Who is the best-selling author of all time? Who is instantly recognisable as the Queen of Crime novels? Yes, you’ve guessed it – Agatha Christie! Everyone is invited to the next talk held by the Friends of Horsham Museum & Art Gallery when we will hear about the Life and Times of Agatha Christie. DavidContinueContinue reading “Next event (Feb 26): Chance to hear about world’s best-selling author!”
Monthly Archives: January 2025
Dinosaur exhibition opens with help from the Friends
This year’s major exhibition for Horsham Museum & Art Gallery – Cretaceous Horsham: Discovering Dinosaurs – opened on Saturday (January 18). The Friends of the Museum, the exhibition sponsors, had a special preview the evening before. https://youtu.be/9W48LZfXRn0 The free exhibition, brought together by the Museum’s Assistant Curator George Graham-Payne, looks at the dinosaurs who onceContinueContinue reading “Dinosaur exhibition opens with help from the Friends”
Horsham’s lost pubs
https://youtube.com/shorts/HSXBGDw3-fA Last year Horsham Museum & Art Gallery ran a very popular feature via its social media channels on the pubs of Horsham, using photos from the archives. It was part of its regular #ThrowbackThursday posts. It focussed on those pubs that are still around or those that had closed in living memory. However, HorshamContinueContinue reading “Horsham’s lost pubs”
Horsham gallery revamp looks back to 18th/19th Centuries
Did you know Horsham had a ‘coffee shop society’ in 1700 or that the town hall was rebuilt in 1888 in the Gothic style that remains today? These are just two of the fascinating facts that form part of the new 18th and 19th Century galleries that opened in Horsham Museum & Art Gallery atContinueContinue reading “Horsham gallery revamp looks back to 18th/19th Centuries”
Looking back – Extreme measures to cure Horsham district pest problem
As we’re all aware, attitudes and outlooks change over decades and what seemed a great idea may not be viewed favourably today! The Rat and Sparrow Clubs are definitely a good example. These rather macabre clubs were first formed in the 19th Century and were still around in the 1950s. A 1915 report of theContinueContinue reading “Looking back – Extreme measures to cure Horsham district pest problem”
Friends of Horsham Museum & Art Gallery 