Wycombe Museum (aka Wycombe Local History and Chair Museum) is a free

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located in the town of

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Wycombe Museum and Wycombe Heritage & Arts Trust, UK. It is run by Wycombe Heritage and Arts Trust, as of 1 December 2016. It was previously run by

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. The museum is located in Castle Hill House on Priory Avenue. It is situated in an 18th-century house on a medieval site, and surrounding the museum are Victorian gardens. The museum presents exhibitions the history of the local area, including the

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industry, especially

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-making. There are also displays of

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and natural history.

Collections

The museum collections include: * Social history of the Wycombe and Buckinghamshire areas. * Furniture industry — chairs, other furniture and tools that relate to the furniture industry in and around High Wycombe, videotapes of craftsmen at work. * Tokens and coins — including trade tokens relating to the Wycombe and Buckinghamshire areas. * Art — oil paintings, prints, watercolours, drawings, engravings, brass rubbings and sculpture. * Oral history tapes — recordings taken over the past 30 years. * Archive material and photographs — sale catalogues, price lists, design books and account books of furniture companies dating back to the 19th century. * Photographs — relating to the town and the furniture industry and trade in the Wycombe area. *

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- showcasing memorabilia from the club, inducing the Wycombe Comanche

Trivia

The museum was mentioned in ''

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References

External links

Wycombe Museum website

Wycombe Museum page

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