Chiltern Open Air Museum
@chilternoam.bsky.social
An outdoor museum with a collection of over 30 rescued and reconstructed historic buildings. Working farm, gardens, playground, traditional crafts. Exciting re-enactments and events programme. Award winning school workshops.
www.coam.org.uk
www.coam.org.uk
This weekend at the Museum we'll be baking, bodging and rope making.
On Saturday we’ll be making loaves traditionally and multi- skilled craftsman, Alan will also be showing visitors his rope making skills.
On Sunday see chair making demonstrations.
Find out more >> www.coam.org.uk/events
On Saturday we’ll be making loaves traditionally and multi- skilled craftsman, Alan will also be showing visitors his rope making skills.
On Sunday see chair making demonstrations.
Find out more >> www.coam.org.uk/events
June 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This weekend at the Museum we'll be baking, bodging and rope making.
On Saturday we’ll be making loaves traditionally and multi- skilled craftsman, Alan will also be showing visitors his rope making skills.
On Sunday see chair making demonstrations.
Find out more >> www.coam.org.uk/events
On Saturday we’ll be making loaves traditionally and multi- skilled craftsman, Alan will also be showing visitors his rope making skills.
On Sunday see chair making demonstrations.
Find out more >> www.coam.org.uk/events
Work is continuing on site to reconstruct our 1950s bandstand. This is a view of the roof struts. Cedar shingles will be going on soon, so these wont be visible for much longer.
June 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Work is continuing on site to reconstruct our 1950s bandstand. This is a view of the roof struts. Cedar shingles will be going on soon, so these wont be visible for much longer.
June 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Thanks to a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant we now have x2 paid 30hr/week traineeship opportunities.
Collections and Interpretation NLHF Trainee
Marketing and Visitor Experience NLHF Trainee
We're also recruiting an Evaluation Consultant.
Find out more www.coam.org.uk/joinus/careers
#job
Collections and Interpretation NLHF Trainee
Marketing and Visitor Experience NLHF Trainee
We're also recruiting an Evaluation Consultant.
Find out more www.coam.org.uk/joinus/careers
#job
April 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Thanks to a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant we now have x2 paid 30hr/week traineeship opportunities.
Collections and Interpretation NLHF Trainee
Marketing and Visitor Experience NLHF Trainee
We're also recruiting an Evaluation Consultant.
Find out more www.coam.org.uk/joinus/careers
#job
Collections and Interpretation NLHF Trainee
Marketing and Visitor Experience NLHF Trainee
We're also recruiting an Evaluation Consultant.
Find out more www.coam.org.uk/joinus/careers
#job
We're now on Bloomberg Connects - the arts & culture app. Discover more about our historic buildings, traditional gardens and heritage farm in this digital guide.
Have all the Museum information at your fingertips!
Download it at www.bloombergconnects.org
Have all the Museum information at your fingertips!
Download it at www.bloombergconnects.org
March 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We're now on Bloomberg Connects - the arts & culture app. Discover more about our historic buildings, traditional gardens and heritage farm in this digital guide.
Have all the Museum information at your fingertips!
Download it at www.bloombergconnects.org
Have all the Museum information at your fingertips!
Download it at www.bloombergconnects.org
We love these knitted knight hats in our museum shop. What’s your favourite museum purchase?
#museumshop #museum
#museumshop #museum
March 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We love these knitted knight hats in our museum shop. What’s your favourite museum purchase?
#museumshop #museum
#museumshop #museum
March 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
March 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the Museum + Heritage Awards in the Visitor Accessibility Award!
The global awards celebrate the very best in the world of museums, galleries, and cultural and heritage visitor attractions, so we're really excited to have made the shortlist.
The global awards celebrate the very best in the world of museums, galleries, and cultural and heritage visitor attractions, so we're really excited to have made the shortlist.
March 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the Museum + Heritage Awards in the Visitor Accessibility Award!
The global awards celebrate the very best in the world of museums, galleries, and cultural and heritage visitor attractions, so we're really excited to have made the shortlist.
The global awards celebrate the very best in the world of museums, galleries, and cultural and heritage visitor attractions, so we're really excited to have made the shortlist.
Have you entered our photo competition yet? Your images of our Museum could be gracing the walls of one of our historic buildings this spring. Find out more at www.coam.org.uk/blogs/coam-p...
February 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Have you entered our photo competition yet? Your images of our Museum could be gracing the walls of one of our historic buildings this spring. Find out more at www.coam.org.uk/blogs/coam-p...
Hedgelaying is a traditional technique for creating a living fence by partially cutting and bending the stems of shrubs or small trees. The goal is to encourage new growth from the base of the stems. It's only carried out between October and March when trees and shrubs are dormant.
February 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hedgelaying is a traditional technique for creating a living fence by partially cutting and bending the stems of shrubs or small trees. The goal is to encourage new growth from the base of the stems. It's only carried out between October and March when trees and shrubs are dormant.
This week our Estate Manager joined the talented COAM Costume team for a fitting of the wonderful smock they've been creating. These fabulous volunteers have been working on the smock since September and Rachael was thrilled to try it on.
Find out more www.coam.org.uk/blogs/costum...
Find out more www.coam.org.uk/blogs/costum...
January 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This week our Estate Manager joined the talented COAM Costume team for a fitting of the wonderful smock they've been creating. These fabulous volunteers have been working on the smock since September and Rachael was thrilled to try it on.
Find out more www.coam.org.uk/blogs/costum...
Find out more www.coam.org.uk/blogs/costum...
An unusual view of our Iron Age roundhouse captured by our Warden earlier today. The fire in the roundhouse helps to dry the thatch and prevent infestations. It doesn't have a chimney or visible hole for the smoke to escape, so always looks quite magical when it billows through the roof.
January 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
An unusual view of our Iron Age roundhouse captured by our Warden earlier today. The fire in the roundhouse helps to dry the thatch and prevent infestations. It doesn't have a chimney or visible hole for the smoke to escape, so always looks quite magical when it billows through the roof.
Our talented costume team have been working on a smock for our Estate Manager. The design is early Victorian although smocks had been worn by agricultural workers for centuries. Find our about the history and design of smocks on our blog www.coam.org.uk/blogs/creati...
#historiccostume #history
#historiccostume #history
January 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Our talented costume team have been working on a smock for our Estate Manager. The design is early Victorian although smocks had been worn by agricultural workers for centuries. Find our about the history and design of smocks on our blog www.coam.org.uk/blogs/creati...
#historiccostume #history
#historiccostume #history
We're celebrating #HeritageTreasures! Chair-making is part of the heritage of the Chilterns, our High Wycombe Furniture Factory was home to Elliott & Sons, holders of the National Scheme for Employment of Disabled Men Certificate. www.coam.org.uk/buildings/hi...
@heritagefunduk.bsky.social
@heritagefunduk.bsky.social
January 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We're celebrating #HeritageTreasures! Chair-making is part of the heritage of the Chilterns, our High Wycombe Furniture Factory was home to Elliott & Sons, holders of the National Scheme for Employment of Disabled Men Certificate. www.coam.org.uk/buildings/hi...
@heritagefunduk.bsky.social
@heritagefunduk.bsky.social
We may be closed for the winter but work continues, maintaining and improving the site ready for re-opening in spring. This week our volunteers have been installing a new ramp for Thame Vicarage Room, making it accessible to more visitors in the new season.
January 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We may be closed for the winter but work continues, maintaining and improving the site ready for re-opening in spring. This week our volunteers have been installing a new ramp for Thame Vicarage Room, making it accessible to more visitors in the new season.
The wildlife that live on the Museum site have been exploring in the dusting of snow. In front of the tollhouse we saw prints from badgers, deer and a heron. What prints have you found during these wintery days?
#snow #pawprints
#snow #pawprints
January 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The wildlife that live on the Museum site have been exploring in the dusting of snow. In front of the tollhouse we saw prints from badgers, deer and a heron. What prints have you found during these wintery days?
#snow #pawprints
#snow #pawprints
An embroidered sampler, dated 1853 in its original frame, can be found hung on the wall of our Haddenham Cottage. It shows a number of embroidered images, including flowers, shrubs, birds and butterflies. It also shows the alphabet in capitals and numbers up to 50.
#museumobject #embroidery
January 4, 2025 at 8:12 AM
An embroidered sampler, dated 1853 in its original frame, can be found hung on the wall of our Haddenham Cottage. It shows a number of embroidered images, including flowers, shrubs, birds and butterflies. It also shows the alphabet in capitals and numbers up to 50.
#museumobject #embroidery
This week's Object of the Week is a George VI Card.
It’s a printed card, with the royal coat of arms on the front and a message from King George VI. This was issued to all school children after the end of WW2, to thank them for everything that they had endured and to encourage them for the future.
It’s a printed card, with the royal coat of arms on the front and a message from King George VI. This was issued to all school children after the end of WW2, to thank them for everything that they had endured and to encourage them for the future.
December 27, 2024 at 3:51 PM
This week's Object of the Week is a George VI Card.
It’s a printed card, with the royal coat of arms on the front and a message from King George VI. This was issued to all school children after the end of WW2, to thank them for everything that they had endured and to encourage them for the future.
It’s a printed card, with the royal coat of arms on the front and a message from King George VI. This was issued to all school children after the end of WW2, to thank them for everything that they had endured and to encourage them for the future.
This week's object of the week are lace bobbins.
In Haddenham cottage, we have an assortment of wooden, lace bobbins. Making wooden bobbins was a delicate craft, which was popular in Victorian textile mills. Now, machine sewing uses bobbins made of plastic or metal cylinders.
#lacemaking
In Haddenham cottage, we have an assortment of wooden, lace bobbins. Making wooden bobbins was a delicate craft, which was popular in Victorian textile mills. Now, machine sewing uses bobbins made of plastic or metal cylinders.
#lacemaking
December 23, 2024 at 1:46 PM
This week's object of the week are lace bobbins.
In Haddenham cottage, we have an assortment of wooden, lace bobbins. Making wooden bobbins was a delicate craft, which was popular in Victorian textile mills. Now, machine sewing uses bobbins made of plastic or metal cylinders.
#lacemaking
In Haddenham cottage, we have an assortment of wooden, lace bobbins. Making wooden bobbins was a delicate craft, which was popular in Victorian textile mills. Now, machine sewing uses bobbins made of plastic or metal cylinders.
#lacemaking
This fabulous coal duty post topper was made by one of our volunteers for our Festive Weekend event this weekend.
#Volunteers #ChristmasEvent #Museum
#Volunteers #ChristmasEvent #Museum
December 5, 2024 at 8:43 PM
This fabulous coal duty post topper was made by one of our volunteers for our Festive Weekend event this weekend.
#Volunteers #ChristmasEvent #Museum
#Volunteers #ChristmasEvent #Museum
This weekend we’re opening for a special Festive Weekend. Come and see our buildings decorated for Christmas, listen to local choirs, meet Tudor re-enactors, shop at local stalls, take part in crafts, ride a pony, meet Father Christmas and more
Find out more www.coam.org.uk/events/festi...
#events
Find out more www.coam.org.uk/events/festi...
#events
December 4, 2024 at 8:02 PM
This weekend we’re opening for a special Festive Weekend. Come and see our buildings decorated for Christmas, listen to local choirs, meet Tudor re-enactors, shop at local stalls, take part in crafts, ride a pony, meet Father Christmas and more
Find out more www.coam.org.uk/events/festi...
#events
Find out more www.coam.org.uk/events/festi...
#events
Our blacksmith has made this fantastic sign for our Victorian forge from Garston.
#blacksmith #traditionalcrafts #museum
#blacksmith #traditionalcrafts #museum
December 2, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Our blacksmith has made this fantastic sign for our Victorian forge from Garston.
#blacksmith #traditionalcrafts #museum
#blacksmith #traditionalcrafts #museum