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Museum is open 6 days per week: Tuesday - Saturday open from 10.30am - 4.30pm, Sunday open 11.30 am - 3.30pm, Monday - Closed
For Bank Holiday openings please see our OPENING HOURS Page
See our shop page to get selected items from the shop by post.
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      • Aerial View
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      • Silk Mills
      • Town Walls
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Explore Malmesbury

As well as Athelstan Museum there are many interesting places to visit in and around Malmesbury, Wiltshire.

Explore Malmesbury is an interactive website ideal for use on a mobile phone that tells Malmesbury’s stories at the places they happened. People have lived on this hilltop for over 2,800 years and we have a lot to share!

Follow a themed trail, enjoy an immersive Explore! tour or make up your own self-guided journey.

Keep in touch with everything that’s going on in Malmesbury via the Discover Malmesbury website. .

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Athelstan Museum
Town Hall, Cross Hayes
Malmesbury
Wiltshire, SN16 9BZ

Tel: 01666 829258
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