Chippenham Museum
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Chippenham Museum tells the fascinating story of this historic market town from its prehistoric origins to the present day.
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Visit the historic Yelde Hall for a Christmas Craft Market and explore products made by local artists and makers. From paintings and cards, to crochet and bone china - you will find your perfect Christmas gift!
📅 Friday 28 & Saturday 29 November | ⏲️ Open each day at 10.30am
📅 Friday 28 & Saturday 29 November | ⏲️ Open each day at 10.30am
It’s December! If you’ve waited until now to think about Christmas, we still have vanilla-scented advent candles for your festive countdown, along with stunning tree decorations and Christmas cards. We may even be able to inspire a few gift ideas…
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It’s December! If you’ve waited until now to think about Christmas, we still have vanilla-scented advent candles for your festive countdown, along with stunning tree decorations and Christmas cards. We may even be able to inspire a few gift ideas…
For today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange, we're kicking off the gift-buying season with a look at our brand new Chippenham Museum Calendar 2026! Featuring beautiful works from our art collection, each month depicts a nostalgic or historic view of the town and the local area.
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
For today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange, we're kicking off the gift-buying season with a look at our brand new Chippenham Museum Calendar 2026! Featuring beautiful works from our art collection, each month depicts a nostalgic or historic view of the town and the local area.
#ICYMI we look forward to seeing you at our Christmas Craft Market this Friday 28 & Saturday 29 November, open each day at 10.30am in the Yelde Hall.
On Friday, this will close at 4.30pm, on Saturday, the market will close at 5.30pm.
On Friday, this will close at 4.30pm, on Saturday, the market will close at 5.30pm.
Visit the historic Yelde Hall for a Christmas Craft Market and explore products made by local artists and makers. From paintings and cards, to crochet and bone china - you will find your perfect Christmas gift!
📅 Friday 28 & Saturday 29 November | ⏲️ Open each day at 10.30am
📅 Friday 28 & Saturday 29 November | ⏲️ Open each day at 10.30am
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
#ICYMI we look forward to seeing you at our Christmas Craft Market this Friday 28 & Saturday 29 November, open each day at 10.30am in the Yelde Hall.
On Friday, this will close at 4.30pm, on Saturday, the market will close at 5.30pm.
On Friday, this will close at 4.30pm, on Saturday, the market will close at 5.30pm.
#ICYMI, there are tickets still available for the final free art talk of the year, this time featuring Gordon Faulds and Alex Faulkner
👉 Collection Conversations - Gordon Faulds and Alex Faulkner
📅 Saturday 6 December
🕒 2.00pm - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential
Book your tickets via the link below 👇
👉 Collection Conversations - Gordon Faulds and Alex Faulkner
📅 Saturday 6 December
🕒 2.00pm - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential
Book your tickets via the link below 👇
Join us for our final Collection Conversation of 2025 with artists Gordon Faulds and Alex Faulkner.
📅 Saturday 6 December 🕒 2.00pm - 3.30pm 🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/DecemberArtTalk
See their work in 'Corsham Air: Myth and Material' at the Pound Arts Centre, Corsham: bit.ly/CorshamAir
📅 Saturday 6 December 🕒 2.00pm - 3.30pm 🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/DecemberArtTalk
See their work in 'Corsham Air: Myth and Material' at the Pound Arts Centre, Corsham: bit.ly/CorshamAir
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
#ICYMI, there are tickets still available for the final free art talk of the year, this time featuring Gordon Faulds and Alex Faulkner
👉 Collection Conversations - Gordon Faulds and Alex Faulkner
📅 Saturday 6 December
🕒 2.00pm - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential
Book your tickets via the link below 👇
👉 Collection Conversations - Gordon Faulds and Alex Faulkner
📅 Saturday 6 December
🕒 2.00pm - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential
Book your tickets via the link below 👇
This week, we were delighted to receive the Chippenham Civic Society's Conservation and Environment Award during the annual ceremony at St. Andrew’s Church. The award recognises our recent gallery and frontage improvements, which have carefully preserved the building’s Georgian features.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This week, we were delighted to receive the Chippenham Civic Society's Conservation and Environment Award during the annual ceremony at St. Andrew’s Church. The award recognises our recent gallery and frontage improvements, which have carefully preserved the building’s Georgian features.
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It's emotions for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange celebrating Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social
We have chosen the aptly named 'Rollercoaster Emotions' by Craig Mitchell from the collection of the National Museum of Scotland
We have chosen the aptly named 'Rollercoaster Emotions' by Craig Mitchell from the collection of the National Museum of Scotland
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's emotions for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange celebrating Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social
We have chosen the aptly named 'Rollercoaster Emotions' by Craig Mitchell from the collection of the National Museum of Scotland
We have chosen the aptly named 'Rollercoaster Emotions' by Craig Mitchell from the collection of the National Museum of Scotland
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This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is #Emotion for the opening of Subversive Forms: Revolutionary approaches to clay @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social
Our pick is the tragedy of Othello's Despair and the startled face of Claire Loder's intriguing ceramic heads! 😱
Our pick is the tragedy of Othello's Despair and the startled face of Claire Loder's intriguing ceramic heads! 😱
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is #Emotion for the opening of Subversive Forms: Revolutionary approaches to clay @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social
Our pick is the tragedy of Othello's Despair and the startled face of Claire Loder's intriguing ceramic heads! 😱
Our pick is the tragedy of Othello's Despair and the startled face of Claire Loder's intriguing ceramic heads! 😱
For today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange, we're exploring emotion to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition, 'Subversive Forms: Revolutionary approaches to clay'. Featured in the exhibition, this work is 'The Gathering' by Sarah Purvey.
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
For today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange, we're exploring emotion to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition, 'Subversive Forms: Revolutionary approaches to clay'. Featured in the exhibition, this work is 'The Gathering' by Sarah Purvey.
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Today's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social is all about emotion for @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social's Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay.
Our pick is Jessica Harrison’s Diploma work.
Our pick is Jessica Harrison’s Diploma work.
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Today's #OnlineArtExchange with @artukdotorg.bsky.social is all about emotion for @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social's Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay.
Our pick is Jessica Harrison’s Diploma work.
Our pick is Jessica Harrison’s Diploma work.
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Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'emotion' for Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay at Chippenham Museum ⚱️
This work features, exhibition open until 21st Feb👉 https://www.chippenham.gov.uk/chippenham-museum-subversive-forms-revolutionary-approaches-to-clay/
📷 'Wonky' by Sam Lucas
This work features, exhibition open until 21st Feb👉 https://www.chippenham.gov.uk/chippenham-museum-subversive-forms-revolutionary-approaches-to-clay/
📷 'Wonky' by Sam Lucas
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'emotion' for Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay at Chippenham Museum ⚱️
This work features, exhibition open until 21st Feb👉 https://www.chippenham.gov.uk/chippenham-museum-subversive-forms-revolutionary-approaches-to-clay/
📷 'Wonky' by Sam Lucas
This work features, exhibition open until 21st Feb👉 https://www.chippenham.gov.uk/chippenham-museum-subversive-forms-revolutionary-approaches-to-clay/
📷 'Wonky' by Sam Lucas
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New artist interview 🌟
Emma Stibbon's work visually documents the climate emergency 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/drawing-melting-ice-and-rising-tides-an-interview-with-emma-stibbon
1) 📷 Darrell Tuffs / 2) 'Ice Tongue' by Emma Stibbon (b.1962) © the artist. 📷 Chippenham Museum
Emma Stibbon's work visually documents the climate emergency 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/drawing-melting-ice-and-rising-tides-an-interview-with-emma-stibbon
1) 📷 Darrell Tuffs / 2) 'Ice Tongue' by Emma Stibbon (b.1962) © the artist. 📷 Chippenham Museum
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New artist interview 🌟
Emma Stibbon's work visually documents the climate emergency 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/drawing-melting-ice-and-rising-tides-an-interview-with-emma-stibbon
1) 📷 Darrell Tuffs / 2) 'Ice Tongue' by Emma Stibbon (b.1962) © the artist. 📷 Chippenham Museum
Emma Stibbon's work visually documents the climate emergency 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/drawing-melting-ice-and-rising-tides-an-interview-with-emma-stibbon
1) 📷 Darrell Tuffs / 2) 'Ice Tongue' by Emma Stibbon (b.1962) © the artist. 📷 Chippenham Museum
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Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'emotion' for Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay at Chippenham Museum ⚱️
We'll see you there!
'The Face of an Angry Man' by Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) 📷 Wellcome Collection
We'll see you there!
'The Face of an Angry Man' by Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) 📷 Wellcome Collection
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Tomorrow's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'emotion' for Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay at Chippenham Museum ⚱️
We'll see you there!
'The Face of an Angry Man' by Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) 📷 Wellcome Collection
We'll see you there!
'The Face of an Angry Man' by Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) 📷 Wellcome Collection
This event is now sold out. To join a waiting list, email boxoffice@chippenham.gov.uk, call 01249 446699, or register in person at The Town Hall, High Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3ER.
Join us on Saturday 7 February 2026 at Chippenham Town Hall for our ceramics symposium! Explore themes from our next exhibition 'Subversive Forms: Revolutionary approaches to clay' with illustrated talks and a discussion panel with six of the exhibiting artists. Book your tickets 👉 buff.ly/Ui6qpIe
November 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This event is now sold out. To join a waiting list, email boxoffice@chippenham.gov.uk, call 01249 446699, or register in person at The Town Hall, High Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3ER.
As part of the town's Christmas Light Switch-On celebrations, we're hosting a special Christmas edition of our activities hosted by the Young Curators group. So come and get creative with us before Santa abseils into town.
📅 Saturday 29 November
🕒 10.30am - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free, drop-in
📅 Saturday 29 November
🕒 10.30am - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free, drop-in
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
As part of the town's Christmas Light Switch-On celebrations, we're hosting a special Christmas edition of our activities hosted by the Young Curators group. So come and get creative with us before Santa abseils into town.
📅 Saturday 29 November
🕒 10.30am - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free, drop-in
📅 Saturday 29 November
🕒 10.30am - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free, drop-in
NOW OPEN - Subversive Forms: Revolutionary approaches to clay
Featuring artworks by some of the leading sculptors and innovators working with ceramics in the UK today.
📅 Saturday 15 November – Saturday 21 February
⏲️ Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
🎟️ Free entry
👉 bit.ly/SubversiveForms
Featuring artworks by some of the leading sculptors and innovators working with ceramics in the UK today.
📅 Saturday 15 November – Saturday 21 February
⏲️ Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
🎟️ Free entry
👉 bit.ly/SubversiveForms
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
NOW OPEN - Subversive Forms: Revolutionary approaches to clay
Featuring artworks by some of the leading sculptors and innovators working with ceramics in the UK today.
📅 Saturday 15 November – Saturday 21 February
⏲️ Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
🎟️ Free entry
👉 bit.ly/SubversiveForms
Featuring artworks by some of the leading sculptors and innovators working with ceramics in the UK today.
📅 Saturday 15 November – Saturday 21 February
⏲️ Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
🎟️ Free entry
👉 bit.ly/SubversiveForms
Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?! 🎄☃️🎁🎅💫
Our Museum Shop is full of wonderful gift ideas, whether you visit us in person or shop online with @museumshops.bsky.social.
🛍️ Visit us in store or explore the range online: bit.ly/ChippenhamMuseumOnlineShop
Our Museum Shop is full of wonderful gift ideas, whether you visit us in person or shop online with @museumshops.bsky.social.
🛍️ Visit us in store or explore the range online: bit.ly/ChippenhamMuseumOnlineShop
Chippenham Museum Online Shop — Museum Shops
Housed in an 18th-century townhouse, Chippenham Museum tells the fascinating story of this historic market town from its prehistoric origins to the present day. Learn about the town’s development,…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?! 🎄☃️🎁🎅💫
Our Museum Shop is full of wonderful gift ideas, whether you visit us in person or shop online with @museumshops.bsky.social.
🛍️ Visit us in store or explore the range online: bit.ly/ChippenhamMuseumOnlineShop
Our Museum Shop is full of wonderful gift ideas, whether you visit us in person or shop online with @museumshops.bsky.social.
🛍️ Visit us in store or explore the range online: bit.ly/ChippenhamMuseumOnlineShop
Very much looking forward to seeing everyone’s interpretations of our theme!
Thanks for taking part in today's #OnlineArtExchange 🙌
We're back next Thursday with the theme 'emotion' for Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay at Chippenham Museum ✨
'Latif's Granddaughter' by Anthony Lam (b.1966) © the artist. 📷 Autograph
We're back next Thursday with the theme 'emotion' for Subversive Forms: Revolutionary Approaches to Clay at Chippenham Museum ✨
'Latif's Granddaughter' by Anthony Lam (b.1966) © the artist. 📷 Autograph
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Very much looking forward to seeing everyone’s interpretations of our theme!
This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is Photographic Portraiture for the opening of the #PhotoPortraitPrize at the National Portrait Gallery. Taken from a photograph, we're sharing John Furnival's and John Vince's 'Self-portrait in Teapot'.
🖼️ © the artist’s estate
🖼️ © the artist’s estate
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is Photographic Portraiture for the opening of the #PhotoPortraitPrize at the National Portrait Gallery. Taken from a photograph, we're sharing John Furnival's and John Vince's 'Self-portrait in Teapot'.
🖼️ © the artist’s estate
🖼️ © the artist’s estate
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I have such a cool job. This is what I have written today (albeit at great speed so hoping no typos). It will be explored in an exhibition I am doing with @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social part of the @wiltshistory.bsky.social celeb. for their new red book!
www.wiltshirehistory.org/news/curious...
www.wiltshirehistory.org/news/curious...
Curious Cures: From Disembowelled Snails to Strapped-On Fish — Wiltshire Victoria County History
John Aubrey (1626-1697) was somewhat preoccupied with his health. The polymath was not alone among fellow founder members of the Royal Society to note down remedies of his own devising or those he col...
www.wiltshirehistory.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I have such a cool job. This is what I have written today (albeit at great speed so hoping no typos). It will be explored in an exhibition I am doing with @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social part of the @wiltshistory.bsky.social celeb. for their new red book!
www.wiltshirehistory.org/news/curious...
www.wiltshirehistory.org/news/curious...
Armistice Day 1925 & 2025. One hundred years separate these two photos, yet the message of hope and reflection is the same.
The first image is from our collection, the second from our friendly neighbours at The Waverley.
We shall not forget.
#Remembrance #weshallrememberthem #ArmisticeDay
The first image is from our collection, the second from our friendly neighbours at The Waverley.
We shall not forget.
#Remembrance #weshallrememberthem #ArmisticeDay
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Armistice Day 1925 & 2025. One hundred years separate these two photos, yet the message of hope and reflection is the same.
The first image is from our collection, the second from our friendly neighbours at The Waverley.
We shall not forget.
#Remembrance #weshallrememberthem #ArmisticeDay
The first image is from our collection, the second from our friendly neighbours at The Waverley.
We shall not forget.
#Remembrance #weshallrememberthem #ArmisticeDay
Visit the historic Yelde Hall for a Christmas Craft Market and explore products made by local artists and makers. From paintings and cards, to crochet and bone china - you will find your perfect Christmas gift!
📅 Friday 28 & Saturday 29 November | ⏲️ Open each day at 10.30am
📅 Friday 28 & Saturday 29 November | ⏲️ Open each day at 10.30am
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Visit the historic Yelde Hall for a Christmas Craft Market and explore products made by local artists and makers. From paintings and cards, to crochet and bone china - you will find your perfect Christmas gift!
📅 Friday 28 & Saturday 29 November | ⏲️ Open each day at 10.30am
📅 Friday 28 & Saturday 29 November | ⏲️ Open each day at 10.30am
Give your old clothes new lease of life! Join our Visible Mending Workshop with a professional seamstress and learn the basic stitches, how to sew patches and how to embellish.
📅 Saturday 13 December
⏲️ 1.30pm - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential
Get your ticket 👉 bit.ly/FestiveVisibleMendingWorkshop
📅 Saturday 13 December
⏲️ 1.30pm - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential
Get your ticket 👉 bit.ly/FestiveVisibleMendingWorkshop
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Give your old clothes new lease of life! Join our Visible Mending Workshop with a professional seamstress and learn the basic stitches, how to sew patches and how to embellish.
📅 Saturday 13 December
⏲️ 1.30pm - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential
Get your ticket 👉 bit.ly/FestiveVisibleMendingWorkshop
📅 Saturday 13 December
⏲️ 1.30pm - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential
Get your ticket 👉 bit.ly/FestiveVisibleMendingWorkshop
During our summer exhibition 'Threads: Clothing, Memory and Identity', we ran a fun paper doll activity. It was a huge hit! As a thank you for all the creativity our younger visitors shared, we took the opportunity on the final day of the exhibition to picture them alongside their inspirations! 👗✨
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
During our summer exhibition 'Threads: Clothing, Memory and Identity', we ran a fun paper doll activity. It was a huge hit! As a thank you for all the creativity our younger visitors shared, we took the opportunity on the final day of the exhibition to picture them alongside their inspirations! 👗✨
Join us for our final Collection Conversation of 2025 with artists Gordon Faulds and Alex Faulkner.
📅 Saturday 6 December 🕒 2.00pm - 3.30pm 🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/DecemberArtTalk
See their work in 'Corsham Air: Myth and Material' at the Pound Arts Centre, Corsham: bit.ly/CorshamAir
📅 Saturday 6 December 🕒 2.00pm - 3.30pm 🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/DecemberArtTalk
See their work in 'Corsham Air: Myth and Material' at the Pound Arts Centre, Corsham: bit.ly/CorshamAir
November 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Join us for our final Collection Conversation of 2025 with artists Gordon Faulds and Alex Faulkner.
📅 Saturday 6 December 🕒 2.00pm - 3.30pm 🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/DecemberArtTalk
See their work in 'Corsham Air: Myth and Material' at the Pound Arts Centre, Corsham: bit.ly/CorshamAir
📅 Saturday 6 December 🕒 2.00pm - 3.30pm 🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/DecemberArtTalk
See their work in 'Corsham Air: Myth and Material' at the Pound Arts Centre, Corsham: bit.ly/CorshamAir
We're feeling autumnal for this week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange! 🍂
'The Bridge' (Ian Errill, 1979) is a view of the River Avon footbridge, which links The Island to Monkton Park in Chippenham's town centre.
This work will feature in our 2026 calendar - coming soon to our shop!
'The Bridge' (Ian Errill, 1979) is a view of the River Avon footbridge, which links The Island to Monkton Park in Chippenham's town centre.
This work will feature in our 2026 calendar - coming soon to our shop!
October 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We're feeling autumnal for this week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange! 🍂
'The Bridge' (Ian Errill, 1979) is a view of the River Avon footbridge, which links The Island to Monkton Park in Chippenham's town centre.
This work will feature in our 2026 calendar - coming soon to our shop!
'The Bridge' (Ian Errill, 1979) is a view of the River Avon footbridge, which links The Island to Monkton Park in Chippenham's town centre.
This work will feature in our 2026 calendar - coming soon to our shop!