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Spotlight On: Philippa MacArthur
“I’m Phillipa MacArthur and I live and work in Corsham. I work here in my studio, which is very small but looks out onto the garden, and my main medium is ceramic.” Our Spotlight On blogs and vlogs introduce thirteen of the artists featured in exhibition ‘Spotlight On: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection of Chippenham Museum’.
Read MoreChippenham Museum Launches Online Exhibition & Events
Chippenham Museum’s latest exhibition ‘Loose Threads: The Don Little Collection X Bath Textile Artists’ is now open to visit on Chippenham Town Council’s website here. The exhibition was due to …
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Read MoreLockdown Inspiration with Chippenham Museum
As we find ourselves in lockdown at the start of 2021, lets look to our growing Covid Collection for ideas to stay safe, well and entertained. Since the start of …
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Read MoreThe Story of Twelfth Night 878AD
This time last year we were preparing for our annual Twelfth Night event. With the help of local author Geoff Hill and some inspiring re-enactors we were getting ready to …
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Read MoreMuseum Makers Gift Guide
Here at Chippenham Museum we support a wide variety of local artists and makers in our shop. As we look to shop local and support those around us in …
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Read MoreSpotlight On: Sarah Purvey concludes our artist’s blog series
“The new art collection Chippenham Museum is building is an absolute joy and privilege to be a part of. The new collection celebrates the area of North Wiltshire and its …
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Read MorePartying 1940s Style: Part 4 – What party music mix should I have?
For our final VE Day party blog we consider that tricky party question… What party music mix should I have? Putting together that ultimate party play list can be very …
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Read MorePartying 1940s Style: Part 3 – What should I wear?
Today’s VE Day party blog considers that most important of party questions …. What should I wear? I am sure that we have all at some point let out that …
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Read MorePartying 1940s Style: Part 2 – How can you make party food without flour?
For the second of our VE Day party blogs (answering those really important party questions) we consider how you make party food without flour? The current shortages of a few …
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Read MorePartying 1940s Style: Celebrate VE Day in lockdown
After Germany surrendered to the Allied Forces, bringing to an end the hostilities of the Second World War in Europe, Winston Churchill declared 8 May 1945 Victory in Europe Day …
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📻 We're delighted that our exhibition, "Wiltshire & the World: John Aubrey and the Quest for Knowledge", is being featured on the Ben Prater Morning Show on BBC Wiltshire all this week.
Tune in to hear historian Louise Ryland-Epton explore the remarkable life and achievements of John Aubrey, one of Wiltshire's most fascinating historical figures, 400 years after his birth in Easton Piercy. Today's link ⬇️
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m003014q (At 1.48.43)
Why not make time to visit the exhibition and discover Aubrey's extraordinary quest for knowledge for yourself?
📍 Open daily, 10.00am – 4.00pm
🎟️ FREE entry
🚪 Closed Sundays
We look forward to welcoming you!
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We have reduced our carbon emissions from our activities and services by 28.7% since 2019, according to our latest appraisal, covering 2024–2025.
Since we began measuring our emissions, we have made a number of changes to reduce our impact on the environment. These include replacing the LPG heating at Stanley Park with a heat pump and solar panels, switching to renewable energy suppliers, installing more energy-efficient heating and lighting, improving insulation in our buildings, and beginning the transition to electric vehicles and HVO fuel.
These measures form part of our Climate Action Plan, which sets out how we will achieve our commitment to become a net carbon zero organisation by 2030.
There is more work to do. Our next assessment will include further reductions from replacing gas heating at the Town Hall and Neeld Community & Arts Centre with heat pumps, helping us to remove fossil fuel heating from our buildings.
We will continue to look for practical ways to reduce our carbon emissions and make our services and buildings more sustainable.
To celebrate Swindon & Wiltshire Pride, we are flying the progress flag from the Town Hall.
For information on what celebrations are taking place this weekend, please visit
Swindon & Wiltshire Pride 2026 - 15 August 2026
www.swindonwiltshirepride.org.uk
Find out more about this years event on our website!