Last Saturday saw the 131st anniversary of the Horsham Museum Society – now the Friends of Horsham Museum & Art Gallery! The Museum was founded back then by the Free Christian Church (now the Unitarian Church), collecting items of educational and general interest which were stored in the church and brought out on various occasions.ContinueContinue reading “Museum Society chalks up another birthday”
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Horsham’s Olympic gold medal water polo hero
As the 2024 Olympics swing into action in France, it’s a good time to look back at Horsham’s own local heroes. We’ve had a few notable successes, such as 400m hurdler Sally Gunnell, from Steyning, who took gold in 1992, and Fiona Bigwood from Horsham’s Bourne Hill Dressage who took silver in 2016. Arthur EdwinContinueContinue reading “Horsham’s Olympic gold medal water polo hero”
Amazing Woolbeding Gardens – next Friends event!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KKbEFhXBK0 Photos from the Friends trip to Woolbeding Gardens in May 2023. Following the success of the Friends of Horsham Museum & Art Gallery trip to Woolbeding Gardens, near Midhurst, last year a return trip has been organised for this September! The visit in 2023 was in May, so this year’s visit will see aContinueContinue reading “Amazing Woolbeding Gardens – next Friends event!”
Touch of Caribbean for Horsham Museum Friday Late
https://youtu.be/eDY0Uyq6LtI The latest Horsham Museum & Art Gallery Friday Late proved very successful on July 19, with a bumper crowd enjoying the evening’s hot summer sun. Entertaining the Museum’s visitors were Brighton-based band Steel Tribe who have gained quite a reputation for their skill, wide repertoire and enthusiastic playing. Steel Tribe The next Friday LateContinueContinue reading “Touch of Caribbean for Horsham Museum Friday Late”
Day that changed the world
On this day (June 28) in 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, was on a trip through Sarajevo, the provincial capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, formally annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908. Both were assassinated by teenager Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip – an act that sparked theContinueContinue reading “Day that changed the world”
Friends of Horsham Museum & Art Gallery 