Slough Museum

278-286 High Street
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 1NB
England

Website

Website

www.sloughmuseum.co.uk

E-mail

info@sloughmuseum.co.uk

Telephone

01753 526422

Fax

01753 538305

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.
Jar of Horliks and Horlicks Mixing Jug contained within cardboard packaging with the words, 'Horlicks Easy Mixing Set'
Guided tours icon Shop icon Study area icon Visual disability facilities icon Wheelchair access icon

Slough Museum first opened its doors to the public in 1986 and moved to the eastern end of Slough High Street in 1997. There are two exhibition galleries celebrating Slough’s past, present and future as well as a research and activity room where you can get your ‘hands-on’ the collections. Our temporary exhibitions, schools programme and family friendly activities have strong links with the local community and the museum is working hard to extend these links throughout the organisation.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Wed-Sat 1130-1600

 Admission charges

FREE ENTRY

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Touch exhibits
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all 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
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
 Commercial and hire services
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Guided tours by appointment only.

278-286 High Street
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 1NB
England

Website

Website

www.sloughmuseum.co.uk

E-mail

info@sloughmuseum.co.uk

Telephone

01753 526422

Fax

01753 538305

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 covers a period of around 10,000 years - from when mammoths roamed the area to the present day multi-cultural trading town. This includes the growth of Slough in the 17th and 18th centuries as a coaching town (ideally placed 20 miles outside of London for resting along the Bath road), the Victorian brick and horticultural industries (supplying the growing capital) and the foundations and growth of Slough Trading Estate (attracting workers from around the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and Europe) which today continues to attract a growing population from around the world. Items not on display are accessible via a computerised collections database in the gallery and individual items can be viewed by prior arrangement.

Collection details

Agriculture, Archaeology, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Industry, Land Transport, Law and Order, Photography, Religion, Science and Technology, Social History, Toys and Hobbies, Trade and Commerce, Weapons and War, World Cultures

Key artists and exhibits

  • Slough
  • Slough Trading Estate
  • Horlicks
  • Mars
  • Sir William Herschel
  • 1930s kitchen

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

278-286 High Street
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 1NB
England

Website

Website

www.sloughmuseum.co.uk

E-mail

info@sloughmuseum.co.uk

Telephone

01753 526422

Fax

01753 538305

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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