2 April 2021 We are thrilled to announce that we have received a grant of £216,758 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to…
Holi – Spring Festival of Colours
by Rajat Mahesh, Chairperson, Aylesbury Hindu Temple Trust As we enter Spring, it’s the time of the year when vibrant hues fill all across the…
Return of the Induno painting after world travels!
The fabulous painting ‘A Scene from the Risorgimento’ by Italian artist Gerolamo Induno in 1865 has been returned to Bucks County Museum after over three…
Calling all Buckinghamshire Heroes – Past and Present
Bucks County Museum is delighted to have been awarded £223,000 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund for our new Bucks Heroes Project working with different…
Karen’s story
My parents arrived in the UK as a part of the Windrush generation in the late 50’s and 60’s from the West Indian British colonies…
Stan & Isaline’s Story
The decision to emigrate to any country is not simply a focus on the immediate need to improve a person's circumstances, as it comes with…
Summer fun!
Over the summer, we ran a reopening project comprised of 12 yoga sessions, 4 open garden afternoons, 18 garden explorer sessions for families and 2…
Gladys’s story – Black History Month
A Conversation With Gladys This year’s theme for Black History Month is Women’s Achievements and whilst we have shared some stories from members of our…
Patsy’s story – Black History Month
Patsy Marie Morris left Franklin Town, which is situated adjacent to Jamaica’s capital, Kingston and boarded a plane to Heathrow Airport with her grandmother at…
Claudia and Elisha’s story – Black History Month
Women and mum's in property Claudia and I have been best friends since the tender age of 11, first meeting at secondary school in South London.…
Dave’s story – Black History Month
Prince McNichols (known as Dave) departed from St Vincent in 1960. He was nineteen when he left Mesopotamia, the small town he grew up in.…
Agatha’s story – Black History Month
I left Jamaica in 1960 to join my husband, who came over in 1959, as he had obtained a job as a service engineer in…
Stephanie’s story – Black History Month
Women's Achievements I began my life journey in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire a place where I would come back to time and time again. Aylesbury in the…
Chester’s Story – Black History Month
Chester Jones moved to Aylesbury with his wife Inez in 1966, having arrived in the UK eleven years previously. Initially he lived in Fulham before…
Welcome to Black History Month 2020
Like all cultural organisations across the country we have had to adapt our planned events during the pandemic, and although the museum may currently be…
Tudors: Perfumed Pomanders
Part of Bucks County Museum is a Tudor House. The Tudors weren’t always very hygienic and so Tudor life could be very whiffy! Tudors had…
The Iron Age: At home with the Celts
Bucks Back in Time Buckinghamshire has a number of Iron Age Hillforts along the line of the Chiltern Hills. Iron Age people lived on farmsteads…
Salt dough fossils
Create your own amazing fossils using our simple guide. Don't forget to upload photos of your creations using the hashtag #saltdoughfossils
Egg-box Garden
Create your own Egg-box garden and watch your seeds grow on your windowsill. Once clear of any frosts, normally by the end of April -…
How to make your own B.F.G. Dream Blowing Trumpet
Please ensure all activities are supervised by an adult.
Bovril Jar
This is a Bovril jar, it is one of 150,000 objects that make up Bucks County Museum’s collection. It is made of brown glass with…
Black History Month
BLACK HISTORY MONTH The Wedding Shoes by Ann Alphonse [envira-gallery id="5841"] When we were little my sister and I would love to get dad’s wedding…
A wonderful day celebrating Eid
On the 26th August 2019, Bucks County Museum opened its doors to host an Eid Fayre with scores of visitors enjoying arts and crafts, historical…
Robot Competition Winners Announced!
The 2 overall winners of our Robot competition have been chosen! We were thrilled to receive so many excellent entries for our Robot competition from…
Investment of £200,000 from DCMS /Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvements Fund for Bucks County Museum Trust
Bucks County Museum Trust is delighted to announce an award of £200,000 from the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvements Fund to develop new permanent galleries…
Buckinghamshire County Museum – A Peace of our Heritage by Zohar Marer
Zohar Marer: Aylesbury resident; working at Lindengate, a local mental health charity. (All views are my own.) Here, this paradise, reserved only for me. My…
We need your help with our toy exhibition
We’ve got a fantastic toy exhibition at the museum over Christmas with lots of toys and games for the kids to play with. But, we…
LGBTrees
My name is Emma Prill; a local artist; a transgender woman and owner of the company 'Dresses and Pints'. Dresses and Pints is a place…