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1pm on Thursday 9th May 2024 

Treat yourself to an elegant Afternoon Tea in our cafe or beautiful garden, weather dependant. Enjoy delicate finger sandwiches, a scone with jam, clotted cream or butter and a selection of sweet treats along with a varied selection of teas and coffees to choose from when you arrive and a refill after your keeper talk.

Please choose from our classic or vegertarian option:

Classic - Salmon & Cream Cheese and Ham & Mustard

Vegetarian - Cream Cheese & Cucumber and Cheese & Pickle

Admission to the Museum for the day is included in the Afternoon Tea. 

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Due to popular demand on Thursday 9th May join our Keeper of Archaeology, Brett Thorn for a whistle stop personal tour of the new Discover Bucks archaeology gallery - from stone age tools to Roman villas, Viking axes to a medieval hunting horn, and of course, the star of the show, the Lenborough hoard – the largest hoard of Saxon silver coins found in Britain for over 150 years. The walking tour will last approx. 30 minutes, and there will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions after the tour, as you relax with your cream tea!

Please note this tour was previously ran in February and is being redone due to its popularity.

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Join us for a vibrant celebration of Holi – Spring Festival of Colours 2024, hosted by the Aylesbury Hindu Temple Trust, a local charity dedicated to supporting our community.

27 April 11.30 - 4pm

This event is FREE but we ask you to book your place to secure your entry.

If you would like to visit the Museum and / or Roald Dahl Children's Gallery please add these into your basket before check out.

Our Holi event promises a day of endless fun and entertainment for the whole family. From playing with dry powdered colours (Gulal) to indulging in delicious Indian street food, enjoying music and dance performances, engaging in children’s craft activities, participating in the raffle draw, and more – there’s something for everyone to enjoy. It is a time to let loose and celebrate life. Family and friends gather to playfully throw colourful paint and bright powders at each other and in the air, fully immersing themselves from head-to-toe in colour. Additionally, a traditional wooden drum called a “Dhol” is played by a troupe, while dancing amid the colours.

Saturday 11th May 12pm - 1.30pm

The artists of This Fractured Land will give a panel talk followed by a guided tour of the exhibition which will be an opportunity to hear about their inspiration and themes in the exhibition.

Entry to the talk is included with your Museum ticket - book a slot for the talk to secure your place as capacity is limited.

Buy your ticket for the Museum or Museum & Children's Gallery here

Join Cara Gordon, The 2024 Muir Trust artist in Residence for a talk about her career and this residency followed by a private view of her exhibition.

Entry to the talk is included with your Museum ticket - book a slot for the talk to secure your place as capacity is limited.

Buy your ticket for the Museum or Museum & Children's Gallery here: 

Further information about the Residency and Exhibition:

~Residency : 9 April – 9 May 2024~

Meet the artist at the Museum on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays and at Aylesbury Library on Tuesdays

~‘Exploring Portraiture’ exhibition : opens 24 May 2024~

Cara’s evocative works range from portraiture to landscapes. She is a renowned and award-winning artist including winning the RUA Gold Medal at the 2021 exhibition at the Ulster Museum.
For her Residency, Cara will create a group of drawn portraits and sketches of local people within the museum and the surrounding town. These may be quick spontaneous sketches or longer studies made onto collages of discarded papers that add another dimension and texture to each portrait. She will be looking for a diverse range of sitters to illustrate the town and its communities today and hopes to engage new audiences with her work.