Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Dec 9, 2011
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I regularly mention the fantastic objects that you can find in Wiltshire’s museums but did you know that they also hold impressive art collections?
Museums of all sizes have paintings and prints depicting local scenes or created by artists who lived in the area. Not all of these will be household names, but they are still a valuable part of the story of life in Wiltshire which museums tell.
Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Nov 8, 2011
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The Archives Conservation team recently held a number of workshops for museum curators and volunteers on the care of paper and archive collections.
This was very much untried territory for the team, Paul Smith and Mervyn Grist, but was in response to requests for assistance from museums around the county. Three days (one in September and two in October) were arranged and numbers limited to six delegates per session. The programme for the sessions was devised by Paul Smith, Senior Archives Conservator. Staff and volunteers from Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes, Dewey, Cricklade, Athelstan, Mere and Salisbury Art Collections attended.
Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Aug 12, 2011
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Art education and the funding for it have found its way into the press in recent months. As it so happens, a man who spent most of his life in North Wiltshire was pivotal to the development of art in education - I’d like to tell you all a little about him here…
Robin Tanner was born on Easter Sunday, 1904, the third of six children. He spent his teenage years in Kington Langley, the birthplace of his mother.
Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Jul 9, 2010
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Like many researchers, when I am browsing newspapers and other records I am often distracted by other interesting stories or snippets of information. When searching for articles online, there is less distraction as you are already narrowing your search terms to produce that eureka moment. But what online research does provide for, something that should be in every Local Historian’s toolkit, is what I call the art of serendipity, or more bluntly putting in a couple of keywords and see what happens, with surprising results! (You see, we have all done it).
The Titchborne Claimant
In the spirit of research on behalf of our faithful blog readers I thought I would search two online resources to which both Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council subscribe on your behalf. These are the Times Digital Archive and Nineteenth Century Newspapers Online. These are available 24/7 to Wiltshire Libraries and Swindon Libraries members respectively, through the following links: http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/leisureandculture/librarieshome/libraryonlineresources.htm. To find out which other Wiltshire stories were discovered, please 'read more'...
http://www.swindon.gov.uk/leisuresport/libraries/24hourlibrary.htm
Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Mar 30, 2010
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Launched in 2009 the Wiltshire Treasures website allows you to search the catalogues of eleven museums in Wiltshire, along with the art and photographic collections owned by Wiltshire Council.
Example of a search on Wiltshire Treasures for all items made of mahogany in Market Lavington Museum!
There are more than 160,000 records to search containing items ranging from prehistoric flint tools to a 1960’s dolls house. The site is easy to use and searches can either be carried out by keyword, topic, place, date or name.
The most recent addition has been 50 of the star objects from Mere Museum
Wiltshire Treasures collections are from: [please 'read more']
