Westgate Museum

A massive #ThanksToYou and happy 30th birthday to the National Lottery! Thank you to #NationalLottery players for helping to fund our work that supports communities, groups, individuals and projects, celebrating both our heritage and our people and investing in their future.

Season’s Greetings!

For two days this February half-term, the museum is being taken over by Anglo-Saxons! Find out what Saxon life was like, watch live demonstrations of Saxon skills, and learn more about some of the fascinating Anglo-Saxon artefacts in our collection! #anglosaxon #halfterm

💥 Join us for a performance guaranteed to blow your socks off!💥This half-term, we will be joined by two Georgian gentlemen who will perform a real Georgian pistol duel in front of your very eyes! Duels will take place at 10:30, 12:30 and 15:00.

Little ones will love this festive storytelling experience, complete with a Christmassy craft to take home for the holidays! For more info and booking: hampshireculture.org.uk/event/christma…

We are delighted to have been awarded funding of £500,000 per annum for three years from Arts Council England. This will help us to continue to deliver cultural experiences that support wellbeing, happiness and health across Hampshire. buff.ly/3h8JoHC @ace_national @DCMS

Find out more: hants.co/londonbridge

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: 1926 – 2022. We remember with gratitude her lifetime of service.

Here are just some of the activities which will be taking place this summer at Winchester City Museum!

At @HantsCulture we have received further funding thanks to the government’s #CultureRecoveryFund. It means that we can continue to do what we love and be here for you with creative cultural experiences. Thank you @ace_national and @DCMS - we're #HereForCulture! @ace_southwest

It's #CoinageTuesday! Every week, we throw open the coin collection cared for by @HantsCulture and see what we can learn about what's inside! This week, we've got a coin from the Roman period! 😍 Head over to Instagram to find out more! buff.ly/3tNhmCI

We will re-open as soon as we can and look forward to welcoming you back. Until then, visit Culture on Call, where we continue to bring arts, culture and heritage straight to you, wherever you are.

With the recent rapid increase in COVID-19 infections and the resulting changes to government guidance, to help keep everyone safe we have decided to close the Westgate Museum with effect from Wednesday 23 December; we will remain closed until further notice.

Winchester c. 1900, a photograph most likely taken from the roof of the Westgate. 😍

Not to blow my own trumpet but... 😍

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The heart of the Village rarely seen this quiet; video shot during lockdown with thanks to ⁦@WinColl #visitwinchester ⁩ #kingsgatevillage ⁦@Bookwells⁩ ⁦@gifts4_everyone⁩ ⁦@King_Alf⁩ ⁦@WinchesterBID⁩ ⁦@WinCathedral⁩ ⁦@WinchesterHods⁩

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Thanks to @DCMS, @hmtreasury, @ace_national and the government’s #CultureRecoveryFund, we can continue to be #HereForCulture, helping improve wellbeing, health and happiness through cultural experiences.

Alderman Jacob is starting to get into the spooky spirit here at the Westgate.🕷 #HampshireHistory #Halloween #museumpassion #VisitHampshire #SpookyButSafe