Following on from the visit from the Antiques Road Trip (available on BBC iPlayer) and recent posts on Facebook pages Roy Davies, who...

This month we follow the fortunes of the newly named Holyrood School from 1910 onwards. Since the last instalment, a document has come to...

Chard Museum is proud to be a member of the Culturally Chard Consortium. The Consortium were recently awarded £80k by Historic England to...

The threat of invasion on home soil in 1940 seemed unlikely at first, but as the relentless Nazi war machine steamrollered country after...

Emma (Harris) worked virtually with the Museum last summer. She created the interactive programme sharing the memories of evacuee's who...

Apart from Roger's own research files we also have correspondence to people that he had written to looking for help. In 2003, Roger had...

Roy Davies was searching the Museum's document archives and found a programme for a Public Recital by Mrs. Beamont Walford in the Corn...

Welcome back. Having been abroad in the last issue, we come back to earth in Britain. This time I am taking you to one of Britain’s...

We hope that you have been following Doug’s ‘wider’ History Spots in the Newsletter. Doug has sent us on tours of major British and...

The Spring Issue of the Chard Flyer is now available. As in every issue local historians and the Museum are supported to share updates,...

It's amazing what you find when you're not looking. Several things have surfaced during lockdown at the Museum, including the Log Book...

The Western Gazette included an excellent piece in their 08th April weeks’ issue about Chard Museum. Unfortunately, there was a printing...

When the Protestant King Charles II died, he was succeeded by his Catholic brother James II. Non - Conformists throughout the country...

During lockdown many of my family members have had many different experiences during the pandemic. This is some of the things my family...

Welcome back to my ‘Wider’ History Spot. The likely third wave of Covid-19 in Europe means that nobody knows when we will be able to...

Events, starting in the USA 2020 and known under the title of Black Lives Matter influenced many in the UK. Our Museum archivists read an...

Work over the winter has continued to focus on delivering on three of our strategic objectives. The first two are linked into the lease...

The prosecution and hanging of two men and eight women on Pendle Hill in Lancashire in 1612 has long caught the public imagination. The...

Welcome back to Doug’s ‘wider’ History Spot. I hope you enjoyed the last edition. This time I will look at major Museums in each of the...

Olivia’s Lockdown. The Museum would like to introduce Olivia. Olivia is a student at Holyrood School joining the Museum team to complete...