About Amersham Museum
Amersham Museum is a local history museum in Old Amersham. There are lots of fun things to do e. g an interactive photoscreen, Tudor dressing up, children's arts and crafts. We also have a beautiful herb garden which won Amersham in Bloom in 2010.
Amersham Museum Description
After four years of planning and fundraising and a 10 month closure, Amersham Museum reopened to visitors on Wednesday 12th July.
The museum has undergone a substantial expansion, into the neighbouring Victorian building. The work has resulted in the creation of a new, stunning glass reception space, new exhibition space, a wonderful activity space and new dedicated stores for the museum’s collection. The project has also enabled the museum to better reveal their medieval building, previously hidden to the High Street.
The museum’s collection has been completely redisplayed with more emphasis on the 20th century and much greater access to parts of the collection, including maps and oral histories. There are also more activities for children and discovery boxes full of objects, photos and documents.
The redisplay focuses on five key dates in the town’s history and visitors can find out about the people who lived in the town at the time, the buildings from that era and what daily life was like. Visitors can write at the 1580s desk, sit in the 1930s interior and listen to the radio, watch stills from the theatre or listen to stories in Ron Haddock’s 1960s record shop.
The museum’s wonderful garden has also been re-landscaped to enable wheelchair access and features new planting.
A wonderful activity programme has been developed for the reimagined museum, with activities for people of all ages, including a new schools programme from September. The activities kick off with a series of family activities on Saturday 15th July (free after admission).
The ground floor of the museum is fully accessible to those in wheel-chairs. Access to the first floor is limited to only part of the museum, but information on exhibits is provided on the ground floor. The on-site toilet facilities are wheelchair accessible, and include a baby-changing area for parents. The museum has low doorways and beams throughout. Further information can be found in the museum’s Access Statement.
The newly-enlarged museum is open every Wednesday through to Sunday from 12 noon – 4. 30pm. Admission fees are £3 for adults and children are free.
Reviews
Our Plant of the Week is Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor). If you think that Latin name looks a bit bloodthirsty, you're right: it means 'blood staunch' because it was used to stop bleeding. The more palatable English name shows that its flowers are still used as a salad ingredient. https://amershammuseum.org/
Who's joining us this morning for our Mini Museum? A fun session for U5s to explore the museum through messy play, song & cratfs. You can also relax and enjoy the sunshine in our beautiful garden. Drop in from 10:00-11:30. £3 per child. No need to book.
We're looking forward to seeing you at our Mini Museum tomorrow. A fun session for U5s to explore the museum through messy play, song & cratfs. You can also relax in our beautiful garden. Drop in tomorrow from 10:00-11:30. £3 per child. No need to book.
Who's joining us tomorrow for our Mini Museum? A fun session for U5s to explore the museum through messy play, song & cratfs. You can also relax in our beautiful garden. Drop in tomorrow from 10:00-11:30. £3 per child. No need to book.
Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor)
Join us tomorrow for our Mini Museum. A fun session for U5s to explore the museum through messy play, song & cratfs. We also have a beautiful garden for little and big ones to explore. Drop in tomorrow from 10:00-11:30. £3 per child. No need to book.
This week's Plant of the Week is Goat's Rue (Galega officinalis). Its hormonal properties were used to increase milk production and reduce blood sugar levels. Goat's rue is used along with conventional treatment for diabetes and as a diuretic. And it’s in bloom in our garden! https://buff.ly/2G97AD1
Our garden is looking gorgeous this summer, ready for the RHS In Bloom competition! Come and have a look for yourself. @AmershamInBloom
Our Plant of the Week is Bergamot (Monarda ssp), a fragrant herb whose leaves are used in herbal teas (but not in Earl Grey Tea: that’s the bergamot orange), as well as for aromatherapy and many digestive complaints. Now in bloom in our garden https://buff.ly/2G97AD1.
We're looking forward to seeing you at our Mini Museum session this morning. A fun session for Under 5s to explore the museum through messy play, song and cratfs. Drop in from 10:00-11:30. £3 per child. No need to book.
Who's joining us tomorrow for our Mini Museum session? A fun session for Under 5s to explore the museum through messy play, song and cratfs. Drop in tomorrow from 10:00-11:30. £3 per child. No need to book.
Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor)
You may have seen tablets and tinctures of arnica in the shop before, but have you ever seen it in full flower? Arnica (Arnica montana) is a member of the sunflower family and is in bloom in the Amersham Museum garden. It is noted for its large yellow flower head. The dried flowers are used in creams to treat bruises and inflammation. Visit the Museum’s website here: https://buff.ly/2G97AD1
Our Plant of the Week is Vipers Bugloss (Echium vulgare). According to Culpepper’s Herbal in the 17th Century, its leaves and flowers were used to cure snake bites. It may have got its common name, Viper, from its spotted stem, which is said to resemble a snake's markings, or from the shape of its flowers, which look like the head of a snake. 'Bugloss' comes from the Greek meaning 'ox's tongue' and refers to the rough, tongue-shaped leaves. Visit the herb garden at Amersham Museum https://amershammuseum.org
Vipers Bugloss (Echium vulgare). According to Culpepper’s Herbal in the 17th Century, its leaves and flowers were used to cure snake bites. It may have got its common name, Viper, from its spotted stem, which is said to resemble a snake's markings, or from the shape of its flowers, which look like the head of a snake. 'Bugloss' comes from the Greek meaning 'ox's tongue' and refers to the rough, tongue-shaped leaves.
Apothecary's Rose, or Rosa gallica officinalis, was the Red Rose of Lancaster in the War of the Roses. The petals were used as a perfume and for flavouring medicines.
Brought to Europe by knights returning from the Crusades, a Persian legend tells that the rose's colour came when a nightingale loved a white rose so much that it clutched the flower tightly and the thorns pierced the bird’s breast. The blood made the white rose red.
The Tudor Rose of England consists of the Apo...thecary’s Rose laid atop the white rose of Lancaster, symbolising the unity after the Wars of the Roses.
The rose is in bloom in our garden right now: come and smell the scent that beguiled the nightingale and the Crusaders!
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