Author Archives: Horsham Museum Friend

Friends’ garden trips for 2024

The impressive greenhouse at Woolbeding The year may be far from over, but the Friends of Horsham Museum & Art Gallery have exciting plans in place for 2024! After the success of the trip to the beautiful Woolbeding Grdens in May, we will be returning next year, but in September. The gardens, run by theContinueContinue reading “Friends’ garden trips for 2024”

Fascinating look behind the scenes of the Godman Exhibition

Horsham Museum & Art Gallery Curator Nikki Caxton and Assistant Curator George Graham are pictured putting the Godman Exhibition together. Museum volunteer and Friend Rick Domas chatted to Assistant Curator George Graham about how the recent Frederick DuCane Godman Exhibition was put together. The highly-regarded and successful Frederick DuCane Godman: The Legacy of a CollectorContinueContinue reading “Fascinating look behind the scenes of the Godman Exhibition”

Vintage Car Rally video snippets

https://youtu.be/82cLKPh96J8 The annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run was back on the roads this morning (Sunday November 5), passing through West Sussex on the way. Friends Committee member Steve Payne was at Pease Pottage in sunny but chilly conditions to capture on film just a few of the amazing vehicles passing by. The 400ContinueContinue reading “Vintage Car Rally video snippets”

Sad story of an ancient cat

The desiccated cat It was Hallowe’en this week, so it seems fitting to highlight one of Horsham Museum’s more unusual items on display – the desiccated (dried out) cat! It is part of the ‘Cabinet of Curiosity’ and sometimes erroneously called the ‘mummified cat’, but it wasn’t preserved… far from it. It was discovered behindContinueContinue reading “Sad story of an ancient cat”