Royston Museum
@roystonmuseum.bsky.social
We celebrate the wonderful history of Royston, Herts, connecting people and places, past and present. Why not come & discover over 2000 years of history with us?
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✨ Some exciting changes are coming to the Museum! ✨
The Museum will be closed from Monday 22 December until mid-February, when we'll be back with a new look and new air source heat pumps.
👉🏻 Our last open day to the public is this Saturday
👉🏻 Our kid's festive printing workshops are this Sunday
The Museum will be closed from Monday 22 December until mid-February, when we'll be back with a new look and new air source heat pumps.
👉🏻 Our last open day to the public is this Saturday
👉🏻 Our kid's festive printing workshops are this Sunday
December 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
✨ Some exciting changes are coming to the Museum! ✨
The Museum will be closed from Monday 22 December until mid-February, when we'll be back with a new look and new air source heat pumps.
👉🏻 Our last open day to the public is this Saturday
👉🏻 Our kid's festive printing workshops are this Sunday
The Museum will be closed from Monday 22 December until mid-February, when we'll be back with a new look and new air source heat pumps.
👉🏻 Our last open day to the public is this Saturday
👉🏻 Our kid's festive printing workshops are this Sunday
Rhian’s pick for today is this stunning 1948 Singer 201K sewing machine. Beautiful and built to last, it’s easy to see why these classics are now sought-after decorative pieces. She wouldn’t mind finding one under the tree!
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
December 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Rhian’s pick for today is this stunning 1948 Singer 201K sewing machine. Beautiful and built to last, it’s easy to see why these classics are now sought-after decorative pieces. She wouldn’t mind finding one under the tree!
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
🎄Join us for our festive printing press demo day today! 🎄
Drop in anytime before 4pm and have a go at printing your own Christmas cards or gift tags on the Victorian printing press which once printed the Royston Crow newspaper.
£2 per set of 2 Christmas cards or 4 gift tags.
Drop in anytime before 4pm and have a go at printing your own Christmas cards or gift tags on the Victorian printing press which once printed the Royston Crow newspaper.
£2 per set of 2 Christmas cards or 4 gift tags.
December 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🎄Join us for our festive printing press demo day today! 🎄
Drop in anytime before 4pm and have a go at printing your own Christmas cards or gift tags on the Victorian printing press which once printed the Royston Crow newspaper.
£2 per set of 2 Christmas cards or 4 gift tags.
Drop in anytime before 4pm and have a go at printing your own Christmas cards or gift tags on the Victorian printing press which once printed the Royston Crow newspaper.
£2 per set of 2 Christmas cards or 4 gift tags.
This photograph of a nativity play is part of the Museum's photographic archive, but we don't know anything about it. Let us know if you recognise anyone!
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
December 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This photograph of a nativity play is part of the Museum's photographic archive, but we don't know anything about it. Let us know if you recognise anyone!
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
A Christmas card from 1912 featuring Miss Beale and Miss Leete with Joseph Leete in the Sunken Garden at The Warren. Festive greetings from over a century ago!
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
December 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A Christmas card from 1912 featuring Miss Beale and Miss Leete with Joseph Leete in the Sunken Garden at The Warren. Festive greetings from over a century ago!
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
🎄✨ Festive Printing Press Day!✨🎄
Pop down to the Museum between 10am and 4pm on Sunday for a chance to print your own Christmas cards and gift tags on our Victorian Printing Press!
📅 Full details on our website: buff.ly/yygS5lS
Pop down to the Museum between 10am and 4pm on Sunday for a chance to print your own Christmas cards and gift tags on our Victorian Printing Press!
📅 Full details on our website: buff.ly/yygS5lS
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🎄✨ Festive Printing Press Day!✨🎄
Pop down to the Museum between 10am and 4pm on Sunday for a chance to print your own Christmas cards and gift tags on our Victorian Printing Press!
📅 Full details on our website: buff.ly/yygS5lS
Pop down to the Museum between 10am and 4pm on Sunday for a chance to print your own Christmas cards and gift tags on our Victorian Printing Press!
📅 Full details on our website: buff.ly/yygS5lS
A vintage knitting pattern for a hat and gloves—essential for braving frosty days in style. Before thermal wear, wool was the go-to for keeping warm through long winters.
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
December 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A vintage knitting pattern for a hat and gloves—essential for braving frosty days in style. Before thermal wear, wool was the go-to for keeping warm through long winters.
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
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Full marks for this outstanding discovery. 😃
But minus several million for the horrible animation. 🧐
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But minus several million for the horrible animation. 🧐
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The moment the earliest known man-made fire was uncovered - BBC News
Archaeologists in the UK have discovered the world's oldest evidence of humans lighting fires
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December 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Full marks for this outstanding discovery. 😃
But minus several million for the horrible animation. 🧐
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
But minus several million for the horrible animation. 🧐
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
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Even Jackie our Giggles doll is joining in with Christmas Jumper Day this year
#WeekXForXmas #ChristmasJumperDay #MuseumsDoChristmas
#WeekXForXmas #ChristmasJumperDay #MuseumsDoChristmas
December 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Even Jackie our Giggles doll is joining in with Christmas Jumper Day this year
#WeekXForXmas #ChristmasJumperDay #MuseumsDoChristmas
#WeekXForXmas #ChristmasJumperDay #MuseumsDoChristmas
Today's #MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections is this watercolour painting of a snowy King James’s Palace. It was painted as a Christmas card design for the Friends of Royston Museum by Freda Wright.
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today's #MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections is this watercolour painting of a snowy King James’s Palace. It was painted as a Christmas card design for the Friends of Royston Museum by Freda Wright.
We have another brilliant guest article on our website for you to enjoy! 🥳
In our latest piece, our friends at @roystoncave.bsky.social explore its discovery in August 1742, along with the subsequent investigations and the fascinating theories about its purpose and origins.
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In our latest piece, our friends at @roystoncave.bsky.social explore its discovery in August 1742, along with the subsequent investigations and the fascinating theories about its purpose and origins.
👉 buff.ly/9i3uFrq
December 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We have another brilliant guest article on our website for you to enjoy! 🥳
In our latest piece, our friends at @roystoncave.bsky.social explore its discovery in August 1742, along with the subsequent investigations and the fascinating theories about its purpose and origins.
👉 buff.ly/9i3uFrq
In our latest piece, our friends at @roystoncave.bsky.social explore its discovery in August 1742, along with the subsequent investigations and the fascinating theories about its purpose and origins.
👉 buff.ly/9i3uFrq
Emma’s pick today is a Woolworths Christmas magazine from 2008 - the last before Royston's store closed in January 2009. Browsing toys and gifts feels like a trip back in time, though Emma remembers circling her wish list in the Argos catalogue instead!
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Emma’s pick today is a Woolworths Christmas magazine from 2008 - the last before Royston's store closed in January 2009. Browsing toys and gifts feels like a trip back in time, though Emma remembers circling her wish list in the Argos catalogue instead!
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
⚽ 150 Years Strong – The Story of Royston Town FC ⚽
Celebrate a century and a half of The Crows, from humble beginnings to the heart of the local community today. Discover rare memorabilia, historic photographs, and stories that have shaped one of Hertfordshire’s oldest football clubs.
Celebrate a century and a half of The Crows, from humble beginnings to the heart of the local community today. Discover rare memorabilia, historic photographs, and stories that have shaped one of Hertfordshire’s oldest football clubs.
December 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
⚽ 150 Years Strong – The Story of Royston Town FC ⚽
Celebrate a century and a half of The Crows, from humble beginnings to the heart of the local community today. Discover rare memorabilia, historic photographs, and stories that have shaped one of Hertfordshire’s oldest football clubs.
Celebrate a century and a half of The Crows, from humble beginnings to the heart of the local community today. Discover rare memorabilia, historic photographs, and stories that have shaped one of Hertfordshire’s oldest football clubs.
Bayko was the first plastic construction toy, produced from 1933-1967. Museum Trustee, Phil, remembers being given this Bayko set when he was a boy in the 1950s. His collection grew thanks to several birthday and Chrismas presents.
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Bayko was the first plastic construction toy, produced from 1933-1967. Museum Trustee, Phil, remembers being given this Bayko set when he was a boy in the 1950s. His collection grew thanks to several birthday and Chrismas presents.
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
✨Some exciting changes are coming to the Museum!✨
The Museum will be closed from Monday 22 December until mid-February, when we'll be back with a new look and new air source heat pumps.
👉🏻 Our last open day to the public is Saturday 20 December
👉🏻 Our kid's printing workshops are Sunday 21 December
The Museum will be closed from Monday 22 December until mid-February, when we'll be back with a new look and new air source heat pumps.
👉🏻 Our last open day to the public is Saturday 20 December
👉🏻 Our kid's printing workshops are Sunday 21 December
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
✨Some exciting changes are coming to the Museum!✨
The Museum will be closed from Monday 22 December until mid-February, when we'll be back with a new look and new air source heat pumps.
👉🏻 Our last open day to the public is Saturday 20 December
👉🏻 Our kid's printing workshops are Sunday 21 December
The Museum will be closed from Monday 22 December until mid-February, when we'll be back with a new look and new air source heat pumps.
👉🏻 Our last open day to the public is Saturday 20 December
👉🏻 Our kid's printing workshops are Sunday 21 December
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Front of the Christmas tree vs back of the Christmas tree....
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Front of the Christmas tree vs back of the Christmas tree....
This stereoscopic image by Frank Hinkins captures Royston blanketed in snow. Viewed through a special lens, it gave Victorians a 3D winter scene—an early glimpse of virtual reality!
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This stereoscopic image by Frank Hinkins captures Royston blanketed in snow. Viewed through a special lens, it gave Victorians a 3D winter scene—an early glimpse of virtual reality!
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
We're having lots of fun making Christmas decorations with Crafted Connections today 😍
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We're having lots of fun making Christmas decorations with Crafted Connections today 😍
On 7 December 1859, Mr Bull purchased three Merino vests from W. Stone Outfitters. Could these have been thoughtful Christmas gifts, or something to keep himself warm?
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
On 7 December 1859, Mr Bull purchased three Merino vests from W. Stone Outfitters. Could these have been thoughtful Christmas gifts, or something to keep himself warm?
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
Here's a snapshot of Royston frozen in time - literally! Who remembers a winter so cold that it froze the Priory Memorial Garden fountain?
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Here's a snapshot of Royston frozen in time - literally! Who remembers a winter so cold that it froze the Priory Memorial Garden fountain?
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
Sophie’s choice today is a festive poem for cheese lovers! The Song of the Cheese by Percy Illot was written for the play Royston Heath, performed at the Royston Hospital Fete in May 1924. Perfect reading while enjoying your Christmas cheeseboard!
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
December 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Sophie’s choice today is a festive poem for cheese lovers! The Song of the Cheese by Percy Illot was written for the play Royston Heath, performed at the Royston Hospital Fete in May 1924. Perfect reading while enjoying your Christmas cheeseboard!
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
🎄✨ Drop-in Festive Fun this month! ✨🎄
We’ve got a sleigh-full of seasonal activities for all ages to enjoy:
🎁 Make your own festive decorations with Crafted Connections
🖨️ Print your own Christmas cards and gift tags at our festive Printing Press Demo Day
📅 Full details: buff.ly/yygS5lS
We’ve got a sleigh-full of seasonal activities for all ages to enjoy:
🎁 Make your own festive decorations with Crafted Connections
🖨️ Print your own Christmas cards and gift tags at our festive Printing Press Demo Day
📅 Full details: buff.ly/yygS5lS
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🎄✨ Drop-in Festive Fun this month! ✨🎄
We’ve got a sleigh-full of seasonal activities for all ages to enjoy:
🎁 Make your own festive decorations with Crafted Connections
🖨️ Print your own Christmas cards and gift tags at our festive Printing Press Demo Day
📅 Full details: buff.ly/yygS5lS
We’ve got a sleigh-full of seasonal activities for all ages to enjoy:
🎁 Make your own festive decorations with Crafted Connections
🖨️ Print your own Christmas cards and gift tags at our festive Printing Press Demo Day
📅 Full details: buff.ly/yygS5lS
"Roughly 85 or so years go, there was a children's Christmas party taking place in what's now the Museum's exhibition hall. Don't believe us? This photograph show's the party in full swing back when the building was the Congregational Church Sunday School.
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections"
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections"
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"Roughly 85 or so years go, there was a children's Christmas party taking place in what's now the Museum's exhibition hall. Don't believe us? This photograph show's the party in full swing back when the building was the Congregational Church Sunday School.
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections"
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections"
This Christmas card was created by Wink, famous for his caricatures of Royston people. Here, he’s drawn himself outside a shop, writing “Greeting” in the snow.
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This Christmas card was created by Wink, famous for his caricatures of Royston people. Here, he’s drawn himself outside a shop, writing “Greeting” in the snow.
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
In January 1947, Royston was blanketed in a thick layer of snow, which was three feet deep around some homes! This photograph shows a Sergeant and two Police Officers clearing the snow drifts outside the Police Station.
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
In January 1947, Royston was blanketed in a thick layer of snow, which was three feet deep around some homes! This photograph shows a Sergeant and two Police Officers clearing the snow drifts outside the Police Station.
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections
#MuseumAdvent #24DaysOfCollections