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Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · 22h

Don't miss this fabulous performance. There are a few tickets left. Get yours online or on the door. Doors open 7pm.

Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · 3d

Get your tickets soon for this fabulously spooky evening. Show is at 7:30pm on 10 October at Tetbury Police Museum & Courtroom

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Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · 4d

Its spooky 👻 season and we have a great show for you in the museum this Friday. A few tickets are available gey yours at Eventibrite. Dont miss the show!

Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · 8d

One spooky night in October! The wonderful spooky magician is returning to Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom for an evening of magic and mystery. Tickets sell fast so get yours today.👻☠️

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Athelstan Museum @athelstanmuseum.bsky.social · 8d

Our latest temporary exhibition is now open, in the Athelstan Museum, Malmesbury, until March 2026.

- Malmesbury and World War Two -

the exhibition features the many aspects of the war which affected everyday life in wartime Malmesbury.

#History #Museumsky #WW2 #20thC #Wiltshire

Photograph of the ‘Wings for Victory’ event on May 15th 1943.
Two WW2 fighter planes and a number of soldiers lined up on parade in the Cross Hayes, Malmesbury.
Photo: Charles Vernon.

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Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · 14d

An evening of entertainment and spooky tales at the Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom on 10th of October. Tickets on sale now on Eventbrite

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Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · 24d

Come and learn about the science of crime detection from the past to the present at the The Tetbury Goods Shed

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Bow Street Museum @bowstreetmuseum.bsky.social · 24d

We are excited to be welcoming back Naomi Ryan for what is sure to be another sell-out talk!
Discover some of the most confounding murder cases in criminal history, & explore how the supernatural shaped modern understanding of murder.
https://bowstreetpolicemuseum.digitickets.co.uk/category/36332

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Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · 24d

Come and learn about the science of crime detection from the past to the present at the The Tetbury Goods Shed

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Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · 26d

Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · 29d

This Saturday! Come and visit the museum. Our guides will be on hand to give e a tour and answer questions from 11 to 3.

Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · Sep 7

Coming up on Saturday the 20th we are excited to be at the Goods Shed in Tetbury for our family event. 10 yo 3pm. Come along fir some hands on fun!

Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · Sep 4

Next weekend come and learn about this fascinating building in the middle of Tetbury. #HeritageOpenDays

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Chippenham Museum @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social · Sep 3

Grab your tickets for tomorrow's talk where we will be exploring the fashion and clothing of the 15th and 16th centuries with the help of local reenactors, Jenny and John.

📅 Thursday 4 September
🕒 6.00pm - 7.30pm
🎟️ Free, booking essential via Eventbrite

Tickets: bit.ly/16thCenturyClothingTalk

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Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · Aug 29

We are open today!

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Chippenham Museum @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social · Aug 29

#ICYMI, join us tomorrow for As-We-See-It-Saturday, a celebration of all things photography! 📸

📅 Saturday 30 August
🕒 10.30am - 3.30pm
🎟️ Free entry

Chippenham Museum @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social · Aug 16

Join us for As-We-See-It-Saturday! Celebrate 25 years since the original 2000 project, explore new images of Chippenham taken by the museum's Photo Club, and help create a collective photo artwork.

📅 Sat 30 Aug | 🕒 10.30am-3.30pm | 🎟️ Free!
Learn more about the project 👉 bit.ly/25YearOldProject

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Bow Street Museum @bowstreetmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you so much to yesterday's speakers @crimelabsquad for sharing the fascinating history of forensics and for facilitating fingerprints workshop.

Thanks to our @uolmuseumstudies placement student Maddie for the pics 📷

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Chippenham Museum @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social · Aug 22

Lady Gaga owned the stage with Carrie Jenkinson's stunning headpieces during her 2024 Las Vegas Residency. Now, they're in the spotlight as part of 'Threads: Clothing, Memory and Identity' exhibition! ✨

📅 Open until Saturday 1 November
⏲️ Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
🎟️ Free entry

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Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · Aug 22

We are open this coming Bank Holiday Monday 11 to 😁3

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Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · Aug 15

This summer at the museum you can take part in the new Grimwood Museum Adventure. Pick up your activity sheet from one of our volunteers. We are open this Saturday 11 to 3. And Wednesday and Fridays as well as the Bank Holiday Monday.
@kidsinmuseums.bsky.social #tetbury #GrimwoodMuseumAdventure

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Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · Aug 15

This summer at the museum you can take part in the new Grimwood Museum Adventure. Pick up your activity sheet from one of our volunteers. We are open this Saturday 11 to 3. And Wednesday and Fridays as well as the Bank Holiday Monday.
@kidsinmuseums.bsky.social #tetbury #GrimwoodMuseumAdventure

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Tetbury Police Museum and Courtroom @museumtetbury.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Bow Street Museum @bowstreetmuseum.bsky.social · Jul 4

Our latest Research Blog is now live!

Catherine de Guise looks at the lives of two female husbands in eighteenth-century England. Bow Street, as an important site of legal din the eighteenth century, was often involved at the scene of the crime.

https://bowstreetmuseum.org.uk/blog/

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Athelstan Museum @athelstanmuseum.bsky.social · Jun 11

We have an extensive collection of images from Malmesbury available to view in the Athelstan Museum. Some of them can be found on our website, like this one of Malmesbury Abbey porch from an 1806 print.
#history #19thC #architecture

www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/our-collecti...

Print from 1806 of Malmesbury Abbey porch. The porch consists of an elaborate romanesque arch with concentric layers of carved stonework displaying biblical scenes.
A figure is shown sitting on the bench inside the porch.

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