Editing Salisbury (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Salisbury High Street 20040724.jpg|thumb|Salisbury High Street]]
Salisbury was an important centre for music in the 18th century. The [[grammar]]ian [[James Harris (grammarian)|James Harris]], a friend of [[Handel]], directed concerts at the Assembly Rooms for almost 50 years up to his death in 1780. Many of the most famous musicians and singers of the day performed there.<ref>''Music and Theatre in Handel's World: The Family Papers of [[James Harris (grammarian)|James Harris]] 1732–1780'', by Donald Burrows and Rosemary Dunhill, Oxford University Press, USA (29 March 2002)</ref>

Salisbury holds an annual [[St George's Day]] pageant, the origins of which are claimed to go back to the 13th century.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

Salisbury has a strong artistic community, with galleries situated in the city centre, including the [[Young Gallery]] (incorporating the [[John Creasey Museum]]), located in Salisbury Library. In the 18th century, [[John Constable]] made a number of celebrated [[landscape art|landscape paintings]] featuring the cathedral's spire and the surrounding countryside. Salisbury's annual International Arts Festival, started in 1973, and held in late May to early June, provides a programme of theatre, live music, dance, public sculpture, street performance and art exhibitions. Salisbury also houses a producing theatre, [[Salisbury Playhouse]], which produces between eight and ten plays a year, as well as welcoming touring productions.

===The Salisbury Museum===
[[File:Kings House Salisbury Museum.jpg|thumb|The Salisbury Museum, housed in the King's House]]
[[The Salisbury Museum]] is housed in the [[The King's House, Salisbury|King's House]], a Grade I listed building whose history dates back to the 13th century, opposite the west front of the cathedral.

The permanent Stonehenge exhibition gallery has interactive displays about Stonehenge and the archaeology of south Wiltshire, and its collections include the skeleton of the [[Amesbury Archer]], which is on display.
The Pitt Rivers display holds a collection from General [[Augustus Pitt Rivers]].
The costume gallery showcases costumes and textiles from the area, with costumes for children to try on while imagining themselves as characters from Salisbury's past.{{fact|date=June 2024}}

The former home of [[Sir Edward Heath]], [[Arundells]] in the Cathedral Close, is open as a museum.