Chippenham Museum
@chippenhammuseum.bsky.social
Chippenham Museum tells the fascinating story of this historic market town from its prehistoric origins to the present day.
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Official Account Monitored: Mon-Thu, 9am-5pm & Fri, 9am-4.30pm.
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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.
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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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.
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
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
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!
Join Chris Dunn and Andrew Lansley for November’s Collection Conversation at Chippenham Museum. Explore Dunn’s children’s book watercolour illustrations and Lansley’s landscapes in raw pigments.
📅 Saturday 22 November 🕒 2pm-3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/NovemberArtTalk
📅 Saturday 22 November 🕒 2pm-3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/NovemberArtTalk
October 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Join Chris Dunn and Andrew Lansley for November’s Collection Conversation at Chippenham Museum. Explore Dunn’s children’s book watercolour illustrations and Lansley’s landscapes in raw pigments.
📅 Saturday 22 November 🕒 2pm-3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/NovemberArtTalk
📅 Saturday 22 November 🕒 2pm-3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/NovemberArtTalk
Join us this October Half Term for some free, spooky, crafty activities! 🕷️🕸️
Our creative activities can also be experienced in a quieter way before the museum opens. Book Quiet Time here: bit.ly/3KnFuJL
Our creative activities can also be experienced in a quieter way before the museum opens. Book Quiet Time here: bit.ly/3KnFuJL
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Join us this October Half Term for some free, spooky, crafty activities! 🕷️🕸️
Our creative activities can also be experienced in a quieter way before the museum opens. Book Quiet Time here: bit.ly/3KnFuJL
Our creative activities can also be experienced in a quieter way before the museum opens. Book Quiet Time here: bit.ly/3KnFuJL
New pop-up display! 🕺💃🪩 From folk costumes to rock ’n’ roll vibes, explore how costume, make-up, and accessories bring performances to life. On display in our 'Chippenham Through Time' gallery on the first-floor!.
October 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
New pop-up display! 🕺💃🪩 From folk costumes to rock ’n’ roll vibes, explore how costume, make-up, and accessories bring performances to life. On display in our 'Chippenham Through Time' gallery on the first-floor!.
This month, we’re joined by Sasha Wardell, with over 40 years’ experience in the world of bone china & porcelain, and Helen Wilks, from Bath Academy of Art, who bases work on theatre performance & collaborations.
📅 Saturday 18 October 🕒 2pm-3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/OctoberArtTalk
📅 Saturday 18 October 🕒 2pm-3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/OctoberArtTalk
October 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This month, we’re joined by Sasha Wardell, with over 40 years’ experience in the world of bone china & porcelain, and Helen Wilks, from Bath Academy of Art, who bases work on theatre performance & collaborations.
📅 Saturday 18 October 🕒 2pm-3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/OctoberArtTalk
📅 Saturday 18 October 🕒 2pm-3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/OctoberArtTalk
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
October 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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
This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is celebrations and unveilings. Robin Tanner's 'Harvest Festival' (1930) combines features of three local churches: Draycot Cerne, Langley Burrell, and Biddestone, capturing the “ripe, pagan, riotous affair” of early church festivals.
October 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is celebrations and unveilings. Robin Tanner's 'Harvest Festival' (1930) combines features of three local churches: Draycot Cerne, Langley Burrell, and Biddestone, capturing the “ripe, pagan, riotous affair” of early church festivals.
Bring a touch of history, art, and nature into your home with these eco-friendly Growbars:
🎨 Artists’ Flowers - daisy, poppy & sunflower
🌿 Medieval Herbs - clary sage, tansy & salad burnet
🐝 Bee Blooms - hyssop, cornflower & sweet rocket
Now on sale with 50% off: bit.ly/SeedGrowbars
🎨 Artists’ Flowers - daisy, poppy & sunflower
🌿 Medieval Herbs - clary sage, tansy & salad burnet
🐝 Bee Blooms - hyssop, cornflower & sweet rocket
Now on sale with 50% off: bit.ly/SeedGrowbars
September 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Bring a touch of history, art, and nature into your home with these eco-friendly Growbars:
🎨 Artists’ Flowers - daisy, poppy & sunflower
🌿 Medieval Herbs - clary sage, tansy & salad burnet
🐝 Bee Blooms - hyssop, cornflower & sweet rocket
Now on sale with 50% off: bit.ly/SeedGrowbars
🎨 Artists’ Flowers - daisy, poppy & sunflower
🌿 Medieval Herbs - clary sage, tansy & salad burnet
🐝 Bee Blooms - hyssop, cornflower & sweet rocket
Now on sale with 50% off: bit.ly/SeedGrowbars
This week’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is animals! 🐄 Sculptor Richard Cowdy's bronze calf commemorates Chippenham's former cattle market. The maquette is held in our collection, and the full bronze sculpture stands in Borough Parade Shopping Centre.
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September 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This week’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is animals! 🐄 Sculptor Richard Cowdy's bronze calf commemorates Chippenham's former cattle market. The maquette is held in our collection, and the full bronze sculpture stands in Borough Parade Shopping Centre.
artuk.org/discover/a...
artuk.org/discover/a...
On Thursday 25 September, it's your last chance to join our final town walk of 2025. Perfect for residents, visitors and groups, join a member of the Chippenham Museum team for a 40-minute journey through the town’s past. Get your ticket now!
Free, booking essential 👉 bit.ly/TownWalks
Free, booking essential 👉 bit.ly/TownWalks
September 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
On Thursday 25 September, it's your last chance to join our final town walk of 2025. Perfect for residents, visitors and groups, join a member of the Chippenham Museum team for a 40-minute journey through the town’s past. Get your ticket now!
Free, booking essential 👉 bit.ly/TownWalks
Free, booking essential 👉 bit.ly/TownWalks
This week’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange looks at impressive buildings! 🏛️ Ian Chamberlain’s ‘Fort’ etchings reimagine the Maunsell Sea Forts as monuments, using traditional etching to capture their technological and architectural forms.
September 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This week’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange looks at impressive buildings! 🏛️ Ian Chamberlain’s ‘Fort’ etchings reimagine the Maunsell Sea Forts as monuments, using traditional etching to capture their technological and architectural forms.
Opening 15 November, 'Subversive Forms' will feature artworks by some of the leading sculptors and innovators working with ceramics in the UK today.
Learn more at our ceramics symposium in February. Sign up to stay up-to-date 👉 bit.ly/ChippenhamMus...
Learn more at our ceramics symposium in February. Sign up to stay up-to-date 👉 bit.ly/ChippenhamMus...
September 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Opening 15 November, 'Subversive Forms' will feature artworks by some of the leading sculptors and innovators working with ceramics in the UK today.
Learn more at our ceramics symposium in February. Sign up to stay up-to-date 👉 bit.ly/ChippenhamMus...
Learn more at our ceramics symposium in February. Sign up to stay up-to-date 👉 bit.ly/ChippenhamMus...
Our talented visitors have been busy sketching their inspirations from 'Threads: Clothing, Memory and Identity'. It is wonderful to see how fashion sparks creativity and personal expression! ✏️🎨💃
September 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Our talented visitors have been busy sketching their inspirations from 'Threads: Clothing, Memory and Identity'. It is wonderful to see how fashion sparks creativity and personal expression! ✏️🎨💃