Chair Festival
Chairs are key to Wycombe’s history.
Wycombe Museum’s Chair Festival takes place throughout July 2026 to recognise the unique chairmaking heritage of the local area.
We’re also celebrating the grand opening of our new Chair Discovery Centre. It’s a home for the museum’s nationally significant stored collection of over 200 chairs which until now haven’t been accessible to the public. From July onwards, it will be open to the everyone for a peek behind the museum scenes on scheduled Open Days.
Through the Chair Festival’s programme of exhibitions and events, discover how the industry grew from the local landscape into thriving furniture production which proudly continues today. Join us to celebrate the stories, the chairs and the surroundings which make up our history.
Chair Festival Events Programme
Activities available throughout the festival in July
Explore more chair content from Wycombe Museum
Chair of the Month Archive
Wycombe Museum’s Chair Database
The Art of the Chair Exhibition
Me & My Chair Digital Exhibition
Adopt a Chair
Recorded Chair History Talks
Furniture FAQs
What is a Windsor Chair?
Historic Chair Manufacturers List
With thanks to our Festival Partners:
Amersham Museum
Buckinghamshire Archives
Buckinghamshire New University
Chiltern Open Air Museum
Chiltern Rangers
Dew Dance UK
Ercol
Hamilton Academy
High Wycombe Library
Hughenden Manor National Trust
John Morris
Museum of the Home
Refresh Wycombe
Sally Scagell
Stuart King
We Make Wycombe
William Hands
Wycombe Repair Cafe
The Chair Festival 2026 is organised by Wycombe Museum and supported by funding from Opportunity Bucks, the Rothschild Foundation, and We Make Wycombe.
