Museums and Galleries
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 consulte
d by appointment.
Our 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:
Film - Winchester City Museum - where history comes alive!
Students at the University of Winchester have created this advert for the City Museum in Winchester.
04/03/2010
History of Hampshire & Isle of Wight in ten objects
The list of 10 objects is part of the wider A History of the World project formed out of a unique partnership between the BBC, the British Museum and 350 museums and institutions across the country.
15/02/2010
Mayor's Choice - Houses and Homes
6 - 28 February at City Space in the Winchester Discovery Centre sees the 2010 Mayor’s Choice Exhibition
11/02/2010
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
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Events for all the family at Treasures of Hyde Abbey Exhibition
A series of fascinating lectures, workshops, and events have been planned to accompany the Treasures of Hyde Abbey exhibition which opened on 6th March at Winchester Discovery Centre.
10/03/2010
King Alfred Reburial Procession
Exactly 900 years ago, the body of King Alfred the Great was carried with pomp and ceremony to the newly founded Hyde Abbey, on the edge of the city. It was reburied there some two hundred years after his death. On Saturday 13 March, hundreds of people from the Winchester area will gather to re-enact this historic procession as part of the year’s Hyde900 celebrations.
10/03/2010
Historic ‘Causa Anglica’ petition comes to Winchester from Italy for exhibition
When Treasures of Hyde Abbey opens in Winchester Discovery Centre on 6 March, the first exhibit to greet visitors will take them back to the final episode in the abbey’s history before its demolition. What’s more, the story of the exhibit highlights a difficult point in England’s relationship with continental Europe, the repercussions of which are still being felt today.
02/03/2010
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