1. Bunyan Meeting and John Bunyan Museum, Bedford
Who we are
Bunyan Meeting and John Bunyan Museum, Bedford

2. Bunyan Meeting
Historic Church site
John Bunyan famous Minister
Active independent church

3. John Bunyan
Discover the Bedford man whose writings touched the world…
John Bunyan (1628 – 1688) tinker, soldier, Christian, preacher, prisoner, and writer
Author of many books, including the world famous The Pilgrim’s Progress

4. Our museum… 6,000 visitors a year from around the world 2015:
22 groups
24 schools (18 of which Full House project)
668 outreach

5. Statement of Purpose: The Museum in context
The John Museum & Library exists to collect, conserve and interpret, for the public benefit, artefacts, books and other material relating to the life and times of John Bunyan, and the history of Bunyan Meeting.

6. Our Team Museum volunteers: Team of 35 Mixture of ages
Mixture of backgrounds

7. Exhibition & activities
Summer exhibitions :
Bunyan’s Beasts
Sunday Scholars
Bunyan: 15
Lest we Forget
Bunyan on a Plate

8. Education and School visits

9. Literature and Art competitions

10. Working with our neighbours
Heritage Bedford
Pattern Tracker
Elstow Life Path
Youth Inspired