Name |
Image |
Town/City |
Region |
Type |
Summary |
Aldbourne Heritage Centre | | Aldbourne | Wiltshire | Local | Local history, culture, collections of bells |
Alexander Keiller Museum at Avebury | | Avebury | Wiltshire | Archaeology | Prehistoric artifacts, most found at Avebury, also history of the site |
Arundells | | Salisbury | Wiltshire | Historic house | website, 18th century home of former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath, who lived there from 1985, features his furnishings and personal collections |
Athelstan Museum | | Malmesbury | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history, culture, collections of lace, coins, bicycles and tricycles |
Atwell-Wilson Motor Museum | | Calne | Wiltshire | Transportation | website, classic and rare cars, lorries, motorcycles, mopeds, push bikes, memorabilia |
Avebury Manor & Garden | | Avebury | Wiltshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, early 16th-century manor house and early 20th-century garden |
Bedwyn Stone Museum | | Great Bedwyn | Wiltshire | Art | information, information, carved stone decorations and pieces |
Boscombe Down Aviation Collection | | Salisbury | Wiltshire | Aerospace | website, also known as Old Sarum Airfield Museum, restored aircraft, vehicles and artefacts related to RAF Boscombe Down |
Bowood House | | Derry Hill | Wiltshire | Historic house | Georgian country house with interiors by Robert Adam and a garden designed by Capability Brown |
Bradford on Avon Museum | | Bradford on Avon | Wiltshire | Local | information, local history, natural history, recreated Victorian pharmacy shop |
Calne Heritage Centre | | Calne | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history, art |
Chippenham Museum & Heritage Centre | | Chippenham | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history, culture |
Chiseldon Museum | | Chiseldon | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history |
Corsham Almshouses & 17th Century Schoolroom | | Corsham | Wiltshire | Historic house | 17th century almshouses and period schoolroom |
Corsham Court | | Corsham | Wiltshire | Historic house | 16th century country house known for its art collection, landscape designed by Capability Brown |
Corsham Information and Heritage Centre | | Corsham | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history and information centre |
Cricklade Museum | | Cricklade | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history, culture |
Crofton Pumping Station | | Great Bedwyn | Wiltshire | Technology | Early 19th century steam-powered pumping station with working engines |
Edward Young Collection | | Salisbury | Wiltshire | Art | information, located at the Salisbury Library, exhibits of 19th century images of Salisbury by artist Edward Young |
Great Chalfield Manor | | Great Chalfield, Atworth | Wiltshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 15th century moated manor house, gardens |
John Creasey Collection of Contemporary Art | | Salisbury | Wiltshire | Art | information, information, information, located at the Salisbury Library, exhibits from the collection of works by contemporary British artists and students, also literary collections of author John Creasey |
Kennet & Avon Canal Museum | | Devizes | Wiltshire | Transportation | History and heritage of the Kennet and Avon Canal |
Lacock Abbey, Fox Talbot Museum & Village | | Lacock | Wiltshire | Multiple | Operated by the National Trust, medieval country home and former abbey, picturesque rural village, museum of photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot and photography exhibits |
Lackham Museum of Agriculture and Rural Life | | Lacock | Wiltshire | Agriculture | website, part of Lackham Country Park, displays of farming, agriculture, rural trades and rural life |
Little Clarendon | | Dinton | Wiltshire | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust, late 15th-century stone house and chapel |
Longleat | | Horningsham | Wiltshire | Historic house | Elizabethan country house, maze, landscaped parkland and safari park |
Lydiard House | | Swindon | Swindon | Historic house | Palladian stately home with restored state rooms, ground floor apartments, changing exhibits of local art, culture |
Market Lavington Village Museum | | Market Lavington | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history, culture, rural trades, agriculture, domestic life |
Merchant's House, Marlborough | | Marlborough | Wiltshire | Historic house | website, 17th century period merchant's house |
Mere Museum | | Mere | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history |
Museum of Computing | | Swindon | Swindon | Science | History of computing and digital development including the Internet and video games |
Mompesson House | | Salisbury | Wiltshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 18th century Queen Anne house with period furniture, collection of drinking glasses, walled garden |
Oxfam Art Gallery | | Salisbury | Wiltshire | Art | website, operated by Oxfam |
Pewsey Heritage Centre | | Pewsey | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history, social history, agriculture, industry, Kennet and Avon Canal, railway |
Philipps House | | Dinton | Wiltshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, early 19th century Neo-Grecian country house with collection of Regency furniture and furnishings, park |
The Pound | | Corsham | Wiltshire | Art | website, performing arts centre with exhibit gallery |
Purton Museum | | Purton | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history, domestic life, agriculture |
REME Museum | | Lyneham | Wiltshire | Military | Artifacts used by the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers including communications equipment, computers, vehicles, weapons. Due to open October 2016. |
Richard Jefferies Museum | | Coate | Swindon | Historic house | website, birthplace home and museum of writer and naturalist Richard Jefferies |
The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum | | Salisbury | Wiltshire | Military | website, regimental artifacts and history of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, now part of The Rifles; also known as The Wardrobe Military Museum |
Salisbury Museum | | Salisbury | Wiltshire | Multiple | Archaeology, Stonehenge and prehistory, art, decorative arts, Roman, Saxon and medieval history, social history, costumes, anthropology. Nationally important collections as recognised by the Designation Scheme. |
Salisbury Arts Centre | | Salisbury | Wiltshire | Art | website, performing and visual arts centre |
Science Museum at Wroughton | | Wroughton | Swindon | Science | Features large objects of the Science Museum (London), open only by pre-booked tours in the summer |
STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway | | Swindon | Swindon | Railway | Historic locomotives, rolling stock, memorabilia, reconstructed work areas, history of the Great Western Railway |
Stourhead | | Stourton | Wiltshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, Palladian mansion featuring a Regency library with collections of Chippendale furniture and paintings, 18th century landscape gardens on a 2,650 acre (11 km²) estate |
Swindon and Cricklade Railway | | Blunsdon | Swindon | Railway | Heritage railway with museum exhibits open on special events at the Blunsdon railway station |
Swindon Art Gallery | | Swindon | Swindon | Art | Includes collection of 20th-century British art |
Swindon Museum | | Swindon | Swindon | Multiple | Local history, archaeology and geology |
Trowbridge Museum | | Trowbridge | Wiltshire | Textile | Equipment and exhibits about the local textile industry |
Warminster Museum | | Warminster | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history, geology, also known as the Warminster Dewey Museum, operated by the Warminster Historical Society and located in the Warmminster Library |
The Well House Collection | | Melksham | Wiltshire | Local | Artefacts, exhibits, large interactive photograph collection celebrating Melksham's history, housed in an Edwardian manor. Teas, coffees and refreshments available |
Westbury Visitor Centre | | Westbury | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history displays and visitor centre |
Westwood Manor | | Westwood | Wiltshire | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, 15th-century manor house built over three centuries, features period furniture, later tapestries, modern topiary garden |
Wilton Carpet Factory Museum | | Wilton | Wiltshire | Industry | information, information, photos, located in the same location as the Wilton Town Museum, history and tours of the Wilton Carpet Factory |
Wilton House | | Wilton | Wiltshire | Historic house | Palladian country house with state rooms, art, sculpture, furnishings, gardens and parkland |
Wilton Town Museum | | Wilton | Wiltshire | Local | information, located in the same location as the Wilton Carpet Museum, local histor |
Wilton Windmill | | Wilton | Wiltshire | Mill | Early 19th century five floor brick tower windmill |
Wiltshire Museum | | Devizes | Wiltshire | Multiple | Formerly known as Devizes Museum, archaeology, art, local history, social history and natural history of Wiltshire. Nationally important collections as recognised by the Designation Scheme. |
Wootton Bassett Museum | | Wootton Bassett | Wiltshire | Local | Local history, culture |