Knighton Museum
@knightonmuseum.bsky.social
🏴Small social history museum just on the Welsh side of the Powys/Radnorshire-Shropshire border. Dementia-friendly and run by volunteers.🏴
These are the views of our curator - as is the slant towards industrial archaeology and cats.
www.knightonmuseum.org
These are the views of our curator - as is the slant towards industrial archaeology and cats.
www.knightonmuseum.org
Samhain Blessing, everyone. Meet the new museum volunteer and his witch.
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Samhain Blessing, everyone. Meet the new museum volunteer and his witch.
Guess the book.
August 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Guess the book.
Window ready for our carnival on Saturday.
August 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Window ready for our carnival on Saturday.
Milk bottle cooler for when it was left on the doorstep.
July 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Milk bottle cooler for when it was left on the doorstep.
Meet our Sunday volunteers. The group photo was our open evening for the local history group last night. Sue was a Wars of the Roses re-enactor before she moved to Knighton. Emily is our youngest volunteer and an illustrator of children’s books.
May 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Meet our Sunday volunteers. The group photo was our open evening for the local history group last night. Sue was a Wars of the Roses re-enactor before she moved to Knighton. Emily is our youngest volunteer and an illustrator of children’s books.
Closing on Sunday, 2June. We’re volunteering @shropscatrescue.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Closing on Sunday, 2June. We’re volunteering @shropscatrescue.bsky.social
We’d love you to join us over half-term. @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social
A chance to win our copy of Shrapnel Boys.
A chance to win our copy of Shrapnel Boys.
May 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
We’d love you to join us over half-term. @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social
A chance to win our copy of Shrapnel Boys.
A chance to win our copy of Shrapnel Boys.
If you're local (or on holiday), we'd love to see you.
May 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
If you're local (or on holiday), we'd love to see you.
When your new volunteer is an illustrator!
May 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
When your new volunteer is an illustrator!
Fascinating talk last Tuesday by Knighton historian, John Davis about local lad’s RFC exploits as recorded in his diary. Another victim of WWI.
Next month - A Night in the Museum. Guess where!
Next month - A Night in the Museum. Guess where!
May 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Fascinating talk last Tuesday by Knighton historian, John Davis about local lad’s RFC exploits as recorded in his diary. Another victim of WWI.
Next month - A Night in the Museum. Guess where!
Next month - A Night in the Museum. Guess where!
We’re back!
Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays - 10am to 4pm and Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays - 11am to 3pm.
Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays - 10am to 4pm and Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays - 11am to 3pm.
April 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We’re back!
Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays - 10am to 4pm and Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays - 11am to 3pm.
Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays - 10am to 4pm and Sundays & Bank Holiday Mondays - 11am to 3pm.
We have a lovely new ceiling! Progress at last.
April 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We have a lovely new ceiling! Progress at last.
Our fingers are firmly crossed for an Easter Weekend opening!
April 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Our fingers are firmly crossed for an Easter Weekend opening!
A big “Thank you “ to @madridnantes.bsky.social who keeps the world‘s best diary and reminded us that Billy the Kid is 10 today!
March 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A big “Thank you “ to @madridnantes.bsky.social who keeps the world‘s best diary and reminded us that Billy the Kid is 10 today!
Yellow weather warnings for Shropshire today.
This is what it looks like at 7.00am.
Taken from the 3rd floor of Tower House, Sunday 23.2.25 looking east.
This is what it looks like at 7.00am.
Taken from the 3rd floor of Tower House, Sunday 23.2.25 looking east.
February 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Yellow weather warnings for Shropshire today.
This is what it looks like at 7.00am.
Taken from the 3rd floor of Tower House, Sunday 23.2.25 looking east.
This is what it looks like at 7.00am.
Taken from the 3rd floor of Tower House, Sunday 23.2.25 looking east.