Alexander Keiller Museum, Avebury

Overview

Broaden your mind at the Alexander Keiller museum Alexander Keiller came from the family famous for manufacturing marmalade (he was known as the marmalade millionaire) but the Alexander Keiller museum is actually concerned with the house he lived in and where it was, right next to the World Heritage Site The Avebury Stones. Keiller moved into Avebury Manor in the village where the stones where in the 1930s and began excavating. He chose the old stable buildings of the manor to open the museum in 1938 so he could display his findings, having re-erected many of the standing stones to uncover this truly magnificent ancient wonder. The museum is also now in the 17th century threshing barn of the manor as well. Look out for the Neolithic child skeleton that was discovered at neighbouring archeological dig Windmill Hill in the 1920s. Also on display is a rare 20th century car that belonged to Keiller along with a large archive of Keiller correspondence, and a collection of archaeological publications that can be viewed by appointment.