Collection: Chesham Museum

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Collection development policy)

  Since its formation in May 2004, Chesham Museum (formerly Chesham Museum – The Stables) has collected around 5,000 objects. The Town Museum Project was originally set up to collect and mount a rolling programme of exhibitions in a display case in Chesham Library. The museum found its first home in the former stables of a public house on Bellingdon Road and in 2009 relocated to 15 Market Square. It was forced to close in 2017 due to a change in circumstances and all of the collection was put into local, secure storage. In 2022 the museum began a series of outreach activities, including a pop-up exhibition, handing boxes for schools, walks and talks. A new website was launched, showcasing the collection to a wider audience. In January 2024 the museum opened in new premises in Chesham Town Hall, with a secure lease for the foreseeable future.

  Items are only be collected if they are from within or associated with Chesham Town, surrounding villages or the hamlets of Asheridge, Ashley Green, Bellingdon, Botley, Chartridge, Grove, Hundridge, Hyde Heath, Latimer, Ley Hill and Waterside. This is the area covered by the ecclesiastical parish of Great Chesham prior to 1875 when Ashley Green became a parish in its own right(Latimer and Chartridge were split from the Parish of Great Chesham in 1898).

  Source: Collection development policy

  Date: 2024

  Licence: CC BY-NC