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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']
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on Dec 29, 2009
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In October 2009 Castle Combe Museum was awarded Accredited status by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
This is an excellent achievement for the volunteers who run the museum and means they are meeting nationally agreed standards for how a good museum should be operated. This is the same standard that all museums across the country work to so is a great success for Castle Combe. To continue, please 'read more'...
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on Dec 9, 2009
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A genuine thank you to everyone who sent us their comments; many apologies again for being unable to post them sooner. You were all right about object number one and we did get a correct answer for object number three too, so congratualtions and well done! Here are the answers:
Number 1 is a gunpowder flask from Cricklade Museum. Dating from the early 19th century this once belonged to Joseph Neeld and would have been used to prime a pistol with powder ready to fire. Joseph Neeld was MP for Chippenham from 1830 to 1856.
The Gunpowder Flask
Please 'read more' to find out about the other two objects...
Posted by: Blog Administrator
on Jun 3, 2009
We are pleased to be able to report that Wiltshire Council Museums Advisory Service has been successful in obtaining £15,000 from the South West Hub Museum Development Fund.
The money is for a project which we have entitled 'Photographing Wiltshire's Treasures'. This will be a partnership between New College Swindon, The Museums Advisory Service and a number of museums in the county. Photography students from the college will come to the partner museums on pre-arranged visits with equipment to take high quality photographs of objects from museum collections.
Photographing objects at Dewey Museum in Warminster
