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Medieval costumes at the City Museum

Winchester Museums is part of Winchester City Council's Economic and Cultural Services Division, running four sites in the city and providing a wide range of associated services.

Welcome to Winchester Museums

Making Winchester's history come to life

Winchester Museums is responsible for the City Museum, the Westgate Museum and City Space. The Historic Environment Centre provides a venue where the museum's collections and curators may be consulteVAQAS Logod by appointment.

Customer Service Excellence logoOur aim is to raise the profile of the Winchester district as a world-class destination and to enhance the quality of the visitor experience.

To view Winchester's Archive please link through here to Hampshire Archives and Local Studies. Winchester City Council are proud to be working in partnership with Hampshire County Council.

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Latest Updates:

"Surviving the Stone Age" - Animation Workshop

You can expect to see mammoth hunting, cave painting, flint tool making, sabre-tooth attack and much more.
09/11/2009

Museum Art Fostering Scheme

Here's your chance to hang one of Winchester Museums’ topographical art and portrait collection in your office.
16/09/2009


In this section:

Hyde900 Festival

Local resident and journalist Edward Fennel has proposed a festival in 2010 to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the founding of Hyde Abbey
07/09/2006


Media Centre:

Westgate to reopen on 9th February

The Westgate museum will reopen to visitors In February following several months of vital repair work on the roof.
29/01/2010

Something Old, Something New

Winchester City Council’s museums service has launched a new range of mounted prints of old photographs. The prints are now on sale at two of Winchester’s museums and all show views of the city from a collection of pictures by Winchester-based William Savage.
15/12/2009

Children's Christmas quizzes at the City Museum

Winchester City Council’s museums service is inviting families to come along to the City Museum in the Square, to take part in festive fun quizzes for children.
11/12/2009


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Related External Links:

Roman Winchester - animation workshop

www.winchester.gov.uk/.../C&id=17898

The Victorians in Winchester - animation workshop

www.winchester.gov.uk/.../C&id=17897


Contact Us

Cultural Services
Winchester City Council
Colebrook Street
Winchester
SO23 9LJ

Tel: 01962 848 303

Fax: 01962 848 427

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