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Arts & Culture

Swindon Museum

Front of Museum

Swindon Museum has displays of local history, archaeology and geology. The museum displays tell the story of Swindon's Jurassic past, its connections with the Roman Empire and the more recent social history of this thriving town. See more about the exhibits.

A visitor from Washington DC enthused, "I love your museum. It is centred around children and there is so much for them to do and so many things they can touch."

Museum Photo Gallery

Exhibit Mummy Crocodile exhibit
Pupils from Hullavington School enjoying exhibits Museum interior Children's area
Exhibit Childen's quiz sheet Coins

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Unusual exhibits include

  • Items from the Roman villa site at Groundwell Ridge in North Swindon, including remains of wall plaster, tiles and a silver bowl
  • A rare Roman wine strainer discovered in the Wanborough area
  • Unique Roman lead casket and glass urn
  • A 4.5m (15ft) Indian crocodile
  • An Egyptian mummy of a 12-year-old boy

The museum is housed in a listed building, adjacent to the art gallery on the corner of Bath Road and Victoria Road in Swindon's Old Town.

There is also a programme of temporary exhibitions taken from the museum collections, the Swindon Collection of Modern British Art and the Swindon Collection of British Studio Ceramics.

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