Chesham Town Guide 2022/23

Chesham Museum has
a very exciting year ahead!
At the time of writing this the Museum has been
awarded a grant from Arts Council England to improve
the museum’s online activities with the addition of
further pop-up displays in town. This means we can
completely renovate the website! We want to put more
of the collection on the site, more stories of Chesham’s
history and people, a bigger and better educational
section. We’ll also upgrade the events page so tickets for
events, walks and talks can be purchased online. This
website upgrade is particularly important for the
museum, especially as we’re in storage, to be able to
reach out to a wider audience all round the world. As
well as reaching local townsfolk we can also reach people
researching their family trees and people who used to
live in Chesham and are still interested in its history.
Back in March we completed the process to renew
our accreditation. Being accredited means we have to
follow certain rules and practices, but it also allows us to
access more funding streams. This in turn will allow us
to put on more displays and pop-up exhibitions.
You may have already seen the displays we currently
have in the town. There is the display case in the library
showing objects from our collection, we also have a
display board inside and outside The Elgiva Theatre,
outside WorkAid in Townsend Road, The Town Hall and
Trekkers in Market Square. We have some interesting
information
panels and one
located inside the
White Hill Centre.
If you pop into the
library, you’ll be
able to pick up a
leaflet which has a map of the locations of all the panels.
It’s a lovely walk to take around the town too!
Last year we elected a new chair, Peter Squire and vice
chair Karen Perkins. They will help us move to the point
where we can find a new permanent location, but for
that we need to increase the reserve we currently hold
for this purpose. One way of doing this is to leave a
legacy and remember the Museum in your Will, another
is to become a Friend of Chesham Museum.
You can find out more about this, the museum and
volunteering opportunities at the museum on our
website www.cheshammuseum.org.uk.
Watch out for our activities and events, also on
the website.
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