The Gunnersbury Museum & Park Development Trust has once again announced projects for which members of the public can vote. These are described in short films on their website. One scheme would provide bursaries to local schools who would otherwise
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Yearly Archives 2023
Glen Barnham 1945-2023
We are very sad to report that Glen Barnham died in September at the age of 78. He had been a member of the Gunnersbury Friends’ organisation since at least 1988 and served on the committee from 2018. Long before
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Gunnersbury tree walk, 11am 29 October
John Wells, the tree expert, has been booked by the Ealing Walking Club to do a tree tour in Gunnersbury Park on Sunday, 29 October. The event is free and will start at 11am outside the Museum. It will last
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Sci-fi exhibition “Set to Stun” 20 Oct 2023 to 2 June 2024
A remarkable free exhibition has just opened at Gunnersbury Park Museum celebrating sci-fi film and television production in west London from the 1960s onwards. The museum team has not only collected and borrowed some astonishing costumes and props but they
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Sir John Maynard’s 1690 funeral – online talk, 12 October 7pm
There are still some tickets available for James Wisdom’s online talk about the remarkable mourning and funeral of Sir John Maynard in October 1690. Part of the London Luminaries programme – book online. The talk is free though donations are
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Boygenius at Gunnersbury – Observer review
The first time we’ve seen a detailed review of a Gunnersbury gig in a heavy weekend newspaper – Kitty Empire was impressed! Since first posting this message Friends have notified us of reviews in the Telegraph, the Independent and the
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London Luminaries talks programme
Gunnersbury Park Museum is one of the 15 historic properties in West London that work together to offer an unusual online talks programme. Full details of which properties this includes and, more importantly, the subjects and dates of forthcoming talks
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Gunnersbury ticket raffle for Festival Republic gigs
Enter the raffle for free tickets here before midnight on 18 July Choose which show you want to see and cross your fingers . . . N-Dubz plus Venbee, Friday 11 August Kygo plus MK, SOFI TUKKER & Frank Walker,
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Theatre at Gunnersbury – coming up!
Book tickets on visitgunnersbury.org for enjoyable Quantum Theatre productions on the South Lawn 19 July, 6.30-8.30pm: Wind in the Willows 21 July, 7-9pm Midsummer Night’s Dream 27 July, 5-7pm: The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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Humanitarian aid memorial sculpture consultation, 2-3pm, 24 June
We’ve been informed about proposals to install a sculpture at Gunnersbury. There will be a public meeting to discuss this project on Saturday 24 June in the Museum. Marie Stirling, Gunnersbury’s Marketing & Communications Manager, wrote to us as follows:
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