List of museums in Wiltshire

This list of museums in Wiltshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Museums

Name Photograph Town/City Region Type Summary Aldbourne Heritage Centre Aldbourne Wiltshire Local Local history, culture, collections of bells Alexander Keiller Museum at Avebury Avebury Wiltshire Archaeology Prehistoric artifacts, most found at Avebury, also history of the site Arundells Salisbury Wiltshire Historic house 18th-century home of former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath, who lived there from 1985, features his furnishings and personal collections Athelstan Museum Malmesbury Wiltshire Local local history, culture, collections of lace, coins, bicycles and tricycles Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum Calne Wiltshire Transportation classic and rare cars, lorries, motorcycles, mopeds, push bikes, memorabilia Avebury Manor and Garden Avebury Wiltshire Historic house Operated by the National Trust, early 16th-century manor house and early 20th-century garden Bedwyn Stone Museum Great Bedwyn Wiltshire Art information, carved stone decorations and pieces Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Old Sarum Airfield Wiltshire Aerospace restored aircraft, vehicles and artefacts related to RAF Boscombe Down Bowood House Derry Hill Wiltshire Historic house Georgian country house with interiors by Robert Adam and a garden designed by Capability Brown Bradford on Avon Museum Bradford on Avon Wiltshire Local local history, natural history, recreated Victorian pharmacy shop Calne Heritage Centre Calne Wiltshire Local local history, art Chippenham Museum Chippenham Wiltshire Local local history, culture Chiseldon Museum Chiseldon Wiltshire Local local history Corsham almshouses & 17th-century schoolroom Corsham Wiltshire Historic house 17th-century almshouses and period schoolroom Corsham Court Corsham Wiltshire Historic house 16th-century country house known for its art collection, landscape designed by Capability Brown Corsham Information and Heritage Centre Corsham Wiltshire Local local history and information centre Cricklade Museum Cricklade Wiltshire Local local history, culture Crofton Pumping Station Great Bedwyn Wiltshire Technology Early 19th-century steam-powered pumping station with working engines Great Chalfield Manor Great Chalfield, Atworth Wiltshire Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 15th-century moated manor house, gardens Kennet and Avon Canal Museum Devizes Wiltshire Transportation History and heritage of the Kennet and Avon Canal Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum & Village Lacock Wiltshire Multiple Operated by the National Trust, medieval country home and former abbey, picturesque rural village, museum of photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot and photography exhibits Lackham Museum of Agriculture and Rural Life Lacock Wiltshire Agriculture information, based at Wiltshire College Lackham, displays of farming, agriculture, rural trades and rural life Little Clarendon Dinton Wiltshire Historic house operated by the National Trust, late 15th-century stone house and chapel Longleat Horningsham Wiltshire Historic house Elizabethan country house, maze, landscaped parkland and safari park Lydiard House Swindon Swindon Historic house Palladian stately home with restored state rooms, ground-floor apartments, changing exhibits of local art, culture Market Lavington Village Museum Market Lavington Wiltshire Local local history, culture, rural trades, agriculture, domestic life Merchant's House, Marlborough Marlborough Wiltshire Historic house 17th-century-period merchant's house Mere Museum Mere Wiltshire Local local history Museum of Computing Swindon Swindon Science History of computing and digital development including the Internet and video games Mompesson House Salisbury Wiltshire Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 18th-century Queen Anne house with period furniture, collection of drinking glasses, walled garden Museum & Art Swindon Swindon Swindon Art Holds the Swindon Collection of Modern British Art, and covers local history, archaeology and geology. Oxfam Art Gallery Salisbury Wiltshire Art operated by Oxfam Pewsey Heritage Centre Pewsey Wiltshire Local Pewsey Heritage Centre, has a collection that covers local history, social history, and agricultural history of the Vale of Pewsey. Philipps House Dinton Wiltshire Historic house Operated by the National Trust, early 19th-century Neo-Grecian country house with collection of Regency furniture and furnishings, park The Pound Corsham Wiltshire Art performing arts centre with exhibit gallery Purton Museum Purton Wiltshire Local local history, domestic life, agriculture Railway Village MuseumSwindonSwindonHistoric houseVictorian railway worker's cottage. REME Museum MoD Lyneham Wiltshire Military Artifacts used by the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers including communications equipment, computers, vehicles, weapons Richard Jefferies Museum Coate Swindon Historic house birthplace home and museum of writer and naturalist Richard Jefferies The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum Salisbury Wiltshire Military regimental artifacts and history of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, now part of The Rifles; also known as The Wardrobe Military Museum Salisbury Museum Salisbury Wiltshire Multiple Archaeology, Stonehenge and prehistory, art, decorative arts, Roman, Saxon and medieval history, social history, costumes, anthropology. Nationally important collections as recognised by the Designation Scheme. Salisbury Arts Centre Salisbury Wiltshire Art performing and visual arts centre Science Museum at Wroughton Wroughton Swindon Science Features large objects of the Science Museum (London), open only by pre-booked tours in the summer STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway Swindon Swindon Railway Historic locomotives, rolling stock, memorabilia, reconstructed work areas, history of the Great Western Railway Stourhead Stourton Wiltshire Historic house Operated by the National Trust, Palladian mansion featuring a Regency library with collections of Chippendale furniture and paintings, 18th-century landscape gardens on a 2,650 acre (11 km²) estate Swindon and Cricklade Railway Blunsdon Swindon Railway Heritage railway with museum exhibits open on special events at the Blunsdon railway station Trowbridge Museum Trowbridge Wiltshire Textile Equipment and exhibits about the local textile industry Warminster Museum Warminster Wiltshire Local local history, geology, also known as the Warminster Dewey Museum, operated by the Warminster Historical Society and housed in Warminster Library The Well House Collection Melksham Wiltshire Local artefacts, exhibits, large interactive photograph collection celebrating Melksham's history, housed in an Edwardian manor. Teas, coffees and refreshments available Westbury Visitor Centre Westbury Wiltshire Local local history displays and visitor centre Westwood Manor Westwood Wiltshire Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 15th-century manor house built over three centuries, features period furniture, later tapestries, modern topiary garden Wilton Carpet Factory Museum Wilton Wiltshire Industry information, information, in the same place as the Wilton Town Museum, history and tours of the Wilton Carpet Factory Wilton House Wilton Wiltshire Historic house Palladian country house with state rooms, art, sculpture, furnishings, gardens and parkland Wilton Town Museum Wilton Wiltshire Local information, in the same place as the Wilton Carpet Museum, local history Wilton Windmill Wilton Wiltshire Mill Early 19th-century five floor brick tower windmill Wiltshire Museum Devizes Wiltshire Multiple Formerly known as Devizes Museum; archaeology, art, local history, social history and natural history of Wiltshire. Nationally important collections as recognised by the Designation Scheme. Wootton Bassett Museum Wootton Bassett Wiltshire Local Local history, culture Young Gallery Salisbury Wiltshire Art housed at Salisbury Library, exhibits of 19th-century images of Salisbury by artist Edward Young, John Creasey Museum, contemporary British artists and students, with an emphasis on art with a Wiltshire connection

Defunct museums Castle Combe Museum, Castle Combe, closed in 2012. Coate Agricultural Museum at Coate WaterCountry Park, closed and subsequently destroyed by fire in December 2016.

See also :Category:Tourist attractions in Wiltshire

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