Local Stories is a new programme from Amersham Museum. Join us on Zoom for 45 minutes of sharing stories about people and places from the past. Each interactive programme will have a different theme and include a focus on new research and artefacts from our collection. We have initially programmed in four sessions, join us […]

A talk by Alison Bailey, 23rd March at 2:30 pm Discover one of the most important architects in Amersham’s 20th century development, J H Kennard, and find out about the area’s Arts & Crafts architecture, including homes and community buildings. Alison Bailey is a trustee and volunteer researcher at Amersham Museum and has been researching […]

Local Stories is a new programme from Amersham Museum. Join us on Zoom for 45 minutes of sharing stories about people and places from the past. Each interactive programme will have a different theme and include a focus on new research and artefacts from our collection. Topic: Local Stories Amersham's Cinemas and Theatres Time: Mar […]

Local Stories is a new programme from Amersham Museum. Join us on Zoom for 45 minutes of sharing stories about people and places from the past. Each interactive programme will have a different theme and include a focus on new research and artefacts from our collection. Topic: Local Stories Amersham's Social Housing Time: Wednesday April […]

Local Stories is a new programme from Amersham Museum. Join us on Zoom for 45 minutes of sharing stories about people and places from the past. Each interactive programme will have a different theme and include a focus on new research and artefacts from our collection. Topic: Local Stories Metro-land and the Birth of Commuting […]

Local Stories is a programme from Amersham Museum. Join us on Zoom for 45 minutes of sharing stories about people and places from the past. Each interactive programme will have a different theme and include a focus on new research and artefacts from our collection. Topic: Local Stories: Traditional Crafts Time: Nov 17, 2021 02:30 […]

Local Stories is a programme from Amersham Museum. Join us on Zoom for 45 minutes of sharing stories about people and places from the past. Each interactive programme will have a different theme and include a focus on new research and artefacts from our collection. Topic: Local Stories: Refuge Listen to stories from people whose […]

Love Actually: your favourite Christmas movie will never be the same again! Join us for a light-hearted festive evening, with a talk about the film Love Actually from experienced broadcaster and teacher, Mary Sharp. Mary has kindly offered to give this talk to help raise funds for Amersham Museum. When Richard Curtis interwove ten stories […]

Local Stories Wednesday 5th January, 7.30pm   Just us for the first Local Stories of 2022! January's episode reunites people featured in the 1966 film 'Beyond the Gold', produced to promote the newly founded Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, and  Service by Youth, the Buckinghamshire-based organisation which helped to establish it. We will watch the film […]

Feb: Tudor Amersham Find out about what life was like in Amersham in the 16th century. Topic: Local Stories Time: Feb 23, 2022 02:30 PM London   Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81516851251?pwd=eEdMbFdCekNZMUFMMDlFZmtUMUtMQT09   Meeting ID: 815 1685 1251 Passcode: 440704

March: Remarkable Women To mark Women’s History Month, discover the stories of remarkable local women from the 20th century. Topic: Local Stories Time: Mar 23, 2022 02:30 PM London   Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82199873087?pwd=MEZ3QjhGMXJ6VU16aW42T05GbzFNZz09   Meeting ID: 821 9987 3087 Passcode: 797964

The dramatic story of Thomas Kendrick - a man who stood at the centre of British intelligence operations for over 40 years, and who became the ultimate spymaster of the Second World War. From a life of espionage in Vienna in the 1920s and 30s, to the clandestine bugging operation at Latimer House & Wilton […]