Wycombe Museum

Wycombe Museum

Wycombe Museum is a free town museum located in an 18th century house in Priory Avenue in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.

Collections

* 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.
* Tokens and coins — including trade tokens relating to the Wycombe and Buckinghamshire areas.
* Art — oil paintings, prints, watercolours, drawings, engravings, sculpture, 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.

External links

* [http://www.wycombe.gov.uk/sitePages.asp?step=2&categoryID=1482 Wycombe District Council museum website]


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