https://youtu.be/RRjHk0T8-HY The old library at Horsham Museum & Art Gallery has been given a major revamp! On Saturday (May 25) the doors were re-opened to a bright, new-look room that offers a place to sit and study. The number of local authors on show has been reduced to allow far more information to be presentedContinueContinue reading “Horsham Museum’s new-look library”
Monthly Archives: May 2024
On this day – Horsham Market
https://youtu.be/M4uRMo8StZE On this day, May 20, in 1989 traders in Horsham’s old market at Piries Close (now Place) shut up shop for the final time. Two years before, the West Sussex County Times had announced that traders were ‘in limbo’ as plans had been put in place to redevelop the whole area, including Burton’s YardContinueContinue reading “On this day – Horsham Market”
Museum’s Horshamosaurus makes a trip
One of Horsham Museum & Art Gallery’s fascinating artefacts, the bones from a Horshamosaurus, has made a trip to Chichester. Horsham Museum Curator Nikki Caxton It is being featured as part of the Novium Museum’s latest exhibition, Dinosaurs: Hungry Hatchlings. This exhibition tells the stories of iconic dinosaurs on their journeys from egg to adult,ContinueContinue reading “Museum’s Horshamosaurus makes a trip”
Horsham history project completed!
The major project to add the five volumes of Horsham’s History on to the Friends’ website has been completed! Former Curator Jeremy Knight’s comprehensive guide through the town’s past up to 1939 has been available in book form via the library and several copies were sold to the public. However, due to spiralling costs ofContinueContinue reading “Horsham history project completed!”
Museum’s musical May Bank Holiday treat
https://youtu.be/2LyM61AmTBE There was a musical treat for visitors to the Museum as it held a Spring Garden Party on Sunday May 5. The Museum’s first major event of the year, part of the town’s aMAYzing weekend celebration, proved popular, despite the changeable weather. Folkus had toes tapping with their music In fact, the heavy rainContinueContinue reading “Museum’s musical May Bank Holiday treat”
Friends of Horsham Museum & Art Gallery 