6 Beyond the 100: County-Wide Celebration - Museums

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	Discover history in your own backyard as heritage sites from Burton Latimer to Brackley showcase local treasures as part of the Beyond the 100 exhibition.
	Over 30 organistaions across the county have selected objects and are showcasing their stories at a range of locations from musuems to libraries from November 2025 to February 2026. Each of the objects and organisations are featured on the Histories of Northamptonshire timeline and additionally are part of a further Histories of Northamptonshire app. Information about visiting the different locations can be found on the app and timeline with links to their own websites.
	The Beyond the 100 participants are St. Mary the Virgin, Grafton Regis - Tomb of John Woodville - Grafton Regis Historians Spratton CE Primary School - Archer Attendance Medals - Spratton Primary School and Spratton Local History Society Rushden Transport Museum - Ceramic Drinking Trough - Rushden Transport Museum Stanwick Lakes Heritage Museum - 'Norman Morris' a medieval carved figure - Stanwick Lakes St. Peters Marefair, Northampton - 12th century carved grave slab - Friends of St Peters Church St. Peters Marefair, Northampton - glazed roof tile from St. James Abbey - Northamptonshire Archaeological Society Piddington Roman Villa - Mediterranean marble - Piddington Roman Villa Museum Chester House Estate - Irchester Roman Pottery - Archaeological Resource Centre Chichele College, Higham Ferrers - 15th century Medieval College - Higham Ferrers Tourism Daventry Museum - Borough Hill Roman villa mosaic - Daventry Museum Waterside Campus - The Engine Shed - University of Northampton Stowe House - 1922 Sale Poster - Stowe House Preservation Trust Burton Latimer - Victorian "time capsule" - Burton Latimer Heritage Museum (On show at Rushden Lakes Discovery Centre from December 2025) 97 Charles Street, Northampton - Victorian banner of Northampton Branch Social Democratic Federation - The Lab Heritage Group (Viewing Tuesdays 1-2pm and last Tuesday of month 1 - 2pm and 6 - 8pm) Shoosmith Gallery, Delapre Abbey - Abington Park by Thurston Laidlaw Shoosmoth - The Shoesmith Gallery Delapre Abbey - Everard Bouverie's Waterloo Sword - Delapre Abbey Preservation Trust Long Buckby Museum - Maclaren Buggy - Barby Local History Group Sikh Community Centre and Youth Club - Langar painting - Sikh Museum Abington Library - Banner celebrating 100 years of the Women's Institure - Weston Favell Evening WI Corby Library - Corby Processions Banner - Made with Many (On display from January 2026) St. Andrews, Collyeston - Brass of Elizabeth Ffollet - Collyweston Historical preservation Society Abington Park Museum - Portrait of the Felsher Family - Northampton Museums and Art Gallery Royal and Derngate Theatre - Safety Curtain by Sir Henry Bird - Royal and Derngate, Northampton Jeyes of Earls Barton - Tin Pan Alley - Jeyes Heritage / Earls Barton Museum Weston Favell Library - 2020 Play-off trophy - Northampton Town Football Club Weston Favell Library - Seven objects relating to seven faiths - Northampton Inter Faith Forum Daventry Library - Diwali paper lantern - Indian Hindu Welfare Organistaions (Northampton) Daventry Library- objects from Northampton Museums and art Gallery Collections Towcester Library - Sulgrave Manor key - Sulgrave Manor Trust Brackley Library - objects from Northampton Museums and Art Gallery collections