Chair of the Month: May 2026

Wycombe Museum’s Chair of the Month for May is this scroll back Windsor armchair, made in about 1870, probably in Oxford.

At the moment, we at Wycombe Museum are working towards the very exciting opening of our new Chair Discovery Centre. It’s a second site for Wycombe Museum on St Mary Street where we will be storing our collection of almost 250 chairs not on display in the museum galleries. It will also be home to our extensive furniture archives.

As we prepare to move our chair collection into its new store, we are needing to make sure we maximise storage space. This means grouping together chairs of similar heights, and this is one of the 53 ‘large standard chairs’ with heights of 90-109cm. Next, we will be working on writing information and labels for the public to enjoy when visiting the Chair Discovery Centre on open days.

The Chair Discovery Centre will be opening this Summer. Visitors will be welcomed free of charge on regular open days through the year. Check the Chair Discovery Centre home page for the latest information on how to visit.