Inside Wiltshire Museum This document is adapted from our Visual Story, an image led document that helps people prepare for a visit to the museum. While our doors are closed we thought you could take a little look around using this document. On the last page we have added links to pages of our website with more info on the areas of the museum and our collections – Pre-history, Romans, Saxons, Iron Age, Natural History, Middle Ages and The History of Devizes
You can use the document for interest or to support your children’s home learning Our Relaxed Hours – aimed at people on the autism spectrum - will be back up and running once we are able to re-open. For people with ASC who are regular visitors to the museum, this document could be useful in connecting to familiar routine.
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If I want to know what each area of the Museum looks like these next few pages can help me. Roman Gallery
Prehistoric Wiltshire Galleries There are four areas in the Museum that are about pre-historic Wiltshire Room 1
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Room 2
Room 3
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Room 4
Environment Gallery
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Middle Ages
Iron Age
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Anglo Saxon
The Story of Devizes This Gallery is split over three rooms
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The Long Room This room holds part of the Museum library collection but is also a place for researchers to work in. I can look in the document display cabinets in this room and see what the librarians have been working on.
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Lecture Hall The Lecture Hall is used by groups and for meetings and for our regular session like Young WAHNS and Curious Kids.
Learning and Interest Links For bitesize videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/WiltshireHeritage
Much of our collection is accessible on our website. These are a couple of highlights from each gallery:
Roman Gallery Roman Civilisation: https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?artwork=roman- civilisation-in-the-south-west
Calne Fate Sculptures: https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?artwork=calne-fates- sculpture
The Cunetio Hoard: https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?artwork=cunetio- hoard-the-largest-coin-hoard-from-roman-britain
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Prehistory Galleries
Bush Barrow Dagger: https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?artwork=bush-barrow- dagger
Upton Levell Shaman: https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?artwork=upton-levell- shaman
The Roundway Archer: https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?artwork=roundway- archer
Environment Gallery
Art inspired by a Jurassic fish: https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?artwork=inspired-by-jurassic-fossils
Plesiosaur Vertebrae: https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?artwork=5-fossilised- plesiosaur-vertebrae
Iron Age Gallery
Carved Heads: https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?artwork=iron-age-carved- heads
Saxon Gallery
Saxon Civilisation: https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?artwork=the-saxon- civilization-of-europe
Roundway Abbess: https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?artwork=roundway- abbess-gold-and-garnet-necklace
History of Devizes Gallery
Battle of Roundway Down: https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?artwork=battle- of-roundway-down
Moonraker Plate: https://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?artwork=the-tale-of- wiltshire-moonrakers
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