The largest prehistoric stone circle in the world at Avebury partly surrounds a pleasant community. In the 1930s, the archaeologist Alexander Keiller excavated here, and a museum bears his name. Avebury Manor, on the outskirts of the village, has been turned into a collaboration between the National Trust and the BBC, producing a tangible environment that celebrates and represents the lives of those who work.
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The Alexander Keiller Museum, organised in two sections, is split into the Stables Gallery, showing archaeological artefacts from around the World Heritage Site, as well as the Barn Gallery, a 17th-century threshing barn housing interactive exhibits and children's activities that uncover the storey of this prehistoric landscape.