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Calling all teachers – Your Museum Needs You
As part of our Audience Development Plan for the relocation project we want to find out teachers want from the new museum. As a result we have put together a short survey and are inviting teachers to Read More…
How ACE, Trowbridge Museum receives grant funding from Arts Council England
Trowbridge Museum has great pleasure in announcing it has successfully bid for £114,000 from the Arts Council England. The funding, Read More…
Calling all mouse hunters… New mouse hunt and new mice!
Spring has sprung, the grass is riz,
I wonder where the mices is?
We have a brand new mouse hunt for you, and… (drum roll) Read More…
Spring & Summer Events Now Online
Hi Folks, our latest programme of events and activities have just been added to the events pages. There is so much to join in with including Easter-themed craft activities, Monoprinting and a Fleece to Fabric spectacular at Read More…
Celebrating Pitman
This year sees Trowbridge celebrating the 200th anniversary of Sir Isaac Pitman’s birth in the town. Pitman invented a popular form of shorthand called phonography and his legacy includes Read More…
Rich and Rare- A People’s History of West of England Cloth
Many people know about the superb quality woollen cloth produced in industrial towns such as Trowbridge. Not everybody knows what it cost to produce such cloth in human terms.
Our next exhibition, due to open on 9th February 2013, examines the difficult birth of the Industrial Revolution in the area.








