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Egypt on your doorstep

Posted by: Blog Administrator on Mar 1, 2011

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With the eyes of the world’s media currently focussed on the momentous events unfolding in Egypt I thought it would be interesting to see how this country is represented in Wiltshire’s museum collections.

 

Museums across the county exist to preserve and display the history of Wiltshire and its people as seen through objects, images and documents.

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Worth a 1,000 Words? Can You Identify Our Pictures?

Posted by: Blog Administrator on Apr 23, 2010

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An American journalist once said that a picture is worth a thousand words; very true but only if you know what the picture is showing you. Here at the History Centre we have tens of thousands of photographs, most we can identify but a few are a mystery. Some are really good photographs but their historic value would be much greater if we could identify the places and people.

Image No. P32082

 Image No. P32082
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My Favourite Place In Wiltshire and Swindon

Posted by: Blog Administrator on Jun 19, 2009

In the foyer of the History Centre we have displayed images of some of the favourite places in Wiltshire and Swindon voted for by the people of the county and the borough in an online poll conducted a few years ago by the Windows on Wiltshire Project. The winner, with over 20% of the vote was Avebury, with North Meadow Cricklade and the Westbury White Horse coming second and third respectively. Other places high up on the list include Malmesbury Abbey and Salisbury Cathedral, the GWR Works in Swindon and the Box Railway Tunnel, the Caen Hill Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal near Devizes and, of course, Stonehenge. Read on to find out about my own personal favourite - will it be yours?......

Do You Recognise This Wiltshire Landscape?

Do You Recognise This Wiltshire Landscape?

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