Amersham Museum

Amersham Museum
49 High Street
Amersham
Buckinghamshire
HP7 0DP
England

Website

www.AmershamMuseum.org

E-mail

Curator@AmershamMuseum.org

Telephone

01494 723700

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Amersham Museum
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This award-winning museum is located in part of a fifteenth century timber-framed hall house in the centre of Old Amersham with a herb garden running down to the river. The museum features Amersham's history from archaeological finds to the town's more recent past. Children always welcome with many things to do and touch. For 2009: more toy exhibits; Tudor games and clothes to try; display about the "Rock & Roll Years" - the 1950s and 1960s.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Easter - end October
Saturdays, Sundays, and Bank Holiday Mondays
14.00-16.30.

The Museum is also open at the same times on
Wednesdays and Thursdays in May, June, July, August and September.

Guided walks around the old town on Sundays at 14.30, from Easter to the end of October.
Group visits and walks at other times by arrangement.

Closed: November - Good Friday.

 Admission charges

Adults £2.00 Under 16s FREE.

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Gardens open to public
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Research facilities for academics

Additional info

Car parking
There is on-street parking in the High Street outside the museum.

Wheelchairs
There is access for visitors in wheelchairs on the ground floor and in the garden.

Amersham Museum
49 High Street
Amersham
Buckinghamshire
HP7 0DP
England

Website

www.AmershamMuseum.org

E-mail

Curator@AmershamMuseum.org

Telephone

01494 723700

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The collection illustrates Amersham's history from the Romans to the twentieth century when the arrival of the railway created Metroland. There are displays on local crafts including chairmaking, lace making and straw plait, Amersham's industries from Weller's Brewery to World War II barrage balloons, local buildings and everyday objects.

Collection details

Social History, Photography, Personalities, Land Transport, Industry, Archives, Architecture, Archaeology

Key artists and exhibits

  • George Ward photos
  • Shardeloes

Amersham Museum
49 High Street
Amersham
Buckinghamshire
HP7 0DP
England

Website

www.AmershamMuseum.org

E-mail

Curator@AmershamMuseum.org

Telephone

01494 723700

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Face to face resources

School Visits and Guided Walks

http://www.amershammuseum.org/am_schools.html

The museum visit can focus on the Tudor hall house: who lived here and how they altered the house, building materials used and the carpenter's and witch marks!
Alternatively we can focus on everyday life in Victorian Amersham, from the local industries to jobs for children.
A half day visit can also include a guided walk around the Old Town to find out why the town is here, how it changed with the arrival of stage coaches and the railway, and the construction methods and materials used to build the houses in the High Street.

How to obtain

The museum is happy to work with teachers to develop tailored activities to fit with specific courses of study. Send an email to the museum via www.amershammuseum.org/am_contact.html

Amersham Museum
49 High Street
Amersham
Buckinghamshire
HP7 0DP
England

Website

www.AmershamMuseum.org

E-mail

Curator@AmershamMuseum.org

Telephone

01494 723700

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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