Chesham Museum resources
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Amazing Young Museum Writers’ Challenge
Welcome to the Amazing Young Museum Writers Challenge. If you’re aged 12 or younger, you can submit creative writing in any form, including stories, poetry, anecdotes, comic strips, Show us what you can do with words!
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Create your own bunting
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Which influential woman are you?
There are lots of influential women from Chesham and the surrounding area. Who are you in history?
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Chesham Museum sensory trail
Explore Lowndes Park using your senses and choose how you want to do it.
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What we used to read
Contains a variety of more than 35 items to read from the past to trigger memories and nostalgia. Have fun with discussions on how did you learn to read?. Who used to read to you, and who did you read to?
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Reminisce – objects from a 1950s household
Developed with our partners at Bucks Mind, this 1950s household box is a great trip down memory lane for groups or families to discuss
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Reminisce – toys through time
Take a trip down memory lane and hire out our ‘Toys through Time’ box. Discuss the toys you played with as children.
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Objects from a 1950s household
This 1950s objects box helps meets National Curriculum orders on ‘Changes in living memory’.
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Chesham Museum Eye Spy Trail
Explore and discover some of Chesham’s historic buildings and characters as a family
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Chesham toys
Download and read about the history of toy making in Chesham.
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Chesham’s history through objects
A very popular box for students from all Key Stages that covers the 5 Bs in Chesham
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Toys through time
How children’s toys have evolved through time. Suitable for Key Stage 1 and all ages.
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What was made in Chesham 150 years ago?
Worksheet to explore items found in Chesham 150 years ago.
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Let’s investigate Chesham’s teddy bear factory history
Fun activities and challenges for all ages.
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Take a trip down memory lane
Can you guess where these photos from the 1950s and 1960s were taken?
