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Experience a summer of discovery with hands-on exhibits, creative workshops, special events, and fun for all ages, throughout Hampshire

A bumper day of live music in Aldershot

A man and a woman in regency fashion looking back to the camera

Step into Jane Austen’s world at The Great Hall! a Regency fashion show with talks, demos, and historic elegance.

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Every Step of the Way

4 Apr 2025 - 16 Jul 2025

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Make and Take: Family Pottery Sessions

8 Apr 2025 - 19 Aug 2025

A row of beach huts with people outside in various colours

Winchester Photographic Society Annual Print Exhibition

22 May 2025 - 13 Jul 2025

A woman looking at Jane's pelisse coat.

City Museum, Winchester

Jane's Pelisse Coat: On Tour

From 22 May 2025

Jane Austen 250

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Great Big Bug Hunt Family Trail

24 May 2025 - 2 Sep 2025

Children & family activities

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Weaving Workshop

28 May 2025 - 23 Jul 2025

Grey cartoon dodo waving with it's wing in front of woodland

Dotty the Dodo's Summer Fact Hunt

3 Jun 2025 - 31 Aug 2025

Children & family activities

Rhyme Time for all.

Rhyme Time At Basing House

4 Jun 2025 - 18 Sep 2025

Children & family activities

HMCMS:ACM1943.346.129 Painting, watercolour, on canvas and set within a wooden frame, 'Haystacks', painted by William Herbert Allen, of Farnham, Surrey, 1880s-1940s

Museum of the Iron Age

By Hand and Plough: W.H. Allen and the Changing Countryside

6 Jun 2025 - 13 Jul 2025

All Our Futures

Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery

All Our Futures

7 Jun 2025 - 3 Aug 2025

Children & family activities

Good times ahead!

From side-splitting comedy to music that speaks to your soul, plus classes and workshops for all ages and abilities, check out what's coming up at our arts centres – The Arc in Winchester, New Milton's Forest Arts and West End Centre in Aldershot.

Forest Arts Centre

West End Centre

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Aldershot Military Museum

Aldershot Military Museum

Allen Gallery

Andover Museum

Basing House

Winchester City Museum

City Museum, Winchester

City Space at The Arc, Winchester

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Forest Arts Centre

Forest Arts Centre

Gosport Museum and Art Gallery

Gosport Museum and Art Gallery

Hampshire Wardrobe

Hampshire Wardrobe

Milestones Museum

Milestones Museum

Andover Museum of Iron Age

Museum of the Iron Age

Red House Museum and Gardens

Red House Museum and Gardens

Rockbourne Roman Villa

Rockbourne Roman Villa

Arc Winchester

The Gallery at The Arc, Winchester

The Round Table mounted on a wall

The Great Hall with Westgate Museum

West End Centre

West End Centre

Willis Museum Basingstoke

Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery

Our collections

Telling the stories of people who lived in Hampshire thousands of years ago to the present day, we care for over 2.5 million objects, from working steam engines to fragile ancient artefacts.

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Volunteer with us

From working with our collections to maintaining our gardens, volunteer at Hampshire Cultural Trust to make a real difference to your community and to enrich your own life, too

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Making a difference

We work with vulnerable groups and individuals in our communities to make a difference. Find out how you can support us to help our communities thrive.

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Culture on Call

Go behind the scenes at Hampshire Cultural Trust with our blog, Culture on Call, and discover more about the history, art and culture that make Hampshire.

Culture on Call

Painting of Beachy Head

From Eastbourne to Winchester, new exhibition explores the South Downs Way

Published 25 March 2025

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Arts Everywhere Fund and Museum Renewal Fund

Published 20 February 2025

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National Lottery Heritage Fund award success for volunteering programme

Published 20 January 2025

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