Tag Archives: Horsham

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”

Roman remains on show at Horsham Museum

The annual Festival of Archaeology is currently being held across the UK, run by the Council for British Archaeology. There are various events going on, but if archaeology is your interest then Horsham Museum & Art Gallery has plenty on show to see! Roman glass Colourful Roman glass How about these amazing Roman glass bottlesContinueContinue reading “Roman remains on show at Horsham Museum”

Don’t step on a bee!

There seems to be a ‘day’ for every conceivable occasion and subject, but today is Don’t Step on a Bee Day and is actually very important! The Horsham Museum garden has become a focal point in the town as an area of tranquillity, and the volunteer gardeners have done a magnificent job creating a wildlifeContinueContinue reading “Don’t step on a bee!”

Horsham’s link to famous painter

Whither by Edward Bainbridge Copnall There are several old paintings on show in Horsham Museum & Art Gallery but ‘Whither’ by Edward Bainbridge Copnall is arguably the most intriguing! It’s an allegorical funeral scene, with the deceased clearly ascending to Heaven. However, Edward Bainbridge Copnall spent several years in Horsham and the scene is supposedlyContinueContinue reading “Horsham’s link to famous painter”

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”