Saturday saw the grand opening of Salisbury Museum’s new Wessex Gallery, and what an event it was!
Over 2,000 people turned out to witness Professor Alice Roberts open the new state-of-the-art gallery, and experience the wide range of activities, displays and demonstrations on offer. These included falconry, Saxon battle techniques, traditional woodworking and many other ancient crafts.
Local heritage societies and organisations also had interactive displays for the day. The Wessex Archaeology stand featured mini digs and pottery jigsaws for children, examples of the work that we do and a selection of mystery artefacts to put visitors to the test.
The day was brought to a conclusion with the drawing of a raffle to raise money for the museum and the Young Archaeologists’ Club. Winners were drawn by Alice Roberts, with the star prize being a beautiful hand axe knapped and donated by our own Phil Harding.
