I am a student from Wiltshire College studying Travel & Tourism at the Chippenham campus. My course includes researching and learning about the Tourism Industry in terms of its growth, employment opportunities and so much more. We are encouraged to undergo a 60 hour work experience placement during the first year of the course and …

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Looking to do something different over lunch? Chippenham Museum’s current programme of free Object in Focus talks are perfect for local culture-loving workers, residents and students to pop in and learn something new whilst at lunch. The half-hour weekly talks start at 1pm and will be running alongside the museum’s current temporary exhibition ‘What’s in …

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Exhibition – What’s in Store:  Behind the Scenes at Chippenham Museum Date: 1 February – 23 April 2019, free entry A rare opportunity to view objects from the museum stores and find out about what happens behind the scenes to care for the museum’s collection of over 35,000 objects Chippenham Museum’s latest exhibition ‘What’s in …

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Blog post by Chippenham Museum’s Curator Melissa Barnett “Chippenham had a second joy day, or rather evening, on Wednesday expressive of all their feelings at the fact that the war is at length over. A torchlight procession hurriedly arranged, but excellently carried out was held. The procession formed up in the Market Place ( at …

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On Sunday 11 November 2018, exactly 100 years since the Armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War 1, Chippenham Town Council will unveil a special commemorative tapestry in the town’s museum. This has been crafted by local textile artist Fi Redmond and is the result of a Community Tapestry project …

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