anglo-Saxon scabbard fitting from Kingston Deverill (2017.37) Completed Projects  Anglo-Saxon finger ring from (2017.38) Finding Pitt-Rivers: Review, identify,  Roman silver coin hoard from Mere measure, photograph and record all the (2017.45) archaeological items from the Pitt-Rivers 9

collection. Enter the collection into MODES Update and improve archaeology archives: and make it available online (some records Assess, re-package, re-number and enter into are still awaiting uploading). MODES the archaeology archives data. An archive contains all the supporting data Exhibitions backlog data capture: Create a associated with an excavation; photos, X-rays, spreadsheet of all the objects displayed in reports, maps and plans, drawings, etc. exhibitions over the past nine years (Salisbury Museum's and those loaned from elsewhere), Update object history files: Review all the prior to creating a specialist MODES database physical documentation relating to each to facilitate future record keeping. accessioned object, currently kept in several different places, and create a single individual Entry number identification: Review all file for each one. object entry forms from 1989 (when they were introduced), to improve traceability, and Catalogue the museum archives: Review, update MODES. organise and catalogue the documents related to the history of the museum itself. On-going Projects Catalogue the Henry Hatcher archive: Collections on-line: Manage the preparation Review and catalogue the archive relating to and uploading of images to the museum’s Henry Hatcher. public searchable database. Review library box files: There is a large Rex Whistler archive: Document each item number of box files in the library that were in the archive and enter it into MODES. transferred from the documentation room. These contain a wealth of documents Ephemera organisation and data: Check pertaining to the museum’s collections. and re-package items in the ephemera collection and enter data in MODES. The Arts Society (NADFAS) costume inventory: Undertake a comprehensive Wessex Gallery data updating: Complete inventory of the costume collection and update photo-editing, update location of objects in the MODES. Wessex Gallery and make available on-line. Enter new acquisitions: Create MODES Salisbury Journal archive: Scan all the records for new acquisitions and those objects 300,000+ images and catalogue the archive. found in the storerooms that have not already been entered. Scanning of other archives: Scan a range of other photographic collections that the History of Salisbury Gallery inventory: museum has in storage. Undertake an inventory, including taking measurements, of all the objects on display in Scanning of prints: The museum has a the History of Salisbury Gallery. This is number of prints which require scanning and intended to start the preparations for the cataloguing. redevelopment of the gallery.

Use of image collections: The scanned Correct art collection classification terms: images provide a significant resource for local Classification terms/keywords are used to historians and exhibition developers. This simplify the MODES search process. A project supports such researchers. prescribed set of terms is provided and users must adhere to this set. As this has not been Create SMARG excavation archives: Create imposed consistently in the past there are archives for all the Salisbury Museum many keyword entries that are incorrect. Archaeology Research Group excavations from the 1980's and earlier. Make data Library review: Review the contents of a suitable for accessioning and, where spreadsheet created a couple of years ago appropriate, prepare papers for publication. and recommend items that can be discarded. This will lead to the re-shelving of the Geology collection: Create a searchable remaining contents to allow the more database for the collection which currently just frequently accessed material to be easily has a card index. found.

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Social History store repacking: Building on Stonehenge archive review: Upgrade the work undertaken several years ago, storage materials and update MODES review the contents of the social history store records. and repack objects where necessary. Update MODES where appropriate. Art store review and reorganisation: A volunteer has agreed to take on responsibility HSG labelling: Replace the labels in the for managing the storage and identification of History of Salisbury Gallery to meet current the art collection. Items are re-shelved, practice. checked and MODES updated if necessary.

Ceramics inventory: Undertake an inventory, Maintain MODES data integrity and support including taking measurements and condition users: Ensure data records conform to assessment of ceramics, both on display and museum standards, correct errors identified in storage, up-dating additional details on during the transition from MODES to MODES MODES and noting amendments to the Complete in 2014, train new users, provide gallery handbooks. advice and guidance to existing users.

A typical box of finds sorted as part of the Finding Pitt-Rivers project (Photo by Ash Mills)

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Under Fives’ Fridays – Arty Fun for Little Ones (Photo by Suzie Gutteridge)

Children and Young People

Family Events Schools

The museum continued to put on an exciting Mini-Museums programme of events for families. For the youngest audience, Under Fives’ Fridays Following the success of the HLF-funded occur once a month. The activities and ‘mini-museum’ project, (part of the Wessex themes of the event change each month to Gallery HLF project), it was proposed to reflect either exhibitions in the museum or continue the offer in a more sustainable way. seasons. The biggest success in 2017 was to The first project of this type was run bring musicians from Playsongs Plus to the successfully with Wyndham Park Infants event, who specialise in music-making for School. The generous support of teacher toddlers. A very high attendance filled the hall Sharina Jarc secured the museum’s and attracted many new users to the museum. participation in the history coordinator cluster group meeting in early 2017. The offer of the Discovery Days take place every Tuesday of project then received a high uptake from every school holiday. As with the Under schools including: Harnham Infants and Fives’, activities are chosen to reflect what is Juniors, Greentrees Infants and Juniors and happening in the museum and are led by St Mark’s Junior School. The project was led artists and experts. The summer programme by the museum’s Learning Officer with support included printing workshops, modelling with from a team of nine Learning Volunteers who clay and digging with no mud! These attracted assisted with delivering sessions. One of a record number of over 780 people. these was a museum studies MA student.

Over the summer, the museum worked in A volunteer training session was held at the partnership with Salisbury Playhouse to host a start of the project, running through the series of exclusive performances by young presentation put together by the Learning people from Stage 65. Working in Officer, noting the key points to be covered. collaboration with performing arts group The pitch could be changed for each of the Kazzum, and inspired by the British Art: Year R to Year 6 classes. Key points included Ancient Landscapes exhibition, A Sublime conservation, interaction, variety of collections Feeling was performed on the back lawn to a and reasons for collecting. The training meant total audience of 340 people over three that the team could reach several classes at performances. once and all deliver the same message. This 12

was most useful with the bigger schools where through painting with light on the museum’s whole year groups could be engaged within unique Coo Var Glow Wall. City Story has one morning. included a range of workshops and projects with local schools and colleges and the The mini-museum projects were successful museum has been working closely with and beneficial for all involved. One of the most fashion and textile students from Wiltshire significant achievements was to bring College to create a range of textile items awareness of the museum to large numbers of inspired by the collections. In the autumn an children and their families. Family visits to the exhibition at the Five Rivers Health and museum as a result of the project were Wellbeing Centre in Salisbury celebrated the evident. The project will continue to be rolled work of those taking part in the afterschool out to schools and bookings have already clubs and the project with Wiltshire College. been taken for 2018 projects. The display showed the amazing art work that has been created by these talented young Terry Pratchett Schools Week people.

Generously supported by the Pratchett family, As part of the project, young carers have the museum held a Terry Pratchett week for taken part in a programme of Saturday schools on 9-13 October, led by talented workshops and a vibrant selection of the fantasy artist Charlie James. Schools were ceramics, textile, printing and 2D art they have offered the workshops free of charge. Around created has been celebrated in a display in 200 children from 5 schools took part over the the Wessex Gallery temporary showcase in course of the week – looking at the exhibition the museum. and then creating their own fantasy artwork prints. The workshops elicited very positive Some of the young people taking part in the feedback from children and teachers. Charlie project have worked with a film maker to also led after school workshops for museum produce short films highlighting a selection of volunteers which were very well received. the work that has been created. These can be seen on the museum’s YouTube account. Working with Young People More work from the project can be seen on the website www.citystorytsm.co.uk and

Instagram account citystorytsm. The City Story: Historic Past, Creative Future project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund Young Roots grant, was very successful Museums Association’s Esmée in helping young people engage with the Fairbairn Collections Fund Award museum. The 11 – 18 year olds involved in the project took part in a variety of afterschool In December, the museum was awarded a clubs and workshops and worked with grant of £115,360 from the Museums inspiring local artists to explore the Assocation’s Esmée Fairbairn Collections extraordinary artefacts in the Salisbury history Fund as part of a series of awards to and costume collections. museums across the UK for projects to help develop collections to achieve social impact. Two afterschool sketchpad clubs have been running at the museum and the young people Over the next two and a half years the coming to these have developed a range of museum will be working with the local skills including ceramics, printing, glass community, particularly young people, to painting and oil pastels. They have highlighted reinterpret and redisplay the nationally how much they have enjoyed the opportunity significant collection of costume and textiles to experiment with different techniques and dating back to the 16th century. This project explore the many inspiring objects in the will enable the museum to develop and build museum in a relaxed atmosphere. The on the work with young people that has taken sketchpad clubs have proved so successful place as part of the City Story project. that the museum is continuing to run the Wednesday club beyond the original timescale The project will also link with the work that is of the project. currently being undertaken by a team of heritage volunteers from The Arts Society to Groups from Sarum Academy have attended re-catalogue the costume collection and will workshops at the museum where they have forge links between the generations and help developed stories inspired by the items in the to tell the fascinating stories that are being Salisbury history collection and explored these discovered. 13

Festival of Archaeology 2017 their incredibly popular live dig. This year their metre square test pit focussed on looking for The Festival of Archaeology is now a strong the lost gatehouse. A geophysical survey part of the annual programme. Despite the provided by Wessex Archaeology earlier in the rain, the museum received a large number of year had located what was only previously visitors over the festival weekend. The seen on a rare sketch of the building and Phil programme of talks proved very popular, was able to confirm the location and date of covering topics ranging from maritime the main supporting wall of the gate house. archaeology, Glastonbury Abbey and ‘Britain’s The dig, sheltered from the deluge by the Pompeii’ to Old Sarum, television history and museum gazebo, was followed by a sell-out an autobiographical talk by renowned reporter talk on the Sunday when Phil and Lorraine Kate Adie. In the showground outside the detailed their process and finds. museum there was a wide range of heritage and archaeology interests including archery, a In summary, a total of 1,277 visitors made maritime archaeology bus, medieval living donations of £2,023. It was noticeable that history and Roman soldiers. Scrapstore there were fewer small children than in provided arty activities for children and previous years. With many of the lectures sold Reading University had a stand looking at out and their attendees generally being less prehistoric traces. Dr Phil Harding and willing to make a donation on entry, the Lorraine Mepham joined the event again for average donation per person was down.

Terry Pratchett: HisWorld in Building Bricks, workshop participants with Rob Wilkins (left) and Paul Kidby (right), 9 December 2017 (Copyright Spencer Mulholland)

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Terry Pratchett fans queuing to get merchandise signed, 16 September 2017

Achieving Financial Sustainability

Donations and Legacies Grants and Sponsorship

During the period of 1 January to 31 The museum is very grateful to Wiltshire December 2017 the museum received over Council for its 2017/18 grant of £45,677 and £60,000 in donations and legacies. This the continued support of Salisbury City included a legacy from the estate of Mrs April Council who give a £15,000 grant every year Bradley (£5,000). Our sincere gratitude goes towards our family events programme. to those who remember us in their will. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to We are very grateful for the donations made The Discworld Foundation. We received by members, patron members and the general £66,695 from the foundation to fund the public. Our donation boxes in the reception hugely popular Terry Pratchett: HisWorld area raised £1,172 in 2017 and many exhibition. members added a donation to their membership subscription which we very much The Idlewild Trust generously supported the appreciate. conservation of the Hoard, as did a number of private individuals. Conservation is National Toilet Day was 19 November 2017 a very expensive process and having support and we chose this day to launch our Toilet for such projects is vitally important and much Fund Campaign. As of 31 December 2017 we appreciated. had raised £16,482. We had very generous support from individuals, trusts, members and The museum gratefully acknowledges the general public and thank them all for substantial support from the following people contributing to this important campaign. and organisations in 2017:

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Association of Independent Museums Spire House, Bed and Breakfast Gerry and Susie Blundell Wilsons Solicitors LLP The Bullough Tompson Charitable Wilton House Settlement Woolley and Wallis Fine Art Auctioneers Community First The Discworld Foundation Retail Report The Fulmer Charitable Trust The Golden Bottle Trust 2017 was an extraordinary year for the shop. Heritage Lottery Fund Sales of exhibition merchandise was a The Idlewild Trust contributor to shop income throughout the Kelly Family Foundation entire year. The year started with reasonable Museums Association’s Esmée Fairbairn sales and for ten months out of the twelve, Collections Fund Award profit exceeded the contribution budgeted. The Pilgrim Trust The Radcliffe Trust The Constable exhibition continued until 25 Salisbury City Council March and in the final weeks 1,700 items of Roger Wadey merchandise were sold with sales reaching Walter Guinness Charitable Trust over £4,000. With no accompanying Wiltshire Council catalogue, and many items of a low value, sales were fair. The museum would also like to thank all those who generously support us but wish to remain The British Art: Ancient Landscapes exhibition anonymous. did have an accompanying catalogue, with nearly 500 copies sold during the exhibition Membership yielding sales of £9,600. The average transaction value during this exhibition was In 2017 we phased out Annual Tickets and £3.10 with a conversion rate of 65%. Total launched a campaign to encourage those sales of all items up to the end of August whose annual tickets had expired to become reached £38,000 with an overall profit margin members. This resulted in 406 new of over 52%. memberships being taken out between 1 April and 31 December (compared to just 52 for the The opening of the HisWorld exhibition in mid- whole of 2016). We finished the year with a September took the shop to a new level in record 1055 memberships in total. We would many ways. 17,000 visitors came into the like to welcome all of those new members to shop and spent £135,000, mainly on the museum family and thank all existing accompanying merchandise. This accounted members for their continued support. for 95% of all sales, with an average transaction value of £8 and 4% of visitors As in previous years our members continue to making more than one visit for a secondary be very generous by including donations with purchase. Queues at some points were out of their membership subscriptions. In 2017 these the door, but never a word of complaint was donations reached just over £1,400 (including heard from visitors. Staff managed extremely Gift Aid) and have been added to our well and delivered a high standard of Development Fund. We are always very customer service. A few interesting HisWorld grateful for all your contributions. exhibitions facts are below:

Gift Aid continues to be a vital source of  13,500 items were sold, from small pin income for the museum and in 2017 we were badges to deluxe edition books. able to claim just over £4,780 on membership  2,800 books written by or about Terry subscriptions alone. Thank you to those of you Pratchett were sold of which 1,414 were who are able to support us in this way. the special edition Blue Book that raised money for the museum and the Rice Corporate Members Foundation.

 1,400 fridge magnets and 1,500 coasters Andante Travels Ltd Cathedral View, Bed and Breakfast were sold. Fletcher and Partners  The cheapest and top selling item was a Red Lion Hotel pin badge and the most expensive Salisbury Newspapers individual item sold was an original hand Salisbury and Stonehenge Guided Tours drawing by Paul Kidby. 16

Staff of Salisbury Museum, March 2018 (Photo by Ash Mills)

Leadership and Workforce

Staff and security in the galleries. Just after the four assistants for Constable left in March we At the end of 2016 Jane Ellis Schön, Curator needed to recruit ten stewards for HisWorld. In for the Finding Pitt-Rivers project, went on both exhibitions these staff significantly maternity leave. The contract for the project enhanced the experience, ensuring visitors ended in February 2017, which brought to a had a really good time. close her long tenure at the museum, which began as Curator of Archaeology in 2005. In Trustees January 2017 Jane gave birth to a baby boy called Dexter, we wish them both well for the The museum continued to implement the future. recommendations of Hilary McGowan’s governance review. Hilary recommended that The contract for Nicola Trowell, the ASPIRE trustees should serve as individuals in their Exhibitions and Events trainee, also ended in own right and not represent the interests of a March 2017. Nicola successfully supported nominating body. Nominated trustees from the Constable in Context exhibition – including Wiltshire Council, Salisbury Cathedral and writing text and producing a very successful Wiltshire Museum were asked to step down as Constable themed family trail around the trustees. In the case of Wiltshire Council the museum. Nicola was able to use her annual grant the museum receives, meant the experience to secure a new role at Arundells Wiltshire Council nominee had a potential over the summer and then at Wiltshire conflict of interest. It was resolved that Museum, Devizes. Wiltshire Council and Salisbury Cathedral would send observers to the board in future. The Constable in Context and HisWorld exhibitions both required the support of gallery Other changes to the board are noted stewards to assist with the visitor welcome elsewhere in this report.

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Volunteers Festival of Archaeology 67 volunteers assisted with our annual During 2017 we welcomed 13 new permanent Festival of Archaeology on 22 and 23 July. volunteers and 19 students to our volunteer team and we are currently almost full to Spring clean of the museum capacity in some roles. We currently have 230 53 volunteers tackled the spring cleaning of volunteers in total. The number of hours that the museum during Wednesdays in March. volunteers contributed in 2017 was 18,190; All stores, offices and many display areas this contribution would be worth £142,427 if were cleaned – a mammoth effort! these hours were paid at the national minimum wage. Our programme of training and support throughout the year enabled volunteers to Our enthusiastic, hardworking and skilled learn new skills and feel part of the museum volunteers have allowed us to take on and team. A variety of training sessions were run successfully complete some large projects including: Disability Equality; Visitor Services; throughout 2017. To pick just a few examples: exhibition briefings; Volunteer Inductions; and Engagement Volunteer training. Throughout The Finding Pitt-Rivers project 2017 there was an array of Volunteer Coffee From 2014 until the beginning of 2017 an Mornings and ‘Collections in Focus’ talks (on incredible team of over 30 volunteers, led subjects such as collections cataloguing; by Project Curator Jane Ellis-Schön, marketing; and the Rex Whistler Archive) and completed our exciting archaeological presentations by volunteers on their favourite project ‘Finding Pitt-Rivers’. The collection artefacts (ranging from the Sarum Kettle to the is now unrecognisable from what it was Hoard). Volunteers received four years ago. The volunteers have their bi-annual Volunteer Newsletters which identified, measured, cleaned, re- were full of information and articles about packaged, photographed and edited events at the museum; different volunteering database records. Volunteers have experiences and artefacts held in our stores. developed skill sets which the museum is Readership of the Volunteer Blog increased now utilising in other areas of collection across the year from c. 300 visitors each care. month (with c. 400 views monthly) to c. 550 visitors each month (with c. 800-1000 views Mini-Museums project monthly). It is updated weekly, mainly written Our dedicated team of Learning Volunteers by volunteers and is a great way for supported Owain Hughes, the Learning volunteers to keep abreast of museum news. Officer, run a ‘mini-museum’ project throughout 2017. As a thank you to our volunteers the museum hosted summer and Christmas volunteer Talking objects programme parties and organised trips to Avebury Stone This was a new venture for 2017 and one Circle, Old Sarum and the new exhibition that proved very popular with visitors. On ‘Feast’ at the Stonehenge Visitor Centre (as Saturdays during the summer months, part of the Stonehenge and Avebury Learning volunteers were stationed at desks and Outreach Group events). These trips not throughout the galleries to talk to visitors only broadened the knowledge of volunteers about the artefacts they had out, and to about the local area, but also allowed encourage visitors to look up close and volunteers from different organisations to mix handle material. This programme will be with one another. Volunteers also enjoyed a continued throughout 2018 and enlarged series of free print-making workshops run by upon. artist Charlie James inspired by the fantasy world created by Sir Terry Pratchett. Stewarding during the HisWorld exhibition The museum really could not carry out its Over 75 Engagement Volunteers and eight extensive programme of public engagement; Visitor Service Volunteers (along with staff) collections conservation and care; and welcomed thousands of visitors into the education, without the support of the museum during the Terry Pratchett volunteers. So, a huge thank you from the exhibition and engaged with them to ensure staff and Trustees of the museum to all of our their visit was enjoyable and memorable. volunteers for all of their hard work throughout Helping to alleviate queues was part of the 2017 and their ongoing commitment and experience! dedication to the museum! 18

THE SALISBURY AND SOUTH WILTSHIRE MUSEUM TRUST STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 31 December 2017

The figures below are a summary extracted from the audited Annual Report and Accounts which was approved on behalf of the Trustees on 4 May 2018. However, they may not contain sufficient information to allow for a full understanding of the financial affairs of The Salisbury and South Wiltshire Trust. For further details, the full annual accounts and auditors’ unqualified report on those accounts should be consulted.

A copy of the Trustees’ Report and the full annual accounts has been submitted to the Charity Commissioner and to the Registrar of Companies and may be obtained from the Company Secretary.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees on 4 May 2018 by:

J D Hutton - Trustee

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS STATEMENT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE SALISBURY AND SOUTH WILTSHIRE MUSEUM TRUST

We have examined the summarised financial statements of The Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Trust for the year ended 31 December 2017.

Respective responsibilities of Trustees and auditors

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the summarised financial statements in accordance with applicable United Kingdom Law and the recommendations of the charities SORP.

Our responsibility is to report to you our opinion on the consistency of the summarised financial statements with the full financial statements and the Trustees’ Annual Report. We also read other information contained in the summarised annual report and consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the summarised financial statements.

We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 2008/3 issued by the Auditing Practices Board.

Opinion In our opinion the summarised financial statements are consistent with the full financial statements and the Trustees’ Annual Report of The Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Trust for the year ended 31 December 2017.

Simon Ellingham (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Fawcetts LLP Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors Windover House St Ann Street Salisbury SP1 2DR

Dated: 4 May 2018

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THE SALISBURY AND SOUTH WILTSHIRE MUSEUM TRUST A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (including Income and Expenditure Account) for the year ended 31 December 2017

Unrestricted Restricted Total Total funds funds 2017 2016

£ £ £ £

Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies 14,408 230,702 245,110 370,778 Charitable activities 255,486 - 255,486 173,465 Other trading activities 259,244 - 259,244 117,950 Investments 12,919 8,926 21,845 23,697

Total income 542,057 239,628 781,685 685,890

Expenditure on:

Raising funds 7,434 - 7,434 28,033 Charitable activities – Operation of the Museum 640,877 251,141 892,018 872,132 Other trading activities 121,841 - 121,841 34,919

Total expenditure 770,152 251,141 1,021,293 935,084

Gains/(Losses) on investment assets - Realised (556) 1,722 1,166 5,829 - Unrealised 25,548 9,351 34,899 53,947

24,992 11,073 36,065 59,776

Net income/(expenditure) before transfers (203,103) (440) (203,543) (189,418)

Transfers between funds 248,546 (248,546) - -

Net income/(expenditure) 45,443 (248,986) (203,543) (189,418)

Other recognized gains/losses Actuarial gains/(losses) on defined benefit 80,000 - 80,000 (279,000) pension schemes

Net movement in funds 125,443 (248,986) (123,543) (468,418)

Fund balances brought forward at 1 January 2017 150,985 2,718,851 2,869,836 3,338,254

Fund balances carried forward at 31 December 2017 276,428 2,469,865 2,746,293 2,869,836

Continuing operations None of the group’s activities were acquired or discontinued in the current or preceding periods The notes form part of these financial statements.

20 THE SALISBURY AND SOUTH WILTSHIRE MUSEUM TRUST A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE (Registered No: 1826436)

Consolidated The Company

2017 2016 2017 2016

£ £ £ £ FIXED ASSETS: Tangible assets 1,603,982 1,858,163 - - Investments 820,749 803,715 - - Heritage assets 484,525 483,955 - -

2,909,256 3,145,833 - -

CURRENT ASSETS: Stock 15,189 20,064 - - Debtors 33,648 76,764 - - Cash at bank and in hand 464,965 327,698 - -

513,802 424,526 - -

CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year 112,765 56,523 - -

NET CURRENT ASSETS 401,037 368,003 - -

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES: 3,310,293 3,513,836 - -

CREDITORS: Amounts falling due after more than one year - - - -

Net Assets excluding pension scheme liability 3,310,293 3,513,836 - -

Defined benefit pension scheme deficit (564,000) (644,000) - -

NET ASSETS 2,746,293 2,869,836 - -

FUNDS: Restricted funds 2,469,865 2,718,851 - - Unrestricted funds 276,428 150,985 - -

2,746,293 2,869,836 -

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Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum Trust

PATRONS Curatorial Assistant Sir E Hulse Bt V Goodrich R Bullough ASPIRE Curatorial Intern THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES N Trowell (until 28 February 2017)

ELECTED Receptionists S Denniston (Chair) C Cameron A H Beckwith-Smith H Grigson C Elmer J Hampton A X T Green M Kirby (from 22 April 2017) L H A Homan (from 15 June 2017) C Marshall J D Hutton (Hon Treasurer) S Sample (from 1 April 2017) S Jackson K Shepcar P Marland N Trowell (until 22 April 2017) J G R Perry P J Pleydell-Bouverie Housekeeper R J Wadey (until 15 June 2017) V Overton

NOMINATED Finds Liaison Officer E C Probert Dean and Chapter (until 2 November 2017, now R Henry Observer) A N Deane Wiltshire Council (until 2 November 2017, Finds Liaison Assistant now Observer) C Sanna (until 6 January 2017) W R Moss, Wiltshire Council (until 2 November 2017) F Johnstone (from 2 February 2017) D Dawson, Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (until 2 November 2017) ASPIRE Gallery Stewards (until 25 March 2017) Secretary: C Goodhead J D Hutton L Matthews-Keel S Sample Registered office: D Walder The King's House, 65 The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EN HisWorld Gallery Stewards Registered company no: (from 16 September 2017) 1826436 (England and Wales) H Baker A Crooks Registered charity no: K Falcke 289850 C Frost C Goodhead MLA accredited museum no: M Kirby 878 S Morgans K Rose Auditors: L Salter Fawcetts. Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors E Smith Windover House, St Ann Street, Salisbury, SP1 2DR

HONORARY STAFF STAFF Curator Emeritus Director and Curator P R Saunders A X T Green Membership Secretary & Librarian Exhibitions Officer R J Wadey J Paesen (until 2 February 2018)

Learning and Outreach Officer O Hughes

Communications Officer L Tunnard

Development Officer S Willis

Visitor Service and Retail Manager J Thorne

Volunteer Co-ordinator B Telfer

Finance Officer N Kilgour-Croft

Finding Pitt-Rivers Project Curator J H Ellis-Schön (until 28 February 2017)

City Story Project Officer K England

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APPENDIX 1 Exhibitions and Events January 2017 – December 2017

Learning the art of medieval combat at the Festival of Archaeology, 2017 (Photo by Ash Mills)

Major Exhibitions Water Meadows and Landscape in the Five River Valleys by Hadrian Cook, 22 February Constable in Context: Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows in Perspective, 17 September 2016 to 25 March 2017 Unexpected Treasures: Archaeology and Botany by Ruth Pelling, 8 March British Art: Ancient Landscapes, 8 April to 3 September 2017 The Fisher Letters, A Rehearsed Reading directed by Terry Pratchett: HisWorld, 16 September 2017 to 14 January Samantha Holland, 18 March 2018 Turner, Constable and the French Impressionists in Britain by Nicholas Alfrey, 23 March

Smaller Exhibitions Making Giants, The Salisbury Giant and his Kin by Alixe Bovey, 30 March

Wiltshire’s Story in 100 Objects, 8 October 2016 to 7 January, Primal Magic, The Prehistoric Landscape in British Art by 2017 Professor Sam Smiles, 26 April

Rena Gardiner, Artist and Printmaker, 14 January to 13 May An English Arcadia, Edith Olivier and Rex Whistler in Wiltshire 2017 by Anna Thomasson, 11 May

Spoons – A Stiring Tale, 8 April to 3 September 2017 Rock Art: Prehistoric Art in the Prehistoric Landscape by Professor Richard Bradley, 25 May The Art of Stonehenge, 20 May to 27 August 2017 Eric Ravilious, Downland Man by James Russell, 22 June Paul Kidby: The Charmed Realm, 2 September 2017 to 14 January 2018 Between Avebury and Stonehenge: the Vale of Pewsey Project by Dr Jim Leary, 29 June

The Draw of the Ancient Landscape by Anna and Patrick Dillon, Lectures 6 July

A Reassessment of Constable’s Paradoxical Rainbow by Building a World with Terry Pratchett by Stephen Briggs, Professor John Thornes, 12 January 23 September 23

Inspired to Teach, The Story of the College of Sarum St Michael Coo Var Glow Wall, 29-30 May by Jenny Head and Anne Johns, 4 October Discovery Day: Companions of the Long Bow, 25 July Digging the Durotriges – 6,000 years on a Dorset Farm by Miles Russell, 17 October Discovery Day: Printing with Charlotte Moreton, 1 August

Clarendon, Salisbury and Medieval Floor Tiles in Wessex by Discovery Day: Make Noah’s Ark with Charlotte Stowell, Professor Christopher Norton, 19 October 8 August

The Art of Discworld by Paul Kidby, 25 October Discovery Day: Layered Landscape Ceramic Tiles and Pots with Sarah Holtby, 15 August Discworld Fandom: Stranger Than Fiction by Pat Harkin, 9 November Discovery Day: Digging with Archaeologist Chris Elmer, 22 August Archiving Salisbury Cathedral: From Medieval to Modern by Emily Naish, 16 November Big Draw October Half Term FantasyWorld! With Liza Morgan, 24 October An Evening with Sir Tony Robinson, 15 December Terry Pratchett: HisWorld in Building Bricks, 9 December

Other Events Under Fives’ Fridays Ebb and Flow, Winter water meadows walk, 28 January Alphabet and Objects, 13 January Landscape Watercolour Techniques, artist workshop with Claire Thomas, 6-7 February Five Rivers, 10 February

Beer and Cheese, A Tutored Beer Tasting with Simon Jackson, Mad Hatters, 10 March 1 March Printing Marks, 12 May Constable Walks: Step into Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, 1831, 25 March Galloping through the Landscape, 9 June

Rena Gardiner at Salisbury Cathedral, walk with Blue Badge Digging for Treasure, 14 July Guides, 18 April

Holidays, 11 August British Art: Ancient Landscapes, Curator’s Walk Through with

Professor Sam Smiles, 5 May Summer Bugs. 8 September

Ancient Landscapes Through the Lens, guided photographic Arty Fun with Suzie Gutteridge, 10 November walk to Breamore with David Walker and Peter Norton, 23 May

Christmas, 8 December Outing to Down Farm, 15 June

Steam Cars, 20 June Young Curators Club Ancient Landscapes Through the Lens, guided photographic walk to Fyfield Down with David Walker and Peter Norton, Coat of Arms, 14 January 20 June

Colourful Landscapes, 11 February Ancient Landscapes Through the Lens, guided photographic

walk to Martin Down with David Walker and Peter Norton, Fantastic Fans, 11 March 18 July

Textile Terra Firma, 8 April Festival of Archaeology, 22-23 July

Ancient Archery, 13 May Salisbury Fringe at Salisbury Museum Pratchett’s Hat,

7 October Chivalry School, 10 June

Paul Kidby, ‘Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Imaginarium’ Book Prehistoric Metalworking, 8 July Launch, 25 November

Land Art, 12 August

Courses Medieval Manuscripts, 9 September

Saxon Gold, 14 October Understanding Chalkland Landscapes with Hadrian Cook 11

May – 15 June Fantasy Fun, 11 November

British Painting Between the Wars with Paul Chapman, Christmas Curators, 9 December 1 – 29 November

Family Events

February Half Term – LEGO Art, 14 February

Easter at the Museum, 15 April

Museums at Night, Great Battles with Greg Chapman, 19 May

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APPENDIX 2 Acquisitions January 2017 – December 2017

Three copies of Sarum St Edmund Parish magazine, R Hunt, White ceramic shaving mug with coat of arms of Salisbury 2017.01 Infirmary, J Robinson, 2017.22

Archive of St Christopher’s School, Cornwall Road, G Read, Seven editions of St Probus school magazine, D Wiggins, 2017.02 2017.23

Harnham, Wiltshire, 2009, 14/33 from Starting from Scratch Fireman’s helmet and axe that belonged to Caleb Frampton, series by Brian Graham, B Graham, 2017.03 Downton Fire Brigade, S Hadley, 2017.24

Archive of Salisbury Museum, 2017.04 Collection of embroidered items made by donor at Salisbury College, 1982-3, P Jones, 2017.25 Sinera, 2000, acrylic on paper, painting by Nick Andrew, Wiltshire Council (Creative Wiltshire Project funded by the Salisbury co-op order book, Willsons Fashion Show ticket Heritage Lottery Fund), 2017.05 signed Anne Crawford, P Hayward, 2017.26

Stratford Tony, oil painting by Wilfrid Gabriel de Glehn, Wiltshire Pocket knife stamped Macklin, Salisbury, J Hopkins, 2017.27 Council (Creative Wiltshire Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund), 2017.06 Two Salisbury Teaching Training college medals and handwritten primary school syllabus, A Johns 2017.28 Family Cricket, watercolour by J S Goodall, Wiltshire Council (Creative Wiltshire Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Two Victorian skirts, L Addington, 2017.29 Fund), 2017.07 Photo glass plates and production programme, Bishop Lavinia’s Cottage, watercolour by J S Goodall, Wiltshire Council Wordsworth’s School, A Clarke, 2017.30 (Creative Wiltshire Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund), 2017.08 Thos T Johnson Optical Works Cardboard Box, A Clarke, 2017.31 The Garden Party, watercolour by J S Goodall, Wiltshire Council (Creative Wiltshire Project funded by the Heritage Large brass sign originally for Salisbury swimming baths, B Lottery Fund), 2017.09 Olgethorpe, 2017.32

Black Bird, two pairs of curtains designed by Nancy Nicholson 12 colour photographs of Salisbury College, R Collins, 2017.33 and Geoffrey Taylor, 1931, Wiltshire Council (Creative Wiltshire Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund), 2017.10 Map detailing parcels of land and boundaries of former Trafalgar Estate, A Wherry, 2017.34 Monday Morning, watercolour by Dora Noyes, Wiltshire Council (Creative Wiltshire Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Archive of items relating to Mr B Spreadbury and his brothers in Fund), 2017.11 Wiltshire, B Spreadbury, 2017.35

Ebbesbourne Wake, 2007, wood engraving by Howard Phipps, 1953 Coronation Ball programme, J Robertson, 2017.36 Wiltshire Council (Creative Wiltshire Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund), 2017.12 Anglo-Saxon scabbard fitting from Kingston Deverill (Treasure case 2015 T525), Department of Prehistory and Early Europe, Rising Moon, Stonehenge, wood engraving by Howard Phipps, British Museum, 2017.37 Wiltshire Council (Creative Wiltshire Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund), 2017.13 Anglo-Saxon finger ring from Brixton Deverill (Treasure case 2015 T523), Department of Prehistory and Early Europe, British Beach’s Bookshop, 1995, wood engraving by Howard Phipps, Museum, 2017.38 Wiltshire Council (Creative Wiltshire Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund), 2017.14 Medieval copper alloy strap fitting from Brixton Deverill, J Kebell, 2017.39 Old Sarum in Winter, 1985, wood engraving by Howard Phipps, Wiltshire Council (Creative Wiltshire Project funded by the Copper alloy base of crucifix from Kingston Deverill, B Read, Heritage Lottery Fund), 2017.15 2017.40

Salisbury Water Meadows, wood engraving by Howard Phipps, Iron commemorative plaque from Salisbury Gasholder, 1928, Wiltshire Council (Creative Wiltshire Project funded by the SGN, 2017.41 Heritage Lottery Fund), 2017.16 Ephemera relating to , O Hughes, The Clarendon Way, wood engraving by Howard Phipps, 2017.42 Wiltshire Council (Creative Wiltshire Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund), 2017.17 ‘Record of all the memorable things that have happened in Salisbury’ written on vellum, 1712, Wiltshire Museum, 2017.43 A Thatched Roof by B Nichols, illustrated by Rex Whistler, L Grantham, 2017.18 17 Postcard views of Salisbury, Mr Jenkins, 2017.44

A Man of Pedigree, watercolour by Rex Whistler, Abbott and Roman silver coin hoard from Mere (Treasure case 2015 T830), Holder, funded by Wiltshire Council (Creative Wiltshire Project Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, 2017.45 funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund), 2017.19 Eight tools and other items found in Salisbury Gasholder, K Illustration to Death’s Precipice, watercolour by Rex Whistler, Smith, 2017.46 Abbott and Holder, funded by Wiltshire Council (Creative Wiltshire Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund), 2017.20

Memoirs of the Life of John Constable, 2nd edition by C R Leslie RA, S Hill, 2017.21