FEATURED EXHIBITS
The Lenborough Hoard
On a cold December afternoon in 2014, in a field less than a mile from Buckingham, a metal detectorist discovered a coin hoard of major national significance.
Comprising more than 5,000 silver coins, minted during the reigns of Saxon Kings Ethelred the Unready, and Canute, the hoard had been carefully concealed in a lead casket and buried.
The hoard is a vital evidence of Buckingham's Dark Age past and will be the showcase of the 'Silver and Slaughter' exhibition.
Come and see this unique discovery and learn about Buckingham's Saxon 'monier' - The man who hand made a number of these precious coins in the Royal Buckingham Mint.
The Flora Thompson Collection
Flora Thompson, the writer of the semi-autobiographical trilogy, 'Lark Rise to Candleford' is commemorated in the Buckingham Old Gaol.
An evocative tale of life as a child growing up in the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire countryside in the late nineteenth century, 'Lark Rise to Candleford' is but one work of this celebrated author and poet.
The exhibition, which the Museum Development Service called, 'of national importance', opened in 2007 to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the writer's death. It is the only permanent, viewable exhibition about Flora Thompson in the world, and comprises photographs, pamphlets, early and first edition books, letters written by Flora, and some personal items.