The Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre alongside partners* have been so excited to be successful in their National Lottery Heritage Fund bid back in August 2022. This success prompted a very quick turnaround to get the DigiCreative Heritage project up and running, but we managed it and are now working with a wonderful group of…… Continue reading DigiCreative Heritage – the Story so Far
The Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre and partners have received £25,500 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to run an exciting new project combining heritage with creative and digital skills to enhance employability. The project is now open to participants and starts on Tuesday 22nd November. The deadline for admissions is 11th November. Click here…… Continue reading DigiCreative Heritage
The Covid pandemic has affected us all. Last year the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre, Chippenham put out a call to arms, asking for contributions to a new collection that we are building; ‘Living in Lockdown: A Creative Response to Challenging Times’. We had an amazing response! A big thank you to everyone who contacted…… Continue reading The ‘Living in Lockdown’ Creative Collection
Walk into the search room at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre and you will notice a couple of objects not normally associated with archives – a bodice made out of maps and a bathtub. A closer inspection reveals they are two of 17 pieces of artwork produced by students from Wiltshire College’s Chippenham campus…… Continue reading Creatively engaging with archives – WSHC Heritage Education service
Two murals have been painted on the Western side of Corsham’s Martingate Shopping Centre. Over the past three weeks, two artists have been working hard to complete the murals they designed for a competition early in 2017. The brief was to design an innovative mural reflecting Corsham’s culture and heritage. The commissioned artist is Rob…… Continue reading Two New Murals for Corsham
Situated in the blissfully idyllic Vale of Pewsey is a hidden gem of Wiltshire heritage; Crofton Beam Engines are the oldest working steam engines in the world. Magnificent examples of industrial archaeology, two beam engines, one an original 200-year-old Boulton & Watt, are fed by a hand-stoked, coal-fired Lancashire boiler. In July 11 GCSE Art…… Continue reading The Crofton Beam Engine Experience
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