Free Independent Museum in Wiltshire's Cotswolds, near Bath
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Are you fascinated by Bradford’s history and enjoy meeting people? Why not share your passion with others and join our team of volunteer stewards who ensure that Bradford on Avon’s Museum is open to the public as often as possible. Bradford on Avon Museum is a wonderful, small museum, telling the story of Bradford on […]
UPDATE AS OF 11/8 – Tickets for this talk are selling fast from Ex Libris in The Shambles. As of this morning, only 18 tickets are left there (£8 members, £10 non-members, cash only). If these are all sold by Thursday, only the much less comfortable gallery seats will be available, at £5 each. There […]
Thursday 9th July, 7:30pm, United Church The speaker for our fourth talk in 2026 is Alan Soldat, the author of The Quest for Wansdyke. In this talk, Alan will explain one of England’s most mysterious earthworks, that stretches for some 35 miles across North Somerset and Wiltshire and has engaged archaeologists for centuries. Date: Thursday 9th […]
Thursday 11th June, 7:30pm, United Church The speaker for the third talk in our 2026 programme, is Dan Farrell. Dan has written on the Bradford rubber industry, and is at the heart of the continuing Moulton story as Technical Lead at the Moulton Bicycle Company, industrial designer and chartered engineer. Alex Moulton was born into […]
Thursday 14th May, 7:30pm, United Church Renowned science communicator, Dr Len Fisher will give the May 20216 talk on Science in Everyday Life: from dunking biscuits to coping with Artificial Intelligence. Dr Fisher rose to fame when he earned a spoof IgNobel Prize by using physics to work out how best to dunk a biscuit. […]
Thursday 9th April, 7:30pm, United Church. The first in the 2026 series of talks presented by Bradford on Avon Museum and Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust. David Dawson, Director of Wiltshire Museum, will open this year’s talks series with a talk on the Devizes Assize Court – the new home of the Wiltshire Museum. The £14.8 […]
The summer programme of talks, so well attended last year, will restart after Easter 2026. They will be held once again in the United Church, St Margaret’s St, on the 2nd Thursday of each month from April 9th to September 10th. Doors will open at 7.00 p.m. for coffee and tea before a 7.30 p.m […]
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The Museum has now closed for its winter break, but will be opening again on Monday 19th January 2026. We will be continuing the extended hours that were introduced last June. However, it will not be hibernating because this is the time for carrying out some maintenance and making a few changes. Happy Christmas and […]
August 2025 – Civic Splendour: The Story of Wiltshire’s old Town Halls – James Holden Our speaker invited us to join him on a tour of some of the county’s finest town halls. Town halls are a relatively recent addition to our townscapes. First came markets where folk bought and sold their produce. Next came […]
