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”
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Oh yes it is! Our next talk is about panto!
The Friends Committee is delighted to announce that our next talk will be by noted speaker Pete Allen who will reveal the history of pantomime on Wednesday December 6. Pete Allen What is it about Pantomime that attracts us to this strange concoction of fairy tales, dance jokes, songs and cross-dressing? And what is itContinueContinue reading “Oh yes it is! Our next talk is about panto!”
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?”
Autumn colour in Museum garden – slideshow
The Museum garden in autumn
Three easy ways to help Horsham Museum
Easy ways to help the Museum
Friends of Horsham Museum & Art Gallery 