Ink & Artefacts: Threads of Sound
Last August, we were delighted to welcome Michael Crowley back to the museum for a workshop initiating a new soundscape exploring the sounds of Heptonstall.… Read More »Ink & Artefacts: Threads of Sound
Last August, we were delighted to welcome Michael Crowley back to the museum for a workshop initiating a new soundscape exploring the sounds of Heptonstall.… Read More »Ink & Artefacts: Threads of Sound
Following an extended winter of works, we are delighted to finally move forward with re-opening Heptonstall Museum now planned for the end of May 2026.… Read More »A Fresh Lick of History: Heptonstall Museum Welcomes Visitors Back
Having successfully reopened Heptonstall Museum in 2023 as a volunteer-managed organisation, there will be a temporary closure of the main exhibition space for renovation work. … Read More »Exhibition Closure – October 2025 Preserving the Past, Powered by the People: Heptonstall Museum’s Community-Led Future
Heptonstall Museum has received funding from Culturedale (Calderdale Council’s Year of Culture campaign) to deliver an ambitious programme of creative workshops and community history, culminating… Read More »Ink and Artefacts: Heptonstall’s Living Tapestry
Our opening exhibition explores the lives of the Cragg Vale Coiners , the notorious band of local counterfeiters who produced fake gold coins in the… Read More »Criminal Coiners: Life and Death in Wild West Yorkshire
Now we have been successful in securing the village museum as a community asset, we want to know what ideas you have for our first… Read More »Community Workshops
Following our ‘Waiting for Wesley’ open day success, we received press coverage which can be viewed online https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/yorkshires-the-gallows-pole-village-of-heptonstall-ready-to-share-fascinating-history-as-volunteers-re-open-museum-3759382
Calderdale Council approve the community asset transfer proposal from Friends of Heptonstall Museum in July 2022
We need volunteers like you! Our museum is managed by volunteers. If you have a little or a lot of availability, we can offer a… Read More »Can you offer a helping hand?
‘HELEN OF FOUR GATES’ at Hebden Bridge Picture House centenary celebration on Saturday. On Saturday 25 June is the climax of a full year of… Read More »Helen of Four Gates returns