Visit Wiltshire Visitor Guide 2023

Salisbury International
Arts Festival
Salisbury International
Arts Festival
Wiltshire Music Centre
to showcase their amazing skills. They can be found in the market
square on the first Sunday of the month from March to December.
Salisbury Arts Trail takes place in September (next in 2024)
where you can discover local artists work in in fabulous retail and
hospitality venues and in artists’ own studios and homes.
At the Holburne Museum, just across the county border in
Bath, you’ll find a stunning permanent collection of fascinating
pieces that adorn one of Bath’s most beautiful buildings vary
from Renaissance treasures to masterpieces by Gainsborough.
Important art collections can be seen in many of Wiltshire’s
stately homes too. At Corsham Court, for example, housing
furniture by Chippendale, mirrors by Adams and portraits by Sir
Joshua Reynolds. Or Wilton House, where the magnificent Inigo
Jones state rooms include the Double Cube Room, the finest
surviving 17th century stateroom in England. Designed to display
family portraits by van Dyck, it contains the greatest collection of
his paintings still housed in its original setting.
Events including open-air theatre, historic re-enactments,
firework displays and Christmas celebrations are regular
occurrences at historic properties too. Including Avebury
and Bowood, Lacock, Longleat and Mompesson House,
Old Sarum, Old Wardour Castle, Stourhead and Westonbirt
Arboretum.
We’re a creative lot in Wiltshire. Our arts scene is thriving, inventive
and engaging. If you appreciate art in any of its forms, Wiltshire is
the perfect place to immerse yourself in timeless pleasures.
For further information on the many artistic opportunities to be
enjoyed around the county, go to visitwiltshire.co.uk/whats-on
In Wiltshire,
imagination
and creativity
flourish.
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