Daventry Museum are excited to announce that through donations made by members of the public, Daventry Museum has purchased treasure! This Roman pendant and chain was found in the Byfield area and as the closest accredited museum Daventry Museum was able to purchase the treasure through the Treasure Process. The treasure will go on display in the coming weeks so keep your eyes… Read more »
World War Two – The People’s War World War Two – The People’s War portrays the effect of the war on the local community through exhibits and the memories of Daventry’s residents. Exhibits include articles from the Home Front such as a Women’s Land Army uniform and a Northamptonshire Fire Service uniform. There are also items representing those on the frontline, including a… Read more »
Spooky Stanzas for Creepy Kids Scary rhymes and horrid verse this October 31st! Thursday 31st October 2019 at 5pm – 6pm (taking place during the national event, Museums At Night) https://museumsatnight.org.uk/ Daventry Museum, 3 New Street, Daventry, NN11 4BT Don’t Go into the… Read more »
Daventry Town Council is delighted to announce that Daventry Museum won Heritage Organisation of the Year at the Northamptonshire Heritage Forum Awards 2019.
Daventry Museum has been shortlisted for this year’s People’s Choice Award at the Northamptonshire Heritage Forum (NHF) Awards 2019. The museum, which is located on New Street in Daventry, has also entered four further awards categories, including the Community Award for The Empty Chair Project. More than 1,000 visitors attended this exhibition, which commemorated the lives of the 114 Daventry soldiers who died… Read more »
Piece together the past in a brand new archaeology exhibition at Daventry Museum, opening Saturday 4th May. Discoveries from Daventry and Beyond unearths the bygone age in new displays featuring local treasures including Roman coins and a medieval jewellery. Daventry’s early history is seen at Borough Hill; the site has the remains of the Stone Age, followed by Bronze Age barrows and later… Read more »
On Saturday 9th March Daventry Museum held its 4th annual science event, coinciding with British Science Week, (BSW), a national event celebrating the best of British science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). This free event is proving more popular with this year attracting over 260 visitors, compared to 150 odd visitors last year. Visitors took part in the museum’s ‘A Journey into Science’… Read more »
Free, award-winning science event returns to Daventry Museum, coinciding with British Science Week from 8 – 17th March 2019.This year’s theme is based on ‘journeys’ and visitors will be able to take part in fun activities and hands-on experiments relating to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).As with previous science events held at the museum, young visitors will be encouraged to complete an… Read more »
Daventry Museum is open this Saturday 2nd February from 10am to 4pm with its brand new exhibition Victorian Daventry – A Period of Change.The exhibition covers much of Queen Victoria’s reign which saw the implementation of several Parliamentary Acts which reformed society and paved the way for modern Daventry. Exhibits portray what it would have been like to live during the Victorian era,… Read more »
Don’t Go into the Cellar Theatre Company return to Daventry Museum with an interactive performance of Edward Lear’s Stuff and Nonsense on Thursday 11th April at 2pm.Enjoy an audience with Mr Edward Lear, King of the Nonsense Rhyme and Loopy Limerick! Allow him to entertain you with tall tales concerning his life and times, the people, flora and fauna he encountered along the… Read more »
