This list of museums in Wiltshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
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Name | Image | Town/City | Region | Type | Summary |
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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 | |
Bradford on Avon Museum | Bradford on Avon | Wiltshire | Local | information, local history, natural history, recreated Victorian pharmacy shop | |
Castle Combe Museum | Castle Combe | Wiltshire | Local | information, local history, culture | |
Chippenham Museum & Heritage Centre | Chippenham | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history, culture | |
Chiseldon Museum | Chiseldon | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history | |
Crofton Pumping Station | Great Bedwyn | Wiltshire | Technology | Early 19th century steam-powered pumping station with working engines | |
Kennet & Avon Canal Museum | Devizes | Wiltshire | Transportation | History and heritage of the Kennet and Avon Canal | |
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 | |
Longleat | Horningsham | Wiltshire | Historic house | Elizabethan country house, maze, landscaped parkland and safari park | |
Market Lavington Village Museum | Market Lavington | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history, culture, rural trades, agriculture, domestic life | |
Pewsey Heritage Centre | Pewsey | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history, social history, agriculture, industry, Kennet and Avon Canal, railway | |
Purton Museum | Purton | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history, domestic life, agriculture | |
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 | |
Science Museum at Wroughton | Wroughton | Swindon | Science | large objects store 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 | |
Swindon and Cricklade Railway | Blunsdon | Swindon | Railway | Heritage railway with museum exhibits open on special events at the Blunsdon railway station | |
Trowbridge Museum | Trowbridge | Wiltshire | Local | website, local history, culture, located in a former cloth-making mill with machinery, equipment and exhibits about the local textile industry | |
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 Town Museum | Wilton | Wiltshire | Local | information, located in the same location as the Wilton Carpet Museum, local histor | |
Wilton Windmill | Grafton | Wiltshire | Mill | Early 19th century five floor brick tower windmill | |
Wiltshire Heritage Museum | Devizes | Wiltshire | Multiple | Formerly known as Devizes Museum, archaeology, art, local history, social history and natural history of Wiltshire |
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