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Adopt a Museum Object – special festive offer!

Struggling to find a Christmas gift for a friend or family member? We’ve all been there! A pair of socks, bath salts or even a box of chocolates don’t seem the perfect present. So how about something totally different! Why not adopt a Museum object in their name? For December only you can do thisContinueContinue reading “Adopt a Museum Object – special festive offer!”

Fascinating look behind the scenes of the Godman Exhibition

Horsham Museum & Art Gallery Curator Nikki Caxton and Assistant Curator George Graham are pictured putting the Godman Exhibition together. Museum volunteer and Friend Rick Domas chatted to Assistant Curator George Graham about how the recent Frederick DuCane Godman Exhibition was put together. The highly-regarded and successful Frederick DuCane Godman: The Legacy of a CollectorContinueContinue reading “Fascinating look behind the scenes of the Godman Exhibition”

Sad story of an ancient cat

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”

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?”