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What’s On
January - May 2019
Open daily and free l Family friendly museum
Events l For All l For Adults l For Children
Events l For All l For Adults l For Children
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l Thu 10 Happy Café Wellbeing Evening: l Fri 1 Tiny Talk Time 9 l Tue 2 Memory Lane 12
l Introduction to Mindfulness 17 l Sat 2 Beginners and Improvers l Thu 4 Happy Café Wellbeing Evening:
l Herbs for Health 17 Photography Course 15 l Garland Making Workshop 18
l Mindset & Emotional Wellbeing l Herbs for Health 17
Workshop for Mums 17 l Sun 3 Bitesize Introduction to Crochet 15
l Mindset & Emotional Wellbeing 18
l Fri 11 Fox & Cubs Forest School 18 l Tue 5 Memory Lane 12 Workshop for Mums 17
l Sun 13 Introduction to Crochet Course 9 l Fri 8 Fox & Cubs Forest School 9 l Fri 5 Fox & Cubs Forest School 9
l Tue 15 Memory Lane 14 l Fri 8 International Women’s Day Tea 8 l Fri 5 Easter Egg Hunt starts 10
l Wed 16 Volunteer Open Day 12 l Thu 14 Happy Café Wellbeing Evening: l Sat 6 Walking Wycombe with Willie:
l Introduction to Mindfulness 17 Town Walk 13
l Fri 18 Tiny Talk Time 7 l Mindset & Emotional Wellbeing 18
l Sat 19 Let’s Cook: Winter Warmers 9 Workshop for Mums 17 l Sun 7 Laser Clay Pigeon Shooting 8
l Fri 25 Fox & Cubs Forest School 21 l Indian Hand Embroidery 18 l Mon 8 Walking Wycombe with Willie:
l Fri 15 Tiny Talk Time 9 Short Town Walk 13
l Tue 29 Behind the Scenes: Fox & Cubs Forest School
The Mayor’s Chamber 9 l Sat 16 Walking Wycombe with Willie: l Mon 8 Stargazing Evening: The Moon 7
Town Walk 13 l Tue 9 Discover & Make: Clay Creatures 10
February ge
Page l Sun 17 Mad Science! 8 l Thu 11 Discover & Make: Clay Creatures 10
l Fri 1 Tiny Talk Time 9 l Fri 22 Fox & Cubs Forest School 9 l Sat 13 Pop Up Play Village 10
l Sat 2 Willow Basket Making 14 l Sat 23 Action for Happiness: l Tue 16 Discover & Make: Easter Crafts 10
l Sun 3 Willow Basket Making 14 The Art of Relating 16 l Thu 18 Discover & Make: Easter Crafts 10
l Tue 5 Memory Lane 12 l Sun 24 Next Steps Crochet 14 l Tue 23 Kids Easter Crochet 11
l Wed 6 Archaeological Finds Surgery 12 l Tue 26 Volunteer Open Day 7 l Fri 26 Tiny Talk Time 9 Booking for our
l Fri 8 Fox & Cubs Forest School 9 l Fri 29 Tiny Talk Time 9 Sun 28
l Sun 10 Next Steps Crochet 14 l Fri 29 A Tasting History of Gin 2:
l Introduction to Crochet Course 15
events
l Tue 12 Moats, Mottes & Castles 12
The Gin Craze 13 May ge
Page You can book tickets for all of our
l Sun 31 Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea 8 l Mon 6 Walking Wycombe with Willie: events by visiting the Museum
l Thu 14 Happy Café Wellbeing Evening:
l Introduction to Mindfulness 17 Road, Rail, River & Riots Walk 13 reception, over the phone, or online
l Mindset & Emotional Wellbeing 18 l Tue 7 Memory Lane 12 at www.wycombemuseum.org.uk/
Workshop for Mums 17 l Thu 9 Happy Café Wellbeing Evening: events. We depend on your generosity
l Book Making Workshop 18 l Introduction to Mindfulness 17 and the income made through our
l Fri 15 Tiny Talk Time 9 l Vegan Cooking Class 18 events to keep providing a museum
l Sun 17 Kids Learn to Crochet 11 l Fri 10 Tiny Talk Time 9 service to the district, and to keep the
l Sun 17 Raku Ceramics Workshop 15 l Sat 18 Walking Wycombe with Willie: doors open free of charge. Thank you
l Mon 18 Let’s Cook for Kids 11 Town Walk 13 for supporting Wycombe Museum by
l Tue 19 Discover & Make: Fossil Fun 10 l Mon 20 Walking Wycombe with Willie: attending our events!
Short Town Walk 13
l Wed 20 Become a Master Maths Sorcerer 11 The Small Print
l Fri 24 Tiny Talk Time 9
l Wed 20 A Knight’s Journey to the
King’s Throne 11 l Tue 28 Discover & Make: Terrific Tiles 10 Please note that our events have
l Thu 30 Discover & Make: Terrific Tiles 10 minimum capacity requirements, and
l Thu 21 Discover & Make: Fossil Fun 10
we reserve the right to cancel at short
l Fri 22 Fox & Cubs Forest School 9 notice should an event not reach
l Sat 23 Pop Up Play Village 10 capacity. Following cancellations you
l Sun 24 Den Building & Fire Lighting 8 will have the option to reschedule,
l Sun 24 Raku Ceramics Workshop 15 transfer or refund your booking.
l Tue 26 Action for Happiness: Please note that Wycombe Museum
Exploring What Matters starts 16 does not usually offer refunds on
bookings. We will transfer your
booking to another session with 7 days
notice if applicable.
Den Building & Fire Lighting Terrific Tiles
Support Us Support Us
Wycombe Museum is an independent charity managed by Wycombe Heritage & Friends Apply Here
Arts Trust. Our team of trustees, staff, and volunteers is supported by partnerships Make the most of your Museum as a Friend.
within the area, including with Wycombe District Council. We’re all working together Enjoy exclusive invites and discounts on events,
Friends Membership
towards making the Museum a sustainable community venture, and for this we need as well as free drinks and discount in our café
n Single £20 n Joint £30
your support. We are a not-for-profit organisation – proceeds from our efforts always throughout the year. The cost of your membership
go straight back into preserving our local heritage, working with local schools and will go towards helping us care for your collection, Adoption
creating and improving on the content of our
community groups, and putting on our events. galleries, providing resources for education and n Single £75 n Joint £85
If you enjoy the Museum, please spread the word about us, consider supporting us supporting our events programme. Join as an
financially if you can, and bring along your family and friends. Have a look below and Individual for £20 or as a pair for £30. n Friends £55 n Corporate £150
see some of the ways in which you can support us. For more information go to Please complete in BLOCK CAPITALS
www.wycombemuseum.org.uk/friends
See you soon,
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Collection
Volunteering If you are thinking of offering an artefact, _______________________________________________________________________
Do you want to give the gift of time? Volunteers document or painting to the Museum’s collection,
are an integral part of our museum team and we please see our website before bringing your Additional member (if applicable)
simply couldn’t function without them. If you have item(s) in.
free time and would like to support the museum, Title ______________ Full name ____________________________
www.wycombemuseum.org.uk/collection-offers
there’s a role to suit everyone.
To find out more and apply go to Printed versions of this information are available _______________________________________________________________________
www.wycombemuseum.org.uk/volunteer on request. Please don’t bring your items in
without booking an appointment with our Curator. Address _________________________________________________________
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Adopt an Object Postcode ______________________________________________________
Help us to care for Wycombe District’s history by
adopting an object from our collection. Choose Tel _______________________________________________________________
from a catalogue of our 50 best-loved artefacts or
make a special request to adopt your favourite.
You’ll get your name featured on your object’s
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Email
label, a certificate of thanks, a print of your nnnnnnnnnnnn
objects and a feature on our Acknowledgements
board, as well as all of the benefits of a Friends
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membership. Adoptions can be purchased by As part of your benefits, you will be added to
individuals, pairs, or businesses and can be Wycombe Museum’s mailing list.
for yourself or as a unique gift. If you’re already
a Friend, choose the ‘Friends’ option when Please tick to confirm
adopting. n you do give your
consent.
Ask to see a copy of our catalogue in the We will not share
Museum or visit www.wycombemuseum.org. your details with
uk/adopt-an-object. any third parties.
Cut out and return
You can also support the Museum with:
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Support Us Exhibitions
Payment method Talks Permanent displays Terrifying Trench
Why not book a member of our team to deliver Walk through a history of
n Cash a talk to your club or group? We offer talks on a
broad range of topics centred on the Museum’s
Wycombe with our permanent
collection. See our internationally-
n Cheque collection including: known chairs and the history of
n Standing Order/Bank Transfer l Chairmaking in the Chilterns
l A History of Wycombe in 10 Objects
Wycombe District’s
furniture-making
Please make cheques out to Wycombe Museum. l Mysteries of Castle Hill House heritage. View our Art
Please give your name as reference for standing …and more! Gallery, featuring works
orders/bank transfers. of local significance
and visit our old
Account Name: Wycombe Heritage and Arts Trust
kitchen, and imagine
Sort Code: 23-05-80 how it was used when
Account Number 14440078 Castle Hill House was a
family home.
Gift Aid Our reconstructed World War 1 trench is open
Wycombe Museum is run by a charity and is again by popular demand for the whole of 2018 –
therefore able to recover the tax you have paid the centenary year of the end of WW1.
on your membership and any donation you have Beers, Bacon Badgers The terrifying trench gives an idea of what life
made. If you are willing to Gift Aid your donations
then please complete the declaration below. and Bhajis was like on the front - enter if you dare, to hear
the sounds of artillery and spot the trench terrors
Gift Aid Declaration Traditional and New Food in such as rats and flies and learn what you would
Please treat as Gift Aid donations all qualifying For a full list of talks and charges please go to Wycombe District need to help you survive.
www.wycombemuseum.org.uk/adult-talks.
gifts of money made:
Please send enquiries to
Upstairs temporary exhibition space 20th Century Furniture
n Today info@wycombemuseum.org This mini exhibition is an introduction to
Wycombe’s furniture industry in the 20th century,
or call 01494 957210.
n In the past four years especially how the two World Wars influenced
chair designs. It is also an opportunity to find out
n In the future Tasting Histories about plans for our furniture project. Working with
Please tick all boxes that apply In addition to our Talks programme, we also offer Bucks New University we want to talk to people
I confirm I have paid or will pay an amount of Income Tax bespoke drinks-based talk packages, ideal for about their memories of the local industry, create
and/or Capital Gains Tax for each tax year (6 April to 5 corporate events. new exhibitions and celebrate our unique local
April) that is at least equal to the amount of tax that all the furniture heritage in new ways. Get in touch if you
charities or Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) that l A History of Wycombe in 7 Drinks
I donate to will reclaim on my gifts for that tax year.
have memories to share we would love to hear
Take a light-hearted look at the history of from you.
Wycombe District and drinking. Experience
Signed ___________________________________________________________ history presented through seven artefacts and
seven historic-style drinks, and get a real taste of
Date _______________________________________________________________ history ranging from prehistory to the modern day. This exhibition celebrates everything edible and
l A Tasting History of Gin delicious in Wycombe District from prehistory to
Please send this completed and signed form to: the present day. Did you know that Wycombe
Explore and experience the history of gin. From
Wycombe Museum, Priory Avenue, Dutch courage and Gin Palaces to the modern District had its own chocolate factory and that
High Wycombe, Bucks HP13 6PX gin revival. If you enjoy gin, this evening could be cherries were once a local speciality? Or that
Tudor dinner guests were expected to bring their
Cut out and return
Please notify Wycombe Museum if you would like to just the tonic for you!
cancel this declaration, change your name or home own cutlery? Find out all about local specialities
address or no longer pay sufficient tax on your income Prices vary depending on numbers.
such as Bucks bacon badgers and lardy
and/ or capital gains. Please send enquiries to
cakes, as well as newer menu options from the
info@wycombemuseum.org
Caribbean and Pakistan. With lots of hands-on
or call us on 01494 957210.
activities for all.
!
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For All For All
Big Days Out Children to be accompanied by an adult
Big Days Out Children to be accompanied by an adult
Volunteer Open Day International Women’s Laser Clay Pigeon An Introduction to
Tuesday 26 March
10am-4.30pm
Day Tea Shooting Wycombe Arts Festival
Friday 8 March Sunday 7 April Saturday 27 April
1-3.30pm 12-4pm (sessions start every 30 mins) 2-4pm
We love celebrating women at Wycombe A taster of the many varied
Museum - they’re so important to our town, to our events that will take place in
history, and they currently make up the majority of the area during the
our staff and volunteers! We’d like to invite you all month of May.
(men and women alike) to join us for an informal Wycombe Choral
cuppa and a piece of cake to chat and appreciate Society members
the women in our community and in our lives! will sing at
Interested in volunteering at the Museum? Why
Free l Drop In intervals during
not drop in to our informal open day to have a
the afternoon.
chat with our Volunteering Manager about the
kind of opportunities we can offer and the ways Mad Science! Players from
in which you can get involved with supporting the Fourways
Sunday 17 March
Museum. Theatre Group
12.30-1.30pm;
will promote their
Free l Drop In 1.30-2.30pm;
open air production of
2.30-3.30pm Test your aim in these 30-minute laser clay
Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado
Archery & Den Building Bubbling potions, yummy pigeon shooting workshops - a realistic but
environmentally friendly version of real clay
about Nothing’.
sweets, spectacular
Sunday 24 February shooting. Laser Clay Pigeon Shooting is suitable Teatro Unfortunato bring you their usual blend of
experiments, and gooey
for all ages and abilities above 8yrs old (there is chaos and mayhem. ‘A hundred and one things
Den Building & Fire Lighting slime to take home and
to do with Tissue Paper’ Silly, thought provoking
treasure! Join our mad no kick back from the guns).
11am-12.15pm; and interactive clowning.
12.45-2pm; scientist’s workshops to Book l £12
2.30-3.45pm celebrate British Science
Perfect your forest
Week. Children must
be accompanied by an
Stargazing Evenings: Save the date!
hideout with a den adult. Adults do not need tickets. The Moon
making session -
Recommended age: 6+ Monday 8 April
Theatre & Opera
complete with a
campfire and hot Book l £10 or 3 for £25 7-9.30pm on the Lawn
chocolate to keep you Get to know the night sky! This evening will Coming June
warm! Children must Mother’s Day feature a talk from Dr Sandy Giles on different
We’ll be running open air theatre and opera
be accompanied by themes, some time spent looking at the stars
an adult. Adults do Afternoon Tea through telescopes from the museum grounds
performances in June – keep an eye out from
the Spring for dates and titles!
not need tickets. Sunday 31 March with local Wycombe Astro experts, and dinner.
11.30am-1pm; 1.30-3pm; 3.30-5pm Please make sure to dress appropriately as some
Recommended age: 5+ but all are welcome A family-friendly afternoon tea to celebrate time will be spent outside.
Book l £6.50 all wonderful mums. Indulge in a selection of Your ticket will include a Wycombe Museum beer,
sweet and savoury treats including sandwiches, alcoholic hot chocolate or a soft drink alternative,
Archery sessions scones and cakes. Accompanied by The Lulalas, and dinner. (meat or veg biryani with flatbreads)
Starting 11.30am, 12pm, 12.30pm, 1pm, performing popular songs from the 1900s-1960s. Book l Adults £17.50, Under 15’s £10.00,
1.30pm, 2pm, 2.30pm, 3pm Please let us know about any dietary Under 5’s £3.00
Aim for a bulls eye in an archery workshop! For requirements by Sunday 24 March.
Please state any dietary requirements when
adults and children aged 7+ (Children must be Book l £25 Adults, £18 Children 15 & Under booking and at the latest a week before the
accompanied by an adult - adults only need buy
event. After this point, it may be possible to
tickets if they are participating).
book tickets without food. Please contact the
Book l £12 Museum directly to enquire.
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For Children For Children
Regulars Children to be accompanied by an adult
Holiday Activities Children to be accompanied by an adult
Discover & Make runs every Tuesday and Thursday during
Tiny Talk Time Fox & Cubs Forest the school holidays and is an opportunity to play, create
and learn. Sessions run for 45 minute and have a different
10.15-11am; 11.15am-12pm; 1.15-2pm School theme each week. Best for primary school aged children.
Come along for stories, crafts and museum fun in Smaller ones are welcome but may need a helping hand!
9.30-10.45am; 11.15am-12.30pm
this special time for 2 - 5 year olds. Each session
is themed on a different story, rhyme, or song! Discover & Make: Easter Egg Hunt
January 18
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Fossil Fun Friday 5 - Tuesday 23 April
Tuesday 19 February; All day
February 1
Thursday 21 February Hunt around the Museum
Row, Row, Row Your Boat 10.30am; 11.30am; and Garden for Easter
February 15 1.15pm; 2.15pm; clues to solve a puzzle
Kipper’s Toy Box 3.15pm and claim your chocolate
To celebrate prize! We’ve got two egg
March 1
hunts planned - one inside
Billy’s Beetle Darwin Day come
and one outside - so whatever the weather
and handle some
March 15 we’ve got your Easter fun sorted. Available all
real fossils, make a
Elmer A toddler & pre-school group out in nature. Come pterodactyl mobile and day throughout the Easter period - just pick
March 29 create your own fossil to up your activity sheet from reception.
along with your little one and join in the outdoor
The Tiger Who Came to Tea fun! We meet in any weather and enjoy exploring, take home. Recommended age: 2 - 11 years
April 26 playing, building, finding bugs, mixing mud, Book l £4 Drop In l £2.50 (includes a prize)
Old MacDonald’s Farm cooking on the campfire and much more.
May 10 Please dress appropriately for the weather!
Recommended age: 2 - 5 years
Pop Up Play Village Discover & Make:
The Runaway Train Saturday 23 February, 13 April Clay Creatures
Friday 11 January Friday 25 January
May 24 10.30-11.45am
Friday 8 February Friday 22 February* Tuesday 9 April; Thursday 11 April
Rub-a-Dub-Dub Friday 8 March Friday 22 March An exciting play experience for children who 10.30am; 11.30am; 1.15pm; 2.15pm; 3.15pm
Recommended age: 2 - 5 years Friday 5 April Friday 12 April* love to role play in a miniature village – visit Get crafty and create a springtime clay creature!
Friday 3 May Friday 17 May the supermarket, vets, library, hospital and
Book l £3.50 Recommended age: 4+ l Book l £3.50
Wednesday 29 May* more! Children should wear socks or indoor
or block book any 4 dates for £12
shoes. Adults and children not yet walking are Discover & Make:
*Holiday session for ages 2 - 7
free. Best for 3 – 7s, but all ages welcome.
Sessions run 10-11.15am and 12.30-1.45pm
Book l £6.50, £5.50 for additional siblings Easter Crafts
Book l £6.50
Tuesday 16 April; Thursday 18 April
Block book 3 consecutive sessions and
10.30am; 11.30am; 1.15pm; 2.15pm; 3.15pm
receive a free hot drink in our café at each
session! Get set for some Easter Bunny fun and create
your own pop-up hopping bunny to take home.
Recommended age: 4+ l Book l £3
As well as our event programme, we have
lots of activities and things to do daily at the
Discover & Make:
museum including:
Terrific Tiles
l Activity Trails
Tuesday 28 May l 10.30, 11.30am, 12.30pm
l Cafe Board Games Thursday 30 May l 1.15, 2.15, 3.15pm
l Dressing Up Be inspired by the beautiful locally-made
l Garden Games medieval tiles from Penn and learn how they were
l Interactive Gallery Displays made.
Decorate your own tile coaster to take home.
l Art Cart
Recommended age: 4+ l Book l £3.50
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For Children For Adults
Holiday Activities Children to be accompanied by an adult
History and Talks
Kids Learn to Crochet A Knights Journey to Memory Lane Behind the Scenes:
Sunday 17 February
12-2pm
the King’s Throne! 11-11.45am The Mayor’s Chamber
Wednesday 20 February Tuesday 29 January
Bring your crafty kids to lean to crochet using
12-1pm 6.30pm
bright yarn. Work on a fun project – a bracelet or
a keyring – and take home whatever you make! This exclusive event for Friends of Wycombe
Museum will take you behind the scenes into the
Recommended age: 4+
mayor’s chambers. To become a Friend see page
Book l £5
3 or go to www.wycombemuseum.org.uk/friends
Free and exclusive to Friends of the Museum
Let’s Cook for Kids Please book - places are limited
Monday 18 February
10am-3pm Moats, Mottes and
Castles: Status and
Defence in Medieval
An opportunity to meet socially and share stories Buckinghamshire
of the past. These drop-in sessions are free and Tuesday 12 February
last about 45 minutes. All are welcome. Doors open at 7pm
Tuesday 15 January: Keeping Warm
Tuesday 5 February: Famous Faces
All knights go through many quests and this Tuesday 5 March: Moving About
journey to the king’s throne is no different. We Tuesday 2 April: Sunday Best
This fun class is aimed at showing children how
travel back to medieval times and children Tuesday 7 May: Fetes and Festivities
to prepare their own tasty snacks in conjuction
will joust their way through many grammar
with the Let’s Cook Project. The project is simple: Drop In l Free
tournaments. With Explore Learning.
teaching the basics of simple food preparation
Recommended age: 7 - 9
and kitchen safety, along with educating on
reducing food waste, with lots of tasty food! Book l Free
Archaeological Finds
Let us know about any dietary requirements Surgery
when booking and by Monday 11 February. All Kids Easter Crochet Wednesday 6 February
materials provided.
Tuesday 23 April 11am-3pm
Recommended age: 8 - 14 10.30am-12.30pm Bring along your
Book l £5
archaeological finds
to be identified and
Become a Master Maths recorded by Arwen
No single memorable battle is recorded in
Buckinghamshire and the county has only one
James, the Bucks
Sorcerer! and Milton Keynes
surviving stone-built defence – Boarstall Tower.
Nevertheless, the sites of several castles and a
Wednesday 20 February Finds Liaison Officer.
considerable number of lesser defensive works
10.30am-11.30am Your find could add to
do survive. We may not have enough evidence to
Take the steps to our knowledge of the past
finally decide where Desborough ‘Castle’ and the
becoming a maths on the Portable Antiquities
large mound in Wycombe Museum’s garden fit in,
whiz(ard) with this Website.
but perhaps consideration of the overall county
workshop with Explore Bring your crafty kids to lean to crochet using For more info email picture might help? Hear Mike Farley, former
Learning! bright yarn. Work on a fun Easter-themed project ajames@buckscountymuseum.org Bucks County Archaeologist, speak and make
and take home whatever you make! or call 01296 624519.
Recommended age: 5 - 7 your own mind up! Doors at 7pm for a 7.30pm
Book l Free Recommended age: 4+ Book l Free start. Free glass of wine on arrival.
Book l £5
Book l £7 of £4 for Friends
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For Adults For Adults
History and Talks Arts & Crafts
A Tasting History Walking Wycombe with Introduction to Crochet Basket Making
of Gin 2: The Gin Craze Willie Course Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 February
Saturday 10am-4.30pm and Sunday 2-4.30pm
Friday 29 March Sunday 13, 20, 27 January & 2 February;
7.30-9.30pm
Town Walks Sunday 28 April, 5, 12 and 19 May
Contemporary basket maker Christine Brewster
Saturday 16 March; Saturday 6 April and returns for a repeat of this popular weekend
11.30am-1.30pm
Saturday 18 May workshop. You will learn how to use traditional
10am-12.45pm basket-making methods to make a quality
English willow basket that you take home and
use for years to come. All materials provided.
Refreshments included.
Join Willie for a 2.5 mile, 2.5 hour, walking history
tour around the centre of the town, departing
Following last year’s hugely successful gin event, and returning to Wycombe Museum. The walk
we present to you our all-new Tasting History of is mainly along roads with one short, steep
Gin, show-casing historic v contemporary styles climb. The Museum will be open at 10am for a
of gin. Featuring fresh, light and juniper-scented 10.15am departure, so pick up your drinks to
gin history, six different gins for your delectation take away before you go! The walks are free but
and enjoyment and specially selected snacks to any donations will go to our partner organisation
complement the gins. Drinking ‘mother’s ruin’ www.streetkidsdirect.org.uk
with your mum at this event would make the No need to book - just turn up!
perfect Mother’s Day Gift. This course consists of four weekly fun and
Please leave your car at home. Short Town Walks sociable classes to help complete beginners get
Strictly 18+ Monday 8 April and Monday 20 May to grips with crochet through mini-projects. All
10-11am materials are provided, including take-home how-
Book l £28 Recommended age: 14+
to guides. Refreshments included.
Sponsored by Join Willie for a new, shorter one mile walk round Book l £85
the centre of the town which is suitable for Recommended age: 14+
Griffiths Brothers
Book l £88
motorised buggies and is completely flat. It will
start at Pann Mill on The Rye at 10.00 and thread
Next Steps Crochet
Save the date! its way through the town to finish at Frogmoor Bitesize Introduction to Sunday 10 February; Sunday 24 March
11.30am-2.30pm
at 11.00. The walk is free but any donations will
Beers, Bevvies and go to our partner organisation Crochet Already know how to chain stitch, double stitch
Brewing www.streetkidsdirect.org.uk Sunday 3 March and treble stitch? In this session, you will learn
new techniques to get started on more advanced
No need to book - just turn up! 11.30am-2.30pm
Friday 28 June 2019 projects. All materials provided, including take-
Do you want to learn to crochet? Aimed at
Save the date for our ever-popular annual Road, Rail, River & Riots Walk complete beginners, this class will get you
home how-to guides. Refreshments included.
beer tasting with the usual side serving of Monday 6 May Recommended age: 14+
started on your own projects. All materials
cheese, biscuits and light-hearted beer 10am-12.30pm Book l £22
provided, including take-home how-to guides.
history. Further details including this year’s
Join Willie for a new 2.5 hour walk starting from Refreshments included.
breweries and themes will be announced
in April, so look out on our website and the car park at Wycombe Rye Lido at 10.00 Recommended age: 14+
Facebook page or call into the Museum for which follows a rectangular route to Loudwater Book l £33
further details. Bookings will also open in and back. The walk is free but any donations will
April so book early to avoid disappointment. go to our partner organisation
www.streetkidsdirect.org.uk
Over 18s only.
No need to book - just turn up!
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For Adults For Adults
Arts & Crafts Health & Wellbeing
Raku Ceramics Beginners and Improvers Let’s Cook: Winter
Workshop Photography Course Warmers Action For Happiness:
Sunday 17 February Saturday 2, 9, 16, 23 March Saturday 19 January
10am-1pm and 10am-1.30pm 10am-3pm Exploring What Matters
Sunday 24 February
Tuesday 26 February - 16 April
11am-5pm
7-9pm
Exploring What Matters is a secular, science-
based course created by Action for Happiness
for people who want to learn how to live happily
and spread happiness to those around them.
Each week is based around a big question.
Week 1: What really matters in life?
Week 2: What actually makes us happy?
Week 3: Can we find peace of mind?
Learn some basic cooking techniques along with Week 4: How should we treat others?
how to maximise store-cupboard ingredients and Week 5: What makes for great relationships?
This popular four-week course, led by members reduce waste with lots of cooking and tasting. Week 6: Can we be happier at work?
of Wycombe Photographic Society, will help you Whether you’re on a low budget or just want to Week 7: Can we build happier communities?
get to know your digital SLR camera and learn learn some new skills whilst promoting a healthier Week 8: How can we create a happier world?
various techniques to produce quality images. lifestyle let Let’s Cook help you out! Let us know Age 18+
The sessions will introduce you to landscape, about any dietary requirements you have by Book l £90 suggested donation - available at
Create strikingly glazed ceramic pieces with raku, portrait and macro photography. This is a Saturday 12 January. http://afh-high-wycombe-26-feb.eventbrite.
a unique Japanese ceramic technique, in this practical taught course and you will need your Let’s Cook is a project working in conjunction co.uk
two-session workshop. Spend the first session own SLR camera. Refreshments included. with the Buckinghamshire Waste Partnership
crafting your design in clay, and then return
a week later to fire them. Unlike conventional
Recommended age: 14+ to promote healthy eating, home cooking and The Art of Relating
Book l £86 reducing food waste. Sessions will also touch
firings, Raku is a firing technique that pulls Saturday 23 March
on menu planning, smart shopping, portion
ceramics from the kiln at temperatures of up to 10am-1pm
sizing, batch cooking and freezing. Let’s get
1,000 degrees centigrade. The pots are then the community cooking! Instructors have been Join us as we explore the importance of
immediately placed in burning sawdust before trained and certified by the Let’s Cook Project. practising positive relating: having good
being dramatically plunged into water, creating relationships with ourselves, our intimate family,
Recommended age: 18+
patterns in the glaze. neighbours and colleagues, as well as the bigger
Book l £5
Recommended for 16+ picture of our lives. A three-hour workshop, run
Book l £75 by Karen Matovu, an accredited couples therapist
and covering four of Action for Happiness’s
10 Keys to Happier Living – Relating, Giving,
Meaning and Acceptance.
Places limited – booking essential.
Age: 18+
Book l £12 suggested donation
15 16
For Adults For Adults
Health & Wellbeing Health & Wellbeing
Happy Café Wellbeing Herbs for Health Book Making Garland Making Workshop
Evenings Thursday 10 January; Thursday 4 April
7-8pm
Thursday 14 February
7-9pm
Thursday 4 April
7-9pm
2nd Thursdays of the month (except April)
Understand the benefits of herbs and how they
Wycombe Museum is teaming up with Action for can be used to target particular health concerns,
Happiness to become a Happy Café. The idea and learn the art of blending simple infusions to
is simple and inspiring: a friendly and welcome combat them. Talks are delivered by Alice Nugent
place to meet other people with shared interests of Hippopot Herbs, a qualified Medical Herbalist.
in promoting happiness and wellbeing.
10 January - Herbs for Coughs and Colds
Introduction to Mindfulness 4 April - Herbs for Sleep
Thursday 10 January, 14 February, Recommended age: 18+
14 March, 9 May Book l £11
Using a variety of glitter felt and woollen felt,
7- 9pm make your own personalised garland to decorate
Mindset & Emotional Wellbeing
your home.
Workshop for Mums
Book l £16.50
Thursday 10 January, 14 February, Using hand dyed and recycled papers, make
14 March, 4 April a simple book and decorate using wooden Vegan Cooking Class
7-9pm printing blocks and embellishments. All materials
included. Thursday 9 May
7-9pm
Recommended age: 16+
Book l £10
Indian Hand Embroidery
Thursday 14 March
7-9pm
Mindfulness helps you to find peace of mind,
improves your health, is cost effective and
everyone can do it! These five evenings work
individually or as a series – come to one or all.
Session titles are below – see online for more
details. These sessions aim to equip you with the tools
8 November: Managing Stress and Anxiety and insights you need as a mum in order to move
Get some ideas for new dishes from this vegan
10 January: Life is in the Moment beyond survival mode and feeling overwhelmed
cooking and food prep class with Charmaine
into adopting a grounded and centred state so
14 February: The Art of Self-Love from Khepera Org ahead of National Vegan and
that you can parent from a rock solid foundation
Vegetarian Week. Learn how to make your own
14 March: Connecting with your Body-Mind of love and kindness.
homemade milks, juices, snack bites, salads and
9 May: The Art of Compassion You will learn how to: desserts that will contribute to a healthy and well-
Age 18+ l Develop a mindset that works for you rather nourished vegan and vegetarian lifestyle.
Book l £20 than against you. Recommended 16+
Block book all 5 sessions l £90 l Have more energy, health and vitality. Book l £15
l Consistently embody the values and
behaviours you wish to pass on to
your children. Learn how to decorate a block printed image
Each session will be based around a different using simple Indian hand embroidery.
topic. Come along to just one or to al four as a All materials included.
series. Recommended age: 16+
Book l £11 Book l £10
17 18In Partnership With
Sunday Assembly
Second Sunday of every month
Wycombe Lotto
Set up to support
Castle Hill House & Gardens
Live better, help often, community projects
wonder more! Everyone’s in the local area,
welcome at Sunday Wycombe Lotto
Assembly - High Wycombe’s raises money within
secular congregation, the community for
celebrating life with speakers, the community. A ticket from Wycombe Lotto
song, poems and more. costs £1 per week - 50p of each ticket will go
directly to your chosen cause!
Find out more at Wycombe
Sunday Assembly’s Facebook page To support the Museum go to
or @S_Assembly_HW on Twitter! wycombelotto.co.uk/support/
wycombe-museum
Heart of Bucks Action for Happiness
First Monday of every month
Bucks Meetups
2nd Saturday of the month
10.15am-12pm
Interested in Castle Hill House & Gardens
Happiness and
Free funding consultations at Wycombe Museum.
Well-Being? Come – home of Wycombe Museum,
Consultations are aimed at non-profit charitable
along and connect
organisations working to benefit the communities
with like-minded
is a unique venue for weddings and
of Bucks.
people in the relaxed and friendly environment events in the heart of High Wycombe
To book an appointment call 01296 330134. of Wycombe Museum’s Happy Café, as we chat
over a cup of coffee and learn from each other.
Dosti Ladies Group With a different topic each month, based on the
AfH 10 Keys to Happier Living.
Tuesdays during term time l 10am - 12pm
Age: 18+
For more details go to https://www.meetup.
com/High-Wycombe-Happiness-Meetup/
La Leche League
2nd Friday of the month
La Leche League Chilterns
offer mother to mother
support for breastfeeding.
Dosti is an Independent Voluntary organisation that
thrives on promoting, educating & engaging Women Come along for free
Dosti is an independent voluntary organisation
in the Community to empower their Individuality. support, encouragement
that thrives on promoting, educating and
and information from Priory Avenue l High Wycombe Bucks l HP13 6PX
engaging women in the community from all faiths 01494 957210 l info@wycombemuseum.org l www.wycombemuseum.org
trained breastfeeding
to empower their individuality. Come along for
counsellors. All welcome,
refreshments, exercise and activities.
at any stage of pregnancy or breastfeeding with
Contact: 07894347039 no need to book in advance.
Get support or find out more at https://www.
Well established (10th birthday coming up) - we offer a facebook.com/LLLChilterns/
vast range of Diverse & culturally aware services:
l one to one support
Phone: 0789 434 7039
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social interaction Nabeela,Neha,Naz
l advocacy Email: dosti07@live.co.ukVenue Hire & Birthday Parties Projects & Updates
Hosting an event? From weddings to birthday parties, business meetings to community Red Kite NEW Sensory Garden!
groups, host your event against the backdrop of our beautiful listed building and The Museum was successful in winning a pot of Wycombe Museum has been funded by the
grounds. Wycombe Museum offers various parts of our site for community, charity and money from Red Kite Housing Building Blocks #iwill Programme to create a sensory garden
corporate hire. fund to help improve our gardens for events and in our grounds. #iwill is a UK-wide campaign
general use. We have already installed a new aiming to get 6 out of 10 young people
Go to www.wycombemuseum.org.uk/venue-hire/ for more information and prices.
shed that will enable us to more easily facilitate involved in social action by 2020.
outdoor events, and will be installing some picnic
tables in the near future. We will be working closely with Toolshed over
the coming months to transform the area
behind the motte to a sensory garden full of
herbs, flowers and foliage – watch this space!
Collections Audit
With help from funding granted to the Museum by
the South East Museums MDO, we are currently
undertaking a project to help us audit and
reorganise our on-site collection storage. During
refurbishments in 2015, the Museum’s collection
had to be moved a number of times without
us being able to record all of our objects’ new
locations. This has affected our ability to plan and
organise exhibitions, and generally manage our
collection. With the help of this funding, we have
been able to train staff and volunteers to make
Wycombe Museum offer a number of led birthday Time Travellers better use of our collections software, and to
party sessions including a fun mix of games, plan and resource this ongoing project. We’re so
Travel back in time and have a go at a historic
activities, and crafts inspired by the Museum, grateful to our team of volunteers involved, and
craft of your choice – make mosaics, clay pots, or
ideal for children aged between 5 – 8 years old. are thankful for their ongoing time and effort!
carve soap – play a game of musical time zones,
All sessions are led by Museum staff and include
and race to find some Museum objects before
a break for a birthday tea.
they’re stolen by time travellers!
Our birthday party themes are:
Nature Detectives
Knights and Princesses Embark on a bug hunt in
Make your own crowns, have a knighting or the Museum gardens, make
coronation for the birthday boy or girl, go on a creepy crawly bug masks,
quest to find hidden treasure, and play a game of play a fun game of nature
pin the sword on the knight! bingo, and get creative to
make a fantasy bug out
of clay!
More information at www.wycombemuseum.org.uk/birthdayparties/
21 22Café and Shop
Don’t forget to visit our cafe and shop.
Enjoy a range of sandwiches, home-made cakes
and hot and cold drinks in a unique environment.
Why not pick up a souvenir of your visit or a gift?
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