Chesterfield Museum is a place to discover the Story of Chesterfield, from its beginnings as a Roman fort, the expansion of the Market and the Industrial Revolution, which brought ‘Father of the Railways’, George Stephenson, to town.
Here are ? fab pictures of you enjoying the exhibits and displays in pictures going back to 1998.
Want more Chesterfield retro? Florists over the years in Chesterfield
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1. Roman solider
8-year-old Jamie Ford from Highfield Hall Primary school,Newbold,Chesterfield, tried on a replica Roman centurian outfit, at "The Romans" exhibition at the re-opened Chesterfield Museum in 1998
Photo: Stuart Hastings
2. Spireites exhibition
At the launch of the Spireites exhibition at the Chesterfield Museum were old players Joe Spence, Sean O'Neil, ernie Moss, Stan Milburn & Stan Marchant pictured in 2002
Photo: Glenn Ashley (for Star)
3. Chesterfield dig
L to R Pete Swallow, MD Bolsterstone plc; Duncan Grant, Development Director, Bolsterstone plc; handing over artifacts found at the archeological site at the former Old Feathers pub, Chesterfield to Maria Barnes, Assistant Curator at Chesterfield Museum, and Cound David Stone pictured in 2004
Photo: Stuart Hastings
4. On guard
Bowman at the Museum l to r Kyle Turton 12yrs. Sean Walsh 6yrs and Brian Heath pictured in 2006
Photo: Terry Walden