Telling Wiltshire’s Story in 100 Objects

The project involves museums across the county working together to develop an exhibition that tells ‘Wiltshire’s Story in 100 Objects’. The exhibition will shine a spotlight on the diverse and important collections that Wiltshire’s museums collect, care for and interpret. Using 100 carefully selected objects, it will celebrate the rich history of the county from 10,000BC to the present day and illustrate diverse aspects of Wiltshire’s past from Stonehenge to the Moonrakers and much more besides.
The project has been made possible through partnership working between twenty five museums who have contributed ideas, objects, information and images to illustrate Wiltshire’s past. The museums have also agreed to lend objects for two years to enable the exhibition to tour venues around the County including Chippenham, Devizes, Salisbury, Swindon and Trowbridge during the next two years. The project is managed by the Wessex Museums Partnership and funded by Arts Council England.
The exhibition will open at County Hall, Trowbridge on 26 May and run until 11 June.
Everyone is welcome to join us at the project launch in the Atrium at County Hall on Thursday 28 May from 12noon-2pm.
Amanda Loaring
Project Officer – Story of Wiltshire in 100 Objects
Wiltshire Museum
41 Long Street, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1NS