PLEASE NOTE THE MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED DURING THE ART GALLERY SALE
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WE HOPE WHEN POSSIBLE TO RE-OPEN THE MUSEUM WHEN THE ART GALLERY SALE IS FINISHED.
**OUR CLOSING DOWN SALE HAS STARTED SO DO VISIT
KRAFT VILLAGE IS OPEN MON,TUES, FRI & SAT 9-5pm SUNDAY OPEN 12-5pm CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
High Wycombe has a wonderful heritage, the majority of the town and surrounding area were involved in the production of 4,700 Windsor chairs per day in 1875!!.
Our guided tour includes an explanation of the various tools on display with illustrations and exhibits showing how the Bodger’s worked in the local Beech woods cutting down the trees, cleaving, shaving and turning the round or turned parts of a chair i.e. mainly legs and stretchers.
The benchmen would make the remaining parts of the chair in wooden sheds and workshops, often in their back gardens.
The Framers assembled the parts from the Bodger and Benchmen to produce the finished chairs.
Various examples of Windsor chairs are displayed and explained.
Some History
We have incorporated our Museum, it is now – High Wycombe Chair Making Museum CIC which is a not for profit company and as such its income is entirely dependent upon entrance fees and kind donations. The company objective is to inform visitors about Wycombe’s wonderful chair making heritage. We explain and demonstrate with old original tools how the Bodgers, Benchmen and Framers made the Windsor chairs.