Read our recent news from the museum.
Chilterns Theatre Company are returning to Wycombe Museum in May
Following last year’s sell out tour of Twelfth Night, Chilterns Theatre Company (previously Red Kite Theatre) will be brining two open air productions to Wycombe Museum on the 29th to the 31st of May, lockdown rules allowing. Tickets are available now from...
We’re a Finalist in the Little Ankle Biters Awards!
We're so pleased to have once again been nominated as a finalist in the Little Ankle Biters Bucks Awards 2021. We're nominated in the Best Museum in Bucks category. We're up against some other wonderful museums, and we're delighted to be in such good company.If you...
Wycombe Museum and ACE’s Culture Recovery Fund
Wycombe Museum secured funding from Arts Council England's Culture Recovery Fund to support us in redevelopment of the museum building and gallery spaces to make them as COVID secure as possible in anticipation of reopening later in the year. Wycombe Museum is housed...
Looking back at We Are The Windrush Generation – a thank you to The Church Urban Fund
In October of 2020, we were proud to unveil an exhibition that was the product of a lot of work and local collboration. We Are The Windrush Generation was spearheaded by Daffodil Forbes, who has been involved with Wycombe Museum as a volunteer and freelancer for many...
A Thank You to Power to Change and The School for Social Entrepeneurs
Last spring, Wycombe Museum was awarded a place on Power to Change and The School of Social Entrepeneurs’ Community Business Trade Up Programme to support the growth of income from the museum’s recent venture into running weddings. We’re proud to be the first ever museum to be awarded a place on the scheme.
A Thank You to Arts Council England
As you may or may not have noticed in the last few weeks, Wycombe Museum has a new and improved website. This is just one of a number of projects that we have spent the last few months working on, thanks to funding that we were awarded by Arts Council England earlier this year. The funding was aimed at improving digital content for cultural organisations to help maintain a level of cultural engagement with communities throughout the difficulties presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2020
From 1st to 8th December, Wycombe Museum ran a fundraising campaign through The Big Give's Christmas Challenge 2020. Our goal was to raise money to go towards supporting local children's access to heritage and culture in 2021, following the disruption that has been...
What is a Windsor Chair?
Chair Arch, 1877 High Wycombe is known for chair making, especially Windsor chairs. This impressive chair arch was put up in the town, to welcome Queen Victoria on a visit in 1877. The people who lived here wanted to show off the local industry and their pride in it....
Wycombe Windrush 2020
On Sunday 21 June, we were involved in a live Wycombe Windrush 2020 celebration zoom party. The fantastic event included talks, dancing, quizzes, singing, steel pan playing, and much more from local people in their homes. Running...
