Exhibition: Wiltshire & the World-John Aubrey & the Quest for Knowledge
Exhibition: Wiltshire & the World-John Aubrey & the Quest for Knowledge
Saturday 13 June – Saturday 19 September
FREE entry
400 years after the birth of John Aubrey, Chippenham Museum’s summer exhibition will celebrate the life and work of this extraordinary person.
John Aubrey (1626-1697) was a pioneering historian, scientist, and biographer who was born in the hamlet of Easton Piercy, near Kington St Michael, Wiltshire.
Throughout his life Aubrey was on a quest for knowledge. He grew up in Wiltshire, but his vision was global. What he saw in the local countryside, its people and places, he expanded to a wider interconnected view of the world. From the ancient monuments of prehistoric people to contemporary ballads sung in the streets, there was nothing that escaped his notice.
Included in the exhibition will be stories recorded by Aubrey that still resonate today, such as biodiversity loss and deforestation. Aubrey was also open to consulting and collaborating with a wide range of people. Who they were or where they were from didn’t matter, instead, he proudly credited and celebrated the knowledge and experiences they had.
Aubrey’s insatiable thirst for knowledge left an amazing legacy. The exhibition will feature significant loans from across the country, bringing original manuscripts, paintings and books from Aubrey’s collection back to Wiltshire for the first time since his death in 1697.
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📻 We're delighted that our exhibition, "Wiltshire & the World: John Aubrey and the Quest for Knowledge", is being featured on the Ben Prater Morning Show on BBC Wiltshire all this week.
Tune in to hear historian Louise Ryland-Epton explore the remarkable life and achievements of John Aubrey, one of Wiltshire's most fascinating historical figures, 400 years after his birth in Easton Piercy. Today's link ⬇️
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m003014q (At 1.48.43)
Why not make time to visit the exhibition and discover Aubrey's extraordinary quest for knowledge for yourself?
📍 Open daily, 10.00am – 4.00pm
🎟️ FREE entry
🚪 Closed Sundays
We look forward to welcoming you!
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We have reduced our carbon emissions from our activities and services by 28.7% since 2019, according to our latest appraisal, covering 2024–2025.
Since we began measuring our emissions, we have made a number of changes to reduce our impact on the environment. These include replacing the LPG heating at Stanley Park with a heat pump and solar panels, switching to renewable energy suppliers, installing more energy-efficient heating and lighting, improving insulation in our buildings, and beginning the transition to electric vehicles and HVO fuel.
These measures form part of our Climate Action Plan, which sets out how we will achieve our commitment to become a net carbon zero organisation by 2030.
There is more work to do. Our next assessment will include further reductions from replacing gas heating at the Town Hall and Neeld Community & Arts Centre with heat pumps, helping us to remove fossil fuel heating from our buildings.
We will continue to look for practical ways to reduce our carbon emissions and make our services and buildings more sustainable.
To celebrate Swindon & Wiltshire Pride, we are flying the progress flag from the Town Hall.
For information on what celebrations are taking place this weekend, please visit
Swindon & Wiltshire Pride 2026 - 15 August 2026
www.swindonwiltshirepride.org.uk
Find out more about this years event on our website!