Winter colours for Horsham Museum garden

https://youtu.be/mHgsDEYLqLc Like every other garden in the UK the wait is on for warmer and brighter weather at Horsham Museum & Art Gallery. However, the Museum garden may be looking forward to the beautiful spring colours but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to see at this time of year. As our slideshow reveals there areContinueContinue reading “Winter colours for Horsham Museum garden”

Dinosaur exhibition opens with help from the Friends

This year’s major exhibition for Horsham Museum & Art Gallery – Cretaceous Horsham: Discovering Dinosaurs – opened on Saturday (January 18). The Friends of the Museum, the exhibition sponsors, had a special preview the evening before. https://youtu.be/9W48LZfXRn0 The free exhibition, brought together by the Museum’s Assistant Curator George Graham-Payne, looks at the dinosaurs who onceContinueContinue reading “Dinosaur exhibition opens with help from the Friends”

Horsham’s lost pubs

https://youtube.com/shorts/HSXBGDw3-fA Last year Horsham Museum & Art Gallery ran a very popular feature via its social media channels on the pubs of Horsham, using photos from the archives. It was part of its regular #ThrowbackThursday posts. It focussed on those pubs that are still around or those that had closed in living memory. However, HorshamContinueContinue reading “Horsham’s lost pubs”

Horsham gallery revamp looks back to 18th/19th Centuries

Did you know Horsham had a ‘coffee shop society’ in 1700 or that the town hall was rebuilt in 1888 in the Gothic style that remains today? These are just two of the fascinating facts that form part of the new 18th and 19th Century galleries that opened in Horsham Museum & Art Gallery atContinueContinue reading “Horsham gallery revamp looks back to 18th/19th Centuries”

Festive final Friday Late for Horsham Museum

https://youtu.be/cYR6QxKE3-I Despite the early evening rain, there was a good crowd to enjoy Horsham Museum & Art Gallery’s final Friday Late. HAODS (Horsham Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society) provided the entertainment, singing carols and festive songs while dressed in period costume. HAODS carol singers They proved a big success, filling everyone with cheer. Museum visitorsContinueContinue reading “Festive final Friday Late for Horsham Museum”