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• Use every time you search the web and they give 50% of the fees paid by their advertising sponsors to Chesham Museum. Just type 'Chesham Museum' into the box provided on the easysearch web page and start searching.

Donate On-line

• Chesham Museum is an entirely volunteer-run and independent museum. We rely on your donations to continue to record and share our town's fascinating and diverse history. Go to the Chesham Museum page of the MyCharity website and donate today.

Fund raising

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Chesham Town Council Events

• A calendar of events in Chesham

Chesham objects in other collections

• Have you spotted an object associated with Chesham in another museum? If so, we would love to know about it. Chiltern Toys had a factory making wooden and other toys in Waterside, Chesham until the outbreak of WWII. This Chiltern Toys bear is in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

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Chesham Museum Collections

We collect objects and photographs that help to illustrate the history of Chesham.

Images of Chesham

Over 100 new photographs added!

We have around 700 images in our photograph collection - most of these have been donated to the museum. In addition we have been given permission to reproduce around 660 photographs that do not belong to the museum. You can view some of our images online. They have been grouped by subject to help you find your way around.

• Chesham Street by Street
• Around Chesham
• Chesham from the Air
• Cottage Hospital
• Fire Brigade
• Industry
• Leisure
• People
• Railway
• Religion
• Schools
• Sports Clubs
• War

Objects and Documents

The social history collection comprises objects and documents. We try to photograph every item that comes into the museum as part of the documentation process. You can see some of the photographs here.

• Social History Archives
• Social History Collection