Collections

Have you ever wondered what else is in the Museum stores?

We look after a large collection of objects gathered from all around Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes over the last 150 years - from archaeology to art, from costume and coins to wildlife, plants and geology. We also have lots of information linked to these collections, an important resource about people, places, wildlife and geology.

Available to see

• Archaeology - all the prehistoric, Roman and medieval finds from Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes
• Wildlife - plants and animals, birds and insects
• Fossils, rocks and minerals
• Clothing from Georgian times right up to the 21st century
• Textiles - lace, needlework, patchwork and quilts

• Buckinghamshire social history of every shape and size
• Contemporary studio pottery
• Pictures - paintings, drawings and prints

There is much more than we can display in our exhibitions. Most of the collections are held in store at the Museum Resource Centre where you can make an appointment to see them.

Online historic photograph collections of Buckinghamshire to see and search on the internet

There are two collections of old photographs of Buckinghamshire:

20,000 historic photographs of Buckinghamshire

A collection of old photographs covering Buckinghamshire.
Visit and search the online Buckinghamshire photographs collection 

Sharing Wycombe's Old Photographs (SWOP) - our latest online photograph collection

Bringing history alive with over 15,000 images of High Wycombe and the surrounding towns and villages, dating back to the 1870s.

View SWOP on the link below.