The New Home for Wiltshire Museum

The Devizes Assize Court will be the new home for Wiltshire Museum. The National Lottery Heritage Fund awarded £8.5 million towards the £14.8 million Assizes for Devizes project to transform the derelict Assize Court building into a new, reimagined Museum. In August 2025 the Museum announced that it was honoured that Her Majesty Queen Camilla had become the Museum’s first Royal Patron and that Wiltshire Council had granted Planning Permission for the project. During 2026 architects and designers will help develop plans with the aim of starting work on site in early 2027, with the aim of opening the new Museum by 2030.

David Dawson is the Director of the award-wining Wiltshire Museum in Devizes, and is an archaeologist who has worked in museums in Sussex, Canterbury and Oxfordshire.

Booking opens to members on Friday 5 February 2027. Seats are free to members.

Booking opens to the public on Monday 8 February 2027. Seats £5 plus £0.75 booking fee.