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Events

Trowbridge Tots - Monday 27th February, 10 - 12, £2 - Call 751339 to reserve a place

Don’t miss our Victorian Indoor Olympics Day in the Shires on Friday 3rd February, from 10am. Come along and meet the Victorian athlete, and play some fantastic games such as Shove H’Penny, Cup and Ball and Hoop-La.

Tuesday 14th February – “What The Dickens”

Toppers, Bowlers, Bonnets and Mob Caps

Wednesday 15th February – Sports Star Collages
Create a crazy collage of of super sports stars (that’s enough alliteration) in our FREE drop-in workshop.

Thursday 16th February – Mini Indoor Olympics
Come along and take part in our fantastic indoor Olympics-with-a-difference. Instead of running, jumping, riding, throwing and rowing we have a selection of Victorian indoor games, such as Bagatelle, Hoop-La, Hopscotch and more. Who’ll be the champion of champions? You’ll be urged on by the museum’s very own Victorian athlete.

Friday 17th February – Amazing Olympic Medals and Wreaths
Make an Olympic Medal and a Greek Laurel Wreath

March 1st is World Book Day, and to celebrate, we have our first poetry workshops for anyone aged 16+. Please call 01225 751339 or email david.birks@trowbridge.gov.uk to reserve a place.

Thursday 1st March, 3pm to 5pm – A look at the work of Carol Anne Duffy, Poet Laureate.

Saturday 3rd March, 2pm – 4pm – Today you’ll be focussing on the work of Ted Hughes.

Wednesday 21st March, 10.30 – 12.30 – We end with the work of Simon Armitage and other contemporary poets.

Wednesday 16th May, times tbc - National Flash Fiction Day
If you haven’t heard of “flash fiction” then come along and find out what it’s all about.

Museum

Trowbridge's free museum opened in July 1990 and since then, over 450,000 visitors have enjoyed this friendly and fascinating museum. The Museum, which tells the story of the town, its people and the development and manufacture of woollen cloth, is in Home Mills, the last working cloth mill in the town.

Located on the second floor of Salter's Mill within The Shires Shopping Centre, this was the last working woollen Mill in Trowbridge and did not shut until 1982. Today both Museum and Mill have been incorporated into the Shires Shopping Centre. The Museum's unique location provides many advantages, not least ample parking, shelter from the elements and lifts and escalators for those that might require them.

Admission is free!!

The museum tells the fascinating story of Trowbridge's people and past. The woollen industry played a crucial part in the town's development and working textile looms are on display. We even produce and sell our own work.

Other displays include a reconstruction of the town's medieval castle and a timeline highlighting Trowbridge's past from the medieval period through to the Second World War. There are also reconstructions of a Weaver's Cottage and Taylors, a draper's shop. Other displays include the History of Brewing and the Life and Works of Sir Isaac Pitman, Trowbridge's most famous son. There are plenty of child-friendly interactives too.

TIB Art Workshop

For full details of collections, events and the museum friends click here for the museum website.

For general enquiries email c.lyall@trowbridge.gov.uk

Museum Staff

MUSEUM CURATOR

Clare Lyall

(01225) 751339
clare.lyall@trowbridge.gov.uk

EDUCATION OFFICER
David Birks

(01225) 751339
education@trowbridge.gov.uk

ASSISTANT CURATOR

Katherine White

(01225) 751339

katherine.white@trowbridge.gov.uk

MUSEUM ASSISTANT

Sarah Kenyon

(01225) 751339

sarah.kenyon@trowbridge.gov.uk

EDUCATION ASSISTANT/
MUSEUM ASSISTANT

Nikki Ritson

(01225) 751339
nikki.ritson@trowbridge.gov.uk

CARETAKER & TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

John Woodsford