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Jazzy time at Horsham Museum Late

Jazz duo Sloth in the City performed yesterday (July 18) at what was Horsham Museum & Art Gallery’s first Friday Late. https://youtu.be/PaVpveUMA_g Last month’s event sadly was cancelled due to unexpected circumstances, but there was a big crowd for this couple from Brighton. Sloth in the City The cool jazz from acoustic guitar and sopranoContinueContinue reading “Jazzy time at Horsham Museum Late”

Horsham Museum garden in full bloom

https://youtu.be/8a0dZQg9jbQ While the Horsham Museum & Art Gallery garden is a joy to walk round pretty much all year round, it can be argued that it is at its very best at the moment! It is full of bees and butterflies, while ladybirds and other small insects scurry about. The volunteer gardeners take enormous prideContinueContinue reading “Horsham Museum garden in full bloom”

Another ‘treat’ in Horsham Museum’s watercolour collection

Museum Friend Rick Domas, who is preparing for a forthcoming talk, looks at two more interesting paintings. In addition to finding my residence depicted in the museum’s watercolour collection, I recently came across two original botanical paintings prepared c1791–1800 for (William) Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, by either Sydenham Edwards or James Sowerby, two of the principalContinueContinue reading “Another ‘treat’ in Horsham Museum’s watercolour collection”

Line judges out at Wimbledon

Horsham Museum & Art Gallery Friend Rick Domas looks at how a tennis tradition has disappeared. Rick will be giving a talk on July 30 to the Friends about the Watercolour collection in the Museum archives. Wimbledon is a lot like the art world. There are ‘in’ and ‘out’ players, ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ players, young players, oldContinueContinue reading “Line judges out at Wimbledon”

Chocolate Worm Cake – not a cake and no chocolate worms!

It’s World Chocolate Day! Few people would let the day pass without enjoying this historic and popular confectionary! However, in among the Horsham Museum & Art Gallery archives is this packet of Chocolate Worm Cake! Even the most fanatic chocoholic would baulk at trying this, though. There were no chocolate worms and it wasn’t aContinueContinue reading “Chocolate Worm Cake – not a cake and no chocolate worms!”