Fancy an evening stroll?

If you’re new to the area and want to find out something of the history of the town of Thornbury – or even if you’re not new and want to find out! – join us for an evening stroll in July.

More details here.

Pots, Painting and Jewellery!

Lots of lovely things to browse in the museum for the next ten days…

… we’re hosting Clare Stephens, Rosemary Millar and Lorraine Durant, three very talented local artists.  (The image above is one of Lorraine’s coastal landscapes.)

Here’s your chance to find out more about pottery, jewellery-making and painting landscapes.  You can chat to the artists while you’re examining their work.

You may even find you can spot ideas for birthday, anniversary, wedding or Christmas presents – or even something for yourself!   But there’s no obligation to buy.  The artists are happy to meet and chat to people – the more the merrier!

More details here.

Find the Mice!

Help!   The museum’s been invaded by (knitted) mice.   We need your help to find them….

Read more.

Tales from the Graveyard

Join us on an early evening walk around St Mary’s Churchyard to hear some Stories Behind the Stones…

Read more here.

Squeezing a Quart into a Pint Pot…

For the national Heritage Weekend on Sat 9 September and Sunday 10 September, we’re offering local people the chance to see behind the scenes at the museum and to find out how we store our collections when space is at a premium!

Find out how we record, wrap and store items, in order to meet the best practice standards of major museums…

We’re not usually open on Sundays – make the most of the opportunity!

More details here.

Mayor visits new exhibition

We were delighted to welcome Thornbury Mayor Helen Harrison to our new exhibition about Thornbury Castle.

Discover more about the exhibition here.

An artistic slant on Thornbury Castle

We have a brand new exhibition about Thornbury Castle – specifically about the art of Thornbury Castle, from its beginnings in the early 16th century to now.

Read more here.

Jewellery, Glass, Prints and Paintings!

And we’re off!   …

For ten days we’re hosting three great local artists – and the museum’s wonderful front-of-house volunteers are pulling out all the stops to keep the museum open from 10am to 4pm daily from Friday 28 April to Sunday 7 May.

It’s all free – free to see the artists and their work, free to see everything in the museum!

Come along and have a chat to the artists – they’re very friendly.  More details here….

Find the Mice!

For our young visitors!

If you can find all the little knitted mice that are hiding around the museum, you can choose one of these to take home.

Meanwhile, for Mum, Dad, Granny or Grandpa ….

… check out the story of the Roman coin hoard, dug up in a Thornbury garden

… enjoy the work of three local artists (in residence here for ten days in April/May)

… discover a very choice collection of old smoothing irons (from the days before you could just plug ’em in!)

… and (from 23 May)  find out all about the art of Thornbury Castle and its over-powerful builder, Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham.

Something for everyone!

Hot off the press!

The museum has just published a new 28-page booklet, a Guide to the Thornbury Heritage Trail.  You can see an extract from the Trail Guide in the photo above.

Pop into the museum and pick one up for just £2 – a bargain, for all the research that has gone into it – and then you can while away a sunny hour with friends or family as you explore each stage of the Heritage Trail.

More information here.