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Buckinghamshire
- Places of Interest
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Amersham Museum
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49 High Street, Amersham, Bucks HP7 0DP
Tel: 01494 723700
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The low doorway at 49 High Street in Old Amersham leads directly into an original
timber-framed, Tudor Hall House built over 500 years
ago, the home of Amersham Museum. This fascinating museum tells the story of the town of
Amersham from early times, with Roman artefacts from
the villa at Mantles Green, through to the coming of the railway and the establishment of
Amersham on the Hill, WW2 activities and 20th century industries. The new displays on the ground floor
of the museum illustrate everyday life in the town from what people wore to the job they did
and how they enjoyed their leisure time.
Upstairs there are displays about the traditional local crafts of lacemaking, straw plait
for hats, chairmaking and farming. This family friendly museum has interactive exhibits,
traditional toys to try out and special bags of things to do for all ages from pre-school children to
teens. The garden that runs down to the bank of the River Misbourne, hidden away behind the
house, is full of culinary herbs and medicinal plants that our ancestors would have grown. The
shop stocks a wide range of photgraphs taken by local photographer George Ward before
1930, books, postcards and toys linked to Amersham and famous visitors including Beatrix Potter.
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