Museum blog
Night Club Nostalgia: impact of the Goldiggers Project
In 1981 Goldiggers night club opened in the former Gaumont Cinema building in Timber Street. It became the premier night club for the region and an important venue in the …
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Read MoreHappy Birthday to us! 20 years of Chippenham Museum
“It started with a bang, but no one thought it would last. Chippenham just doesn’t want a museum, they said. Public interest, it was forecast, would fade and die. But …
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Read MoreGuest Blog: Student reflects on placement
For the past few months the Chippenham Museum team have been joined by Bath Spa University student Rachel Dacey for her placement. Studying for a Master’s degree in Heritage Management, …
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Read MoreOur Work Experience with Chippenham Museum
Arthur and Lawrisa from Hardenhuish School completed their Year 10 Work Experience with the team at Chippenham Museum this week. During their time at the museum the students completed a …
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Read MoreMy Work Experience with Chippenham Town Council
Harry from Sheldon School has joined Chippenham Town Council this week to complete his Year 10 Work Experience, working with the teams at both Chippenham Museum and The Neeld Community …
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Read MoreGuest Blog: Doreen Heaton and Peter Potworowski
Doreen Heaton was a young art school student at the Bath Academy of Art , Corsham when she met and fell in love with the charismatic Polish painter, Peter Potworowski. …
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Read MoreGuest blog: Beth Thomas Reviews Artspace Exhibition
I had the pleasure of visiting Chippenham Museum recently and was able to catch the Sarah Purvey retrospective ‘A Decade On‘. This is part of a programme of short exhibitions …
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Read MoreGuest Blog: Timothy Stoneham ARTSPACE blog
Where did you grow up? I was born in Malmesbury and grew up surrounded by the countryside and farming, which is where I gain most of my influences. How did …
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Read MoreGuest blog: Jenny Grewal discusses how she became a photographer
Hi, my name is Jenny, and I am a wildlife and nature photographer based in Chippenham, Wiltshire (I am also a vet in my spare time!). I am delighted to …
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Read MoreGuest blog: Millie Weller talks about her Work Placement
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, …
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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!