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Very sad to hear that Colin Renfrew has passed away. A brilliant champion for Archaeology and author of THE book on British Prehistory.

Hello Twitter/X Followers! If you are thinking of dipping your toes in and downloading bluesky we just recently made an account and are now active! Give us a follow over here at: bsky.app/profile/wiltsh… (Wiltshire Museum.bsky.social) It will be great to see you!

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

Thrilled and honoured that Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun been nominated for Current Archaeology’s BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025. Congratulations to all other nominees! This is a public vote so we’d be most grateful if you could consider voting via this link: archaeology.co.uk/awards/book-of…

The Canadian soldiers (and Winnie) were based near Market Lavington, not far from Devizes.

Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun has been nominated for the Current Archaeology Book of the Year 📖🙌 This is the first in-depth study of Stonehenge's relationship to the skies, sun and moon ☀️ Find out more about the nominees and cast your votes ➡️ brnw.ch/21wPmZH

Kennet and Avon Canal completed by opening Caen Hill Locks, #Devizes on 28 Dec 1810. Engineer John Rennie, these images come from Rennie's notebook owned by #Smeatonian Society - ICE Library KA Canal Trust Canal & River Trust @KACanalGuide

The label identifies this rock as a 'portion of the under part of the altar stone of Stonehenge taken by Mr Browne of Amesbury while excavating in the summer of 1844’. It is part of the The Salisbury Museum collection and recently helped to identify the source of the Altar Stone 🔎

👏 Wiltshire Community Foundation would like to congratulate our patron, Wiltshire Lieutenancy Dame Sarah Troughton DCVO, who was recognised in the New Year Honours List and made a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, for her exceptional service representing the Royal Family.

📍Caen Hill Lock, Devizes One of England’s most famous waterways, the Kennet and Avon Canal passes through Wiltshire and offers plenty opportunities for a peaceful walk all year round! bit.ly/3Y7fof3

This week on #FindsFriday we have a bronze mount from a wine warmer, in the form of a bust of Hercules. Found at Gibbs Close in Westbury, Wiltshire. We are migrating to BlueSky - we are starting the New Year with 492 Followers. Will you be our 500th? bsky.app/profile/wiltsh…

Wiltshire Museum Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation Thank you so much ! Proud to be involved in the fabulous and important Museum .

This necklace would have once featured an impressive 1000 amber beads 😍 It was likely made in Denmark or the Baltic coast, but was discovered in a burial mound 8 miles from Stonehenge. 🔎 You can see it on display at Wiltshire Museum

We have raised the first £1m to bring Devizes Assize Court back to life! Peter Troughton, Devizes Assize Court Trust Chair, said "These exceptional pledges by Julia Rausing Trust and Rothschild Foundation are vital for our ambitious project." More at ... wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/news-articles/…

Wiltshire Museum is home to the best Bronze Age archaeology collection in Britain. Here you can also find gold from the time of Stonehenge, as well as an outstanding display of Wiltshire artefacts over the last 6,000 years. bit.ly/3IZn2Em

We are thrilled to have kick-started the fundraising campaign to support Wiltshire Museum and breathe new life into Devizes Assize Court.

@wiltshiremuseum has a great Library. Don't you hate it when people write in books?

One of the amazing objects in our collections. A reminder that you can join us on BlueSky for all our updates.

Fantastic line-up for our Archaeology in Wiltshire Conference on Sunday 16 March. Still a few tickets left, but you had better be quick ... A reminder that we have migrated to BlueSky. See our Conference Programme at wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?event=archaeo…