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Introducing our new #LunchtimeShares series! The series will present case studies, successes, and learnings from our museum partnership. First up: Lessons Learned from Opening a Museum with Limited Funds from Swindon Museums’ John Wood. 💡youtu.be/ufaUeVo3e5Q

📣 Career Opportunity Swindon Museums (STEAM Museum, Museum & Art Swindon, & Lydiard House Museum) is seeking a Learning & Engagement Manager. The successful applicant will be responsible for creating a vibrant museum learning programme. Closing 20 October: jobs.swindon.gov.uk/directory_reco…

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📣Career Opportunity @DorsetMuseum is hiring a Visitor Services and Events Assistant! Join the team to support Front of House and assist with events throughout the week. 🔗 Closing date: Midnight, Wednesday 6 November dorsetmuseum.org/work-with-us/

Opening this week! Un/Common People: Folk Culture in Wessex Museum & Art Swindon The National Lottery Heritage Fund The National Lottery Heritage Fund London & South #folk #exhibiton

Delve into the folk culture of Wessex in 'Un/Common People' - featuring a collection of 100+ objects displayed for the first time. 📍Opens today at Museum & Art Swindon, before touring to Wiltshire Museum, Poole Museum and The Salisbury Museum bit.ly/3NrEW3y #ACEsupported

We are delighted to have been able to support this exhibition alongside the fab folk Arts Council England, South West Wessex Museums

Opening in Swindon this weekend, 'Un/Common People' brings together over 100 objects, films, songs and stories to celebrate the folk art and seasonal customs of the Wessex region caughtbytheriver.net/2024/11/un-com… Wessex Museums #folklore #museumofbritishfolklore

Un/Common People: Folk Culture in Wessex is now OPEN! Simon Costin, the exhibition’s curator said “Folk culture is about people, their lives, fears, desires and how they celebrate and express themselves creatively”. Why not come along and discover Wessex’s rich folk history!

It's a brilliant exhibition - definitely go!

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🌿✨Un/common People, an exhibition highlighting the folklore, art, and customs of the Wessex area, has recently opened 🏛️The exhibition was created in collaboration with museums and private lenders #touringexhibition #exhibition #museum #Wessex #folklore buff.ly/3CWI4CE

🌸 Celebrate May Day magic! 🎥 Join the Wessex Morris Men atop Cerne Abbas, welcoming spring with dance & music. Part of Wessex Museums' Un/Common People. Watch: youtu.be/pAJUNn-mMoE?si… #MayDay #CerneAbbas #FolkTradition #filmmaking

A'nu the giant puppet represents hope for the future, the environment and people. bbc.in/3ZIaMQq

And it’s back! The #wassail bowl in our Wessex Museums exhibition has been at the The Richard Jefferies Museum wassail to help wake up the apple trees! Chantelle Song who leads the wassail has sent us a picture of it in the wild! What folk events will you be going to this winter?

#HardysWessex has been popular with the Coffee & Conversation group! Altaj likes the photo of #ThomasHardy & his 1st wife as 'he wrote about women & the issues they struggled with’. Anastasia likes Kate Hardy’s dress 'because of its beauty & Kate’s story’. On until 8th February.

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💼 Marketing Officer 📍 The Salisbury Museum Wessex Museums The Salisbury Museum 📅 7th February 🔗 wessexmuseums.org.uk/about-us/caree…

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