Daventry Museum used to be housed in the Moot Hall on the Market Square. It contained permanent exhibitions about life in the Daventry district together with a programme of temporary exhibitions.
It closed on the 31st March 2004 and its collection went into storage.
There is currently a "Museum Project Group" which is currently having discussions about the possibilities of creating a new museum for Daventry. This is a group of interested parties including the Town and District Councils, and other organisations, some of which are represented by FODM committe members.
The first part of the process will be to ascertain what sort of museum the people of the area would like. To this end a Survey will be commissioned to canvass opinions.
In the meanwhile the Town Council have opened a small museum off the Mayor's Parlour in the Town Council offices opposite the Library. This is open on the first Saturday of the month, the same day as the Farmer's Market. It is staffed by volunteers and if you would be interested in offering your services please contact us and we will put you in touch.
We are feeling positive that a new museum service may eventually be available to the people of Daventry.