The Yelde Hall is free to enter and will be open from 10.30am to 1.30pm. The opening dates are:
📅 Saturday 9 May
📅 Saturday 11 July
📅 Saturday 8 August
📅 Saturday 22 August
📅 Saturday 12 September
Learn more about this historic building using our free digital guide 👉 bit.ly/YeldeHistory
Want to discover more about Chippenham's history? Step inside the Yelde Hall, a medieval Grade I listed building open on summer mornings for you to enjoy in all its glory. Visit the Yelde Hall on select dates from May to September, where you can meet characters from the town’s past!
Join our team as an Exhibition Volunteer this summer and help visitors discover our exhibition, ‘Wiltshire & The World: John Aubrey & The Quest for Knowledge’, celebrating the wide-ranging interests of seventeenth-century antiquarian John Aubrey.
🔗 bit.ly/VolunteeratChippenhamMuseum
Chippenham Museum presents Our History Day at the Town Hall! 📣
Follow the link to learn more and book your tickets 🔗 bit.ly/OHD_26
Celebrate #WorldArtDay with Chippenham Museum! 🎨✨
Our updated free digital guide on Bloomberg Connects features new content, new insights, and our 'Art Herstory' tour, spotlighting the women artists and voices that shape our collection.
Start exploring today! 👉 bit.ly/ChippenhamMu...
Join us in May’s installment of our free art talk series, where we will be joined by Alma Boyes and Helen Harris.
📅 Saturday 9 May
🕒 2.00pm - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential
Book your tickets here 👉 bit.ly/MayTalkTickets
To celebrate our latest exhibition, 'Lady Chatterley’s Cover: The Book Designs of Stephen Russ', we’ve curated a range of gifts and stationery inspired by book design! 📚✨
The Museum Shop is open Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm. Can’t make it in person? Shop online here 🔗 bit.ly/ChippenhamMuseumOnlineShop
It's been a busy Easter Holiday here at Chippenham Museum! Visitors got creative with the art of book design, making their own bookmarks and mini books inspired by our current exhibition.
We’re proud to offer free, themed activities every school holiday, so stay tuned to see what's coming up!
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is ancient art!
🖼️ Stele for Dionysos (Diptych B), 1982, Joe Tilson (1928-2023), oil on wood relief, accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government and allocated to the Chippenham Museum, 2023
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Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is music! 🎨🎵
🖼️ String Instrument, 1983, Paul Rudall (1921-2012), oil and ink on paper © the artist’s estate
Learn more about the artist 🔗 bit.ly/PaulRudall
#ICYMI, we're open as usual throughout Easter Bank Holiday this weekend! 🐣🌼🐰
#ICYMI, join us during the Easter Holidays for free creative activities inspired by our latest exhibition! 📚
📅 Tuesday 31 March - Thursday 9 April
🕘 Quiet Time: 9.00am – 10.00am (last entry 9.45am)
🕥 Drop-in: 10.30am – 3.30pm
🎟️ All free!
Book your Quiet Time tickets here 👉 bit.ly/EasterQuietTime
Here’s a sneak peek inside our latest exhibition, 'Lady Chatterley’s Cover: The Book Designs of Stephen Russ' at Chippenham Museum. Open until Saturday 30 May, It’s a rare opportunity to explore the work of a designer who influenced the look of 20th-century British literature.
Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is tiles! 🎨
These ceramic tiles are glazed with dyes made from the ashes of the plants named on each tile, transforming compostable materials into art.
🖼️ The Wood-Ash Tiles Series, Astrid Furnival
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/TheWoodAshTilesSeries
Learn more about the book 'Chippenham, Our History', and other events celebrating the history of the town throughout 2026 here:
Brilliant to see this piece from the Chippenham Gazette and Herald on the launch of our latest Partnership Publication, 'Chippenham, Our History' in collaboration with @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social. #Skystorians
Join Chippenham Museum Photo Club this April to explore Westmead Open Space!
Led by an experienced photographer, young people aged 11 to 17 will explore the area, learn about local wildlife, and develop photography skills.
To learn more and reserve your place, follow the link 👉 bit.ly/4s80IMs
We're open as usual throughout the Easter Bank Holiday weekend! Come and explore our latest exhibition and our newly redisplayed art galleries.
🥚 Good Friday (3 April): 10am - 4pm
🐣 Saturday (4 April): 10am - 4pm
🌼 Easter Sunday (5 April): Closed
🐰 Easter Monday (6 April): 10am - 4pm
Free Quiet Time sessions are available from 9am to 10am for these activities. Book in for a quieter, more relaxed experience before the creative drop-ins.
📅 Tuesday 31 March - Thursday 9 April
🕒 9am - 10am (last entry 9.45am)
🎟️ Free, booking essential: bit.ly/EasterQuietTime
Join us during the Easter Holidays for crafty activities inspired by our latest exhibition. Our activities are free to enjoy, so why not come along and get involved in some creative fun! 🎨🖌️
📅 Tuesday 31 March - Thursday 9 April
🕒 10.30am - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free, drop-in
Exciting news! Chippenham Museum has received funding from Chippenham Borough Lands Charity for 'Brief Lives', a creative writing project celebrating the history and people of Chippenham and the surrounding area.
Learn more in our latest blog post 👉 bit.ly/InspiringYoungWriters
NEW IN 🚨
This book is the product of research carried out over more than a decade for the Victoria County History volume covering the town & its environs, to be published in 2026.
💷 £14.95
📍 In-store & online
🔗 bit.ly/ChippenhamMuseumOnlineShop
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An oil painting of a serious young girl on the left reading to an elderly man with bald head and long grey hair. He is cupping his ear with his right hand.
This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is all about books
In case you thought audiobooks were new, 'Reading Aloud' was painted by Airdrie artist John Levack (1823-1874) artuk.org/discover/art...
His layering of colour under the black to intensify the shadows was so subtle, its use was queried by both the block-maker and a book reviewer: ‘It made great use of drawing in red and yellow under the black. The effect was very subtle and clever, but quite invisible'.
🖼️ © Russ Family Collection
'Zohara', published in 1961 by Secker & Warburg, is set in a Spanish village where the locals are afraid of a suspected witch. The atmosphere of the novel is produced with just three colours, black, pink & yellow, over white paper. By combining pink & yellow, Russ produced the red of the shawls.
For today's @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange, we're exploring books to celebrate the opening of our new exhibition, 'Lady Chatterley’s Cover: The Book Designs of Stephen Russ'. This work can be seen on display in 'Lady Chatterley’s Cover', open until Saturday 30 May 2026.
A group of adults and children read books together in a cozy room surrounded by bookshelves and vintage printing equipment, with posters and machinery in the background, evoking a warm, nostalgic atmosphere.
Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is 'books' for Lady Chatterley’s Cover: The Book Designs of Stephen Russ at
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'Printing' by Colin Rae (1886–1953) and Students at Carlisle School of Art from Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
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Portrait of a man sat sideways on green chair in front of overflowing bookshelves.
Portrait of a man in a blue suit in front of bookshelves.
This is our official petition for readable book spines in the background of portraits ✊️
It's #books for today's @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.bsky.social 📚️
We think the contents of one's bookshelf can tell you an awful lot about a person.
Let us know you agree 👇
It's books for today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange for Lady Chatterley’s Cover: The Book Designs of Stephen Russ @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social 📚
We have selected an artwork from our own collection - 'Printing' by Colin Rae and the students at Carlisle School of Art.
This week’s #OnlineArtExchange is ‘books’ for 'Lady Chatterley’s Cover: The Book Designs of Stephen Russ’ at Chippenham Museum @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social
It felt only fitting to share some photographs in our collection of the Old Linenhall Library 📚