One of Horsham Museum & Art Gallery’s fascinating artefacts, the bones from a Horshamosaurus, has made a trip to Chichester. Horsham Museum Curator Nikki Caxton It is being featured as part of the Novium Museum’s latest exhibition, Dinosaurs: Hungry Hatchlings. This exhibition tells the stories of iconic dinosaurs on their journeys from egg to adult,ContinueContinue reading “Museum’s Horshamosaurus makes a trip”
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Horsham history project completed!
The major project to add the five volumes of Horsham’s History on to the Friends’ website has been completed! Former Curator Jeremy Knight’s comprehensive guide through the town’s past up to 1939 has been available in book form via the library and several copies were sold to the public. However, due to spiralling costs ofContinueContinue reading “Horsham history project completed!”
Star Wars Day and Horsham Museum
Today is Star Wars Day (May the Fourth – ‘May the Force’ – get it?) and, perhaps surprisingly, Horsham Museum & Art Gallery has some artefacts in its archives relating to the film franchise! Darth Maul First we have the above character figure of Darth Maul on a wheeled vehicle from the George Lucas StarContinueContinue reading “Star Wars Day and Horsham Museum”
Latest Horsham History volume added online
The horrors of the First World War have been well documented, but what was it like on the home front and, in particular, the Horsham district? The latest addition to Horsham’s History online goes into great detail. As part of the Friends’ commitment to add all of Jeremy Knight’s volumes of history to this websiteContinueContinue reading “Latest Horsham History volume added online”
Explore gardening history at Horsham Museum
The sun is shining (sometimes!) and it’s starting to get warmer – that means one thing! For those people who have a lawn it’s time to get the mower out. While most of us simply plug our lawnmower into the mains and let the machine do all the hard work, it wasn’t that long agoContinueContinue reading “Explore gardening history at Horsham Museum”
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