Museums open this Easter
Thinking of visiting a museum this Easter? There are ten to choose from in North Bucks.
There’s a location map here for each one, but they might not help you find the museums, as these maps are all about 120 years old! I have taken pity on you, though, and provided addresses with postcodes, and links to each website.
Here are the museums, starting from the most Northerly museum and working South. There’s also some details about what's changed since these maps were made. The maps are all courtesy of the National Library of Scotland.
Olney has grown to fill the area to the left of the High Street. The station and the area around it has also been built on.
The Cowper & Newton Museum is in Orchard Side House, Market Place, Olney, MK46 4AJ, in the 18th Century home of the renowned poet William Cowper. His friend John Newton wrote the hymn Amazing Grace. Here you can learn their story.
They are open Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 4:30pm, but closed Good Friday 7th April.
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