Pitstone & Ivinghoe Museum Society (PIMS)

The Pitstone & Ivinghoe Museum Society, registered charity No. 273931, is the body responsible for managing and operating The Heritage Park - Pitstone Green Museum.

Join our team of valued volunteers

The Society is always looking for volunteers to join our dedicated team who work at the museum on a regular basis.

We are always looking for help in the following areas: -

General maintenance, museum management, financial control, cleaning, painting, building, carpentry, display creation, visitor guides, information technology, landscape / gardening, museum storage and documentation, catering and reception. This list is not in any order or necessarily complete, we may have opportunities for everyone.

If you would like to become involved and create new skills or update old ones. Make new friends have fun in a great atmosphere then please contact us: - membership@pitstonemuseum.co.uk Please note that to volunteer you do not need to be a member of the Society.

Membership

Annual membership of the Society is available at £14.00 for single members, £20.00 for joint membership and £35.00 for Family membership. Please be advised that there is a one off Set-up fee of £10.00

Society members also receive the following benefits: -

free quarterly newsletter.
free entry to open days.
preferential parking.
reduced entry fee to monthly meetings / talks.

If you are interested in joining the Society, you can view and print our Membership Form here. For any further information please contact the membership secretary at: - membership@pitstonemuseum.co.uk

Monthly Meetings / Talks

The Pitstone & Ivinghoe Museum Society holds meetings and talks, usually every month (October to March). The talks take place in the Meeting / Exhibition Room. The cost is £2 for members and £3 for non-members. Light refreshments are provided at the end of the event, providing an opportunity to meet and talk informally to our speaker and meet and chat to fellow members and volunteers.

Talks for 2026 / 2027

We look forward to welcoming everyone to our next season talks which are published here when details are available.

2.00 pm Thursday 15th October (AGM 3.00 pm)

Mark Owen - Pitstone Green Museum, the early days.

Mark Owen has stories about his father, Tom Owen, and his work for the Museum in the 1960s and 1970s.

He was instrumental in the development of the Museum, the Owen Barn was named after him, he was involved in archaeological digs at the Cement Works and the restoration of the Windmill and Watermill. His contemporaries were Jeff Hawkins, David Wray, Don Levy and Bob Morgan among others.

2.30pm in Thursday 26th November

Stepehen Whelan - Public Health Challenges, lessons learned.

Stepehen Whelan, Health Protection Programme Lead for Buckinghamshire talks about the history of health protection, greater globalisation and his experiences from thirty years in the Army Medical Corp.

2.30pm Thursday 17th December

Mike Jeffreys - Around Australia on a Small Motorcycle.

Mike Jeffreys survived his circum-navigation of OZ on an MZ and has recovered sufficiently to relate to us the repeatable parts.

Comments on the programme and suggestions for future talks welcomed by Richard Bysouth email talks@pitstonemuseum.co.uk

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