Thanks to significant grant funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Art Fund, the museum has been able to purchase a fine watercolour of Malmesbury Abbey by J M W Turner. Our recently refurbished venue, The Julia & Han Rausing Building (formerly The Moravian Church) is available for hire throughout the year for talks, concerts, workshops, meetings or conferences.
School visits can be tailor made in discussion with teachers to suit the age group and number of children visiting. Group visits (eg Brownies, Clubs, UA3, Nadfas, exchange students) can be tailor made to your groups requirements. Hannah Twynnoy is possibly the first person to be killed by a tiger in England, but why was this possible?
School visits can be tailor made in discussion with teachers to suit the age group and number of children visiting. Group visits (eg Brownies, Clubs, UA3, Nadfas, exchange students) can be tailor made to your groups requirements. Hannah Twynnoy is possibly the first person to be killed by a tiger in England, but why was this possible?
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Donate and Hear Me Roar
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Friends of Athelstan Museum rely heavily on donations to allow us to continue our invaluable work in the community and surrounding villages. After that you are then given an option to page via Paypal or Debit/Credit card if you do not have a Paypal account. I understand that other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify.
Shop
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We have many lovely things for sale in our shop located in the reception area. Our policy is to purchase from local authors and artists where possible. There is a wide range of local history books, greetings cards, postcards, gifts including bags, jewellery, and children's items which are constantly being updated.
Venue Hire
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Our recently refurbished venue, The Julia & Hans Rausing Building (formerly The Moravian Church) is available for hire throughout the year for talks, concerts, workshops, meetings or conferences. This modern, light and spacious hall seats up to 80 people on comfortable chairs. The excellent audio-visual equipment includes projector, sound and lighting.
Athelstan Museum Malmesbury
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The collection was originally housed in the Town Hall and could be viewed by appointment. Although Malmesbury Borough Council was not an authority empowered to run museums it grew under their care. The Gloucester Street premises were quickly deemed to be unsafe and in imminent danger of collapse (they are still standing) and so early in 1979 the museum moved back to the Town Hall.
Friends of Athelstan Museum
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Friends of Athelstan Museum started life in 1981 as a supporters' club for the museum. Very quickly we became known as FOAM or 'froth' or even 'Bubbles' to our more frivolous friends. Right from the word go we had four main objectives; to enjoy ourselves; to learn more of history and especially local history; to publicise and support the museum and to raise funds to buy things for the collection.
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