• Date: 1823
• Type: Guidebook
• Material: Paper
• Lender: Julian Richards

By the time Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837 Stonehenge already had a guidebook. Based on a Biblical view of history, it regarded Stonehenge as one of the few ancient structures that survived Noah's Flood. Written by Henry Browne and published in 1823, this first guidebook is described modestly on the title page as 'The Unprejudiced, Authentic and Highly Interesting ACCOUNT which that Stupendous and Beautiful Edifice STONEHENGE in Wiltshire is found to give of itself.'

• Date: Late 19th century
• Type: Jewellery
• Material: Silver
• Lender: Julian Richards

In Victorian times it was even possible to wear Stonehenge. Silver brooches, such as this one designed in the late 19th century, would no doubt have been a conversation piece.

• Date: 19th century
• Type: Letter opener
• Material: Bone
• Lender: Julian Richards

This delicately decorated bone letter opener is a souvenir of Stonehenge that might have been found on a Victorian desk. Other interesting mementos of the period on display include a velvet-covered box and glass paperweight.

• Date: Late 19th- early 20th century
• Type: Ornament
• Material: Porcelain
• Lender: Wiltshire Museum, Devizes

Many ceramic souvenirs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries had bright, if not positively lurid, background colours. One of the colours used on souvenir china of this time was a rather violent green, in this case on a model of a fashionable shoe.

• Date: Early 20th century
• Type: Ornament
• Material: China
• Lender: Julian Richards/ Wiltshire Museum, Devizes

China souvenirs of Stonehenge have always been popular. The image of Stonehenge appears on a wide range of pottery shapes, appropriately on ancient urns and bowls, and even, given the military connections in the area, on a First World War army tank. The model of a seated chicken is less easy to explain!

• Date: 1920s and 1930s
• Type: Admission ticket
• Material: Paper
• Lender: Julian Richards/The Salisbury Museum

The first admission tickets to Stonehenge were introduced in 1901. The tickets shown here are from the 1920s and 30s. One records a visit made on 19 August 1934. The admission charge for adults at that time was 6d (the equivalent of just over 2.5 pence today).

• Date: 1951
• Type: Camping pennant
• Lender: Julian Richards

Stonehenge represents Wiltshire on this commemorative pennant celebrating 50 years of the Camping Club of Great Britain and Ireland in 1951.

• Date: 21st century
• Type: Maldives Stamp 'Mysteries of the Universe'
• Material: Paper
• Place Made/Found: Maldives
• Lender: Julian Richards

Commemorative stamps from around the world illustrate the global appeal of Stonehenge. This stamp is from the Maldives.

• Date: c.1950
• Type: Game
• Artist: Glevum
• Lender: The Salisbury Museum

Cave men and dinosaurs feature alongside Stonehenge on this boxed set of dominoes, which was produced by Glevum games of Gloucester in about 1950.

• Date: 1992
• Type: CD
• Lender: Julian Richards

Stonehenge rocks! Stonehenge has been the inspiration for many bands including the legendary Spinal Tap, who produced the world's only trilithon-shaped disc.