Selected artworks from the museum's Joseph Syddall collection.

Robinson's was once Chesterfield's single biggest employer with over 4,500 employees. This exhibition looks back at their work and the products they made for the healthcare industry.

Bring your teddy and a picnic and join in the fun.

Join Vegan Knights Events for an awesome evening of cheese tasting hosted by local plant based business Hard Times Vegan. We promise their commentary won't be cheesey...

Don Catchment Rivers Trust explores the industrial archaeology and natural regeneration of the River Rother.

Learn about medieval medicine and diseases, how leeches were used as treatment, and maybe even mix your own medieval medicine.

Join us as Chesterfield remembers it's medieval past with the annual Chesterfield medieval fun day.

Cambridge Hands-On Science (CHaOS) makes science relevant and fun with exciting hands-on experiments for kids and adults too!

Find our more about the work of the woodland trust and how you can help.

Meet and handle the fluffy, feathered friends from White Post Farm and discover fascinating facts about them.

Explore the museum's onsite store room and find out how a museum cares for its collection for future generations.

Explore the museum's onsite store room and find out how a museum cares for its collection for future generations.

Have a chat with this famous railway pioneer and discover his connection with Chesterfield.

Learn how to make a traditional coiled pot with air drying clay.

Come along and meet a variety of local organisations exploring Chesterfield's history.

An exhibition exploring the local area's rich coal mining history and what life was like for miners.

To celebrate one hundred years, Chesterfield rugby club, in partnership with Chesterfield museum, present an exhibition that tells the history of this popular sport in our town.

Discover what coal mining was like through the ages from the Tudors up to the National Coal Board.

The life, work and struggles of the coal miners from 1914 to 1990. An illustrated talk by Gareth Howell.

Explore the museum's onsite store room and find out how a museum cares for its collection for future generations.

Explore the museum's onsite store room and find out how a museum cares for its collection for future generations.

Have a chat with this famous railway pioneer and discover his connection with Chesterfield.

See Revolution House decorated for a 17th Century Christmas with greenery and a kissing bough, and colourful flower arrangements provided by our volunteers.

Join Holymoorside Brass Band in the garden at Revolution House for traditional carol singing and mince pies.

Come and have a go at the traditional games children used to play. Some you'll know and some you won't.

Come and have a go at the traditional games children used to play. Some you'll know and some you won't.