We have 18 binders of sketches by John Worsley, who provided them for the Met & other constabularies from 1969 to 1999. He also created the PC49 comics, artwork for the 1980s 'The Wind in the Willows' TV series, & (as a #WWII naval POW) the dummy 'Albert RN'. #sketchbook #Museum30 #remembrance

And onto our final presentation of the day. Dr Clare Smith on the history of the Metropolitan Police Crime Museum #PHSConference2025

We are taking part in The Hidden Wonders Hunt this half term from thev25th to the 1st of November Pick up your free activity sheet from the volunteer. @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social

Tonight's event has had to be cancelled due to illness. All tickets have been refunded. Watch this space for a new date!

Get your tickets soon for this fabulously spooky evening. Show is at 7:30pm on 10 October at Tetbury Police Museum & Courtroom

Our latest temporary exhibition is now open, in the Athelstan Museum, Malmesbury, until March 2026. - Malmesbury and World War Two - the exhibition features the many aspects of the war which affected everyday life in wartime Malmesbury. #History #Museumsky #WW2 #20thC #Wiltshire

Come and learn about the science of crime detection from the past to the present at the The Tetbury Goods Shed

We are excited to be welcoming back Naomi Ryan for what is sure to be another sell-out talk! Discover some of the most confounding murder cases in criminal history, & explore how the supernatural shaped modern understanding of murder. https://bowstreetpolicemuseum.digitickets.co.uk/category/36332

Come and learn about the science of crime detection from the past to the present at the The Tetbury Goods Shed

This Saturday! Come and visit the museum. Our guides will be on hand to give e a tour and answer questions from 11 to 3.

Coming up on Saturday the 20th we are excited to be at the Goods Shed in Tetbury for our family event. 10 yo 3pm. Come along fir some hands on fun!

Next weekend come and learn about this fascinating building in the middle of Tetbury. #HeritageOpenDays

Grab your tickets for tomorrow's talk where we will be exploring the fashion and clothing of the 15th and 16th centuries with the help of local reenactors, Jenny and John. 📅 Thursday 4 September 🕒 6.00pm - 7.30pm 🎟️ Free, booking essential via Eventbrite Tickets: bit.ly/16thCenturyClothingTalk

We are open today!

#ICYMI, join us tomorrow for As-We-See-It-Saturday, a celebration of all things photography! 📸 📅 Saturday 30 August 🕒 10.30am - 3.30pm 🎟️ Free entry

Thank you so much to yesterday's speakers @crimelabsquad for sharing the fascinating history of forensics and for facilitating fingerprints workshop. Thanks to our @uolmuseumstudies placement student Maddie for the pics 📷

Lady Gaga owned the stage with Carrie Jenkinson's stunning headpieces during her 2024 Las Vegas Residency. Now, they're in the spotlight as part of 'Threads: Clothing, Memory and Identity' exhibition! ✨ 📅 Open until Saturday 1 November ⏲️ Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm 🎟️ Free entry

We are open this coming Bank Holiday Monday 11 to 😁3

This summer at the museum you can take part in the new Grimwood Museum Adventure. Pick up your activity sheet from one of our volunteers. We are open this Saturday 11 to 3. And Wednesday and Fridays as well as the Bank Holiday Monday. @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social #tetbury #GrimwoodMuseumAdventure

This summer at the museum you can take part in the new Grimwood Museum Adventure. Pick up your activity sheet from one of our volunteers. We are open this Saturday 11 to 3. And Wednesday and Fridays as well as the Bank Holiday Monday. @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social #tetbury #GrimwoodMuseumAdventure

Our latest Research Blog is now live! Catherine de Guise looks at the lives of two female husbands in eighteenth-century England. Bow Street, as an important site of legal din the eighteenth century, was often involved at the scene of the crime. https://bowstreetmuseum.org.uk/blog/

We have an extensive collection of images from Malmesbury available to view in the Athelstan Museum. Some of them can be found on our website, like this one of Malmesbury Abbey porch from an 1806 print. #history #19thC #architecture www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/our-collecti...

🎉It's our 4th Birthday!🎉 We’ve got some exciting activities for the end of half term, including our Suffragette rosette workshop and your LAST CHANCE to #StandwithHope our Lego suffragette. 🎂 Museum Opening Hours: Thursday - Sunday, 11:00-16:30 (last entry 16:00)

Copies of the 17th century Ogilby map of the route from Oxford to Bristol are now on sale in the Museum Shop. #MuseumShops #17thC #KingCharlesII To learn more about the significance of this map to Malmesbury have a look at the Roads page of our website. www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/malmesbury-h...

Find out more about the relationship between the LGBTQ+ community and the law this June for Pride Month, from the 18th Century to the present day, with our Of Mollies and Men tour. 🌈Saturday 7th June🌈 🌈Sunday 29th June🌈 Book now: https://bowstreetmuseum.org.uk/whatson/guided-tours/

On This Day, 22nd May 337, Emperor Constantine the Great died. The Malmesbury Coin Hoard contains 1,266 Roman Nummi struck between 286 and 317AD, over 1,000 of which bear the portrait of Constantine. #OTD #History #Coins #Numismatics #Roman #RomanBritain

We are excited to be open this Saturday and Monday for May Bank Holiday from 11 to 3. We are a free museum 😁 #tetbury #bankholiday

🎂 Today is the 408th birthday of Elias Ashmole, the founder of the Ashmolean Museum! ⁠ ⁠Ashmole donated most of his collections to @ox.ac.uk in 1677, and when the Ashmolean opened in 1683, it was not just a repository and place for research and teaching but also a public museum.

We are excited to be open this Saturday and Monday for May Bank Holiday from 11 to 3. We are a free museum 😁 #tetbury #bankholiday

Can you find this hidden suffragette coin in the Museum? It celebrates the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the WSPU, featuring the figure of a suffragette chained to railings. We've hidden it somewhere in the Museum - tag us in your pictures if you find it this weekend!

Our latest Blog is live 🎭 From their arrest, to their trial and departure for prison. Bow Street was a place of fear and anxiety but also one of unity, pride and passion for the cause. Visit our website: https://bowstreetmuseum.org.uk/the-suffragettes-at-bow-street-what-was-it-like/

We are open Friday, Saturday and Monday of Easter weekend Why not stop in and try a free trail or colouring.

It is Friday and we are open from 11 to 3pm. Next week we are open Wednesday and Friday as usual but also Saturday and Easter Monday 11 to 3pm.

New blog post! We explore the similarities between Roman and modern day LEGO®️ construction methods with an eye on our upcoming ‘Brickus Orpheus’ trail which features Roman mythological characters and creatures who are made out of LEGO®️ bricks. coriniummuseum.org/2025/04/17810/

The next event in the Our Beautiful Universe series at the Museum in the Park will be in conversation with @freeburian.bsky.social about Shakespeare, his contemporaries & how they influenced him - on Weds 23rd April (Shakespeare’s birthday) at 2.30pm. www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-museum-i...

This year’s programme of historic guided walks around Malmesbury begins on Thursday 17th April. Tickets from Malmesbury Town Hall, Tourist Information Centre. #History #LocalHistory #Wiltshire

💜💚Suffragette Rosette Family Workshops💚💜 Make a rosette for a cause important to you in our workshop! Dates: Thu 10th - Sun 20th April Book now: https://bowstreetpolicemuseum.digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/65179?catID=36017&navItem=721281

Lads, someone encountered Pan in a benevolent mood.

Date for your diary | We're delighted to announce that the new Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund, supported by the Julia Rausing Trust, will open for applications on 28 April 📆 Head to our website to find out more about the application process and timeline 👉 ow.ly/F6ca50VlnOu #MuseumFunding

Join us for this adults-only, late museum opening as part of our Suffragettes at Bow Street programme. We are delighted to be hosting a fun, informative, hands-on evening of events: Tickets selling fast! More information online: https://bowstreetpolicemuseum.org.uk/whatson/the-fight-for-hope/

Our new exhibition in Gallery 29 is open now! Images of Authority: Portraits Between Iran and Europe looks back at the way in which portraits dominated the lives of three contemporaneous rulers: Fath Ali Shah Qajar, King George III, and Napoleon Bonaparte.

Our Tea Time Talk for March will be Manuscript Treasures from Medieval Malmesbury - Tony McAleavy 19th March, 2.30pm in the Rausing Building, Malmesbury. Tickets £7 (includes tea and cake), either online or from the Athelstan Museum Shop. www.athelstanmuseum.org.uk/event/manusc...

Did you know? The two apartment buildings on your right as you enter Malmesbury over St John's Bridge are known as the Silk Mills. In fact there have been mill buildings on the site since the 12thC, but these buildings were used for making silk cloth from 1852 - 1941. #History #textiles #industry

Whatever the weather you will find a warm welcome in the museum. We are open Wednesday and Friday as well Bank holiday weekends. Be sure to check our website for details. #museum #visittetbury #cotswolds #freethingstodowithkids

Why not come in out of the rain and haveva tour of the museum and Courtroom. We have a special display of various local crimes of passion. 💔👮👮‍♀️