Category Archives: Local History

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”

Horsham district man’s vital USA link

On this day (October 14) in 1644 one William Penn was born in London. The man was destined to found a US state, become a renowned Quaker and be a fierce advocate for religious freedom! His Horsham district association began in 1676 when he bought a house near the parish church of Warminghurst, between ThakehamContinueContinue reading “Horsham district man’s vital USA link”

Thomas Honywood – Horsham’s forgotten hero?

https://youtu.be/dPjB3u7DdZs Ask most people in Horsham ‘who was Thomas Honywood?’ and very few will have heard of him! Yet this extraordinary man introduced photography to Horsham and even created a new photographic process. In his role as an archaeologist, he also discovered the historic Horsham Hoard and was Captain of the Horsham Volunteer Fire Brigade.ContinueContinue reading “Thomas Honywood – Horsham’s forgotten hero?”