Wycombe Museum

Wycombe Museum (aka Wycombe Local History and Chair Museum) is a free local museum located in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is run by Wycombe District Council.

The museum is located in Castle Hill House on Priory Avenue. It is situated in an 18th-century house on a medieval site. Surrounding the museum are Victorian gardens, including a nature trail. The museum presents exhibitions on crafts and history of the local area, including the furniture industry, especially chair-making. There are also displays of Windsor chairs, lace, and natural history.

Collections

The museum collections include:

• Social history of the Wycombe and Buckinghamshire areas.
• Furniture industry — chairs, other furniture and tools that relate to the furniture industry in and around High Wycombe, videotapes of craftsmen at work.
• Tokens and coins — including trade tokens relating to the Wycombe and Buckinghamshire areas.
• Art — oil paintings, prints, watercolours, drawings, engravings, brass rubbings and sculpture.
• Oral history tapes — recordings taken over the past 30 years.
• Stuffed wild animals, common to local fields and woodlands.
• Archive material and photographs — sale catalogues, price lists, design books and account books of furniture companies dating back to the 19th century.
• Photographs — relating to the town and the furniture industry and trade in the Wycombe area.
• Wycombe Wanderers - showcasing memorabilia from the club, inducing the Wycombe Comanche

Trivia

The museum was mentioned in Gavin & Stacey, written by James Corden who was raised in the area.

External links

• Wycombe Museum website
• Wycombe Museum page, Facebook