Celebrate 100 years of Astley Hall Museum
2024 is an exciting year of celebration at Astley Hall, as we mark our 100 year anniversary of being open as a museum!
Astley Hall first opened its doors to the public in 1924, two years after Reginald Arthur Tatton gave it to the people of Chorley. A special ‘Astley Memories’ project has been launched to collect important local stories and experiences about the Hall, and we would love you to get involved and become a part of history!
Whether you had a wedding at the Hall, went on a school trip, volunteered, or have visited for years, we want to hear from you. The conversations collected as part of this project will be added to the Astley archive so they can be used to tell the story of the Hall for years to come.
Stories will be collected in different ways, primarily through recorded interviews but you can also get involved by sharing photographs, written accounts, or artwork. These memories will then be used to tell the story of the past 100 years of Astley via installations throughout the Hall, and will be part of a special Coach House Gallery exhibition in the Autumn.
To take part you can email astley.hall@chorley.gov.uk, head into the Astley Museum Shop or the Coach House Gallery to request an expression of Interest form and get more information about the project.
We’re making appointments now for people to come and be recorded telling their stories so please do get in touch!
Astley Hall, Coach House and Park