Trowbridge Museum at Courtfield House:

A Bigger and Better MuseumA £2.6 million opportunity for The Trowbridge Museum and Art Gallery

Trowbridge Museum at Courtfield House:

A Bigger and Better MuseumA £2.6 million opportunity for The Trowbridge Museum and Art Gallery

• Grade II* Listed C18th house with C16th origins and a later dyehouse (Grade II)•Victorian Wool store•2 Acres of grounds including orchard, lawns and gardens •Parking for cars and coaches

Trowbridge Museum at Courtfield House:

A Bigger and Better MuseumCollections and Displays

•Improved displays highlighting our nationally important collections relating to West of England cloth production•Spinning Jenny, Dobcross Loom, Teasel Gig and Fulling Stocks•Machinery Demonstrations

Trowbridge Museum at Courtfield House:

A Bigger and Better MuseumCollections and Displays

•Improved and up-to-date local history and social history displays•Taylors Shop, Aplins, Ushers, Whitakers display•Morrison Collection•Prominent displays for our nationally important Victorian heroes George Crabbe and Isaac Pitman

Trowbridge Museum at Courtfield House:

A Bigger and Better MuseumCollections and Displays

•New displays reflecting Trowbridge’s diverse ethnic communities•Displays and interactives highlighting the surrounding parishes•Trowbridge’s early history with bigger and better archaeology displays•Highlighting Trowbridge’s historic buildings

Trowbridge Museum at Courtfield House:

A Bigger and Better MuseumEducation and Learning

•Improved and expanded education facilitieso Victorian school roomo Period gardens for Tudor and Victorian workshopso Improved facilities for WW2 workshops

•Improved facilities for art and craft workshops•Outdoor events – Fleece to Fabric•Interesting interactives for young people

Trowbridge Museum at Courtfield House:

A Bigger and Better MuseumBigger and Better Facilities

•Large exhibition gallery built to national touring standards•Art exhibitions and outdoor exhibition space•Research and library facility•Development of a wild garden and beekeeping•Living history events•Outdoor concerts

Trowbridge Museum at Courtfield House:

A Bigger and Better MuseumIncome Generation

•On site food and drink and better retail•Textile artists studios•More school and groups visits•Evening events•Hiring of building and grounds for functions•Tie-ins with other TTC operations eg. Weddings, functions•Tie-ins with Premier Inn hotel