Visit Wycombe Museum’s chair store – the new home for over 200 chairs not on display in the museum’s galleries at Priory Avenue.

See a full list of upcoming Open Days to visit the Chair Discovery Centre here.

Timings

Tickets are available in 1hr entry slots. You can arrive at any point during your allotted time, bearing in mind last entry is 3.30pm. There are no limits on how long you can stay beyond our regular opening hours.

The Chair Discovery Centre closes 12.30 – 1pm for lunch.
Last entry is 3.30pm.

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What to expect

Wycombe Museum has many more chairs in our collection than we can display in our galleries. For years, hundreds of them have been carefully stored away out of sight. With the opening of the Chair Discovery Centre, our entire stored chair collection will be accesible to the public for the first time. It’s a place to learn more about High Wycombe’s furniture history, building on the stories told at Wycombe Museum’s Priory Avenue galleries.

The Chair Discovery Centre is as a working store for Wycombe Museum’s furniture collection and archives. It’s a place for museum staff to work and care for the collection. You may see some of our collection in the middle of being conserved. There may be objects wrapped for protection, or staff’s working notes on labels. Items may be removed from the store to put on display in our main museum galleries.

But what you will always see is a lot of historically significant chairs, and we’re excited to welcome visitors for a peek behind the scenes.

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Ticket Pricing

This Chair Discovery Centre is free to visit.

Tickets are subject to the terms of Wycombe Museum’s Ticketing Policy.

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Visit Information
(See full information at the Chair Discovery Centre Visit Page)

Personal Belongings

Large bags, wet coats, and umbrellas are not allowed into the chair store. As this is a working museum store, we need to control the humidity to protect the furniture and archives. You will be able to keep small-sized bags with you, as long as they are dry. A public cloakroom is provided for you to store your items, but we recommend bringing as little with you as possible. All items are left at the owner’s risk.

Food & Drink

No food & drink is permitted in the Chair Discovery Centre, with the exception of bottled water in the Welcome Space. There are no facilities to purchase food & drink at the Chair Discovery Centre.

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Site Accessibility & Parking
(See full information at the Chair Discovery Centre Visit Page)

Location: Chair Discovery Centre, St Mary Street, High Wycombe, HP11 2HE

The Chair Discovery Centre is fully wheelchair accessible, with with step-free access throughout. There is a lift and an accessible bathroom.

There is no parking on-site, but drop-offs can be made outside the entrance. The nearest car parking is at the Wycombe Swan Theatre car park. Visitors are also welcome to park at Wycombe Museum and make the short walk down to the Chair Discovery Centre.