It’s Bike Week, so we’re looking at some of the amazing examples that are on show at Horsham Museum & Art Gallery! The Blazing Saddles gallery is a fascinating attraction for anyone interested in cycling. Pride of place must go to the Pentacycle, though. It was originally designed and patented by the Horsham architect EdwardContinueContinue reading “Cycling history at Horsham Museum for #BikeWeek”
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On this day – Horsham Market
https://youtu.be/M4uRMo8StZE On this day, May 20, in 1989 traders in Horsham’s old market at Piries Close (now Place) shut up shop for the final time. Two years before, the West Sussex County Times had announced that traders were ‘in limbo’ as plans had been put in place to redevelop the whole area, including Burton’s YardContinueContinue reading “On this day – Horsham Market”
Museum’s Horshamosaurus makes a trip
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”
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”
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