The sower, the woodcutter, a shepherd girl. These are the subjects that made French artist Jean-Francois Millet famous. Jenny will look at his life and some of his best loved paintings and drawings and the context in which he worked in the village of Barbizon in the Fontainebleau Forest in 1849. There he became one […]

Salisbury Museum has undergone a £5.1 million redevelopment called Past Forward, mainly funded with grants from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. It created exciting new galleries dedicated to local history, ceramics and natural history. The medieval King’s House, home of the museum, has undergone significant conservation and our café and public facilities have all been […]

"Yet, in all this quiet, there was an acute, an acrid consciousness of a restrained hostility very near to us, like a dog on a leash that might be let go at any moment." Join us for ‘An Evening of 'Ghost Stories by M. R. James' at Dartmouth House. Get tickets here ACT 1: ‘The […]

Stew will talk to us on the history and formation of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, what they do, why they do it and what the future holds for the organisation charged with commemorating and remembering the lost lives of 1.7 million men and women from both World Wars. The CWGC operate worldwide in 153 […]

Please save the date for our Annual General Meeting and Christmas Reception – your chance to hear about the ESU’s achievements and plans, and to meet and mingle with friends old and new 

John will describe why the Battle of Britain (10th July – 31st October 1940) was seen over the Salisbury skies and how unprepared the country was. Various model British and German aircraft used will be on display and explained, as well as where aircraft production took place in Wiltshire, and local aerial actions related. The […]