Join this free family event as the Victorian servants prepare for the Christmas festivities! Sessions take place at the following times,first come first served: 11.30am-12.30pm, 1-2pm and 2.30-3.30pm. Please note: Children must be accompanied by an adult at all
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Archives for News
A Hive of Industry – until September 2011
Quietly over the summer a new exhibition has been installed at the Museum at Gunnersbury. A fantastic array of products made in Hounslow and Ealing the two boroughs the museum serves, has been brought out of the stores and
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A History of the World in a Hundred Objects
With the success of its Radio 4 series, presented by Neil MacGregor of the British Museum, the BBC has encouraged both museums and individuals to submit significant objects for its website – you can see those from Gunnersbury Park Museum
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New Fashion Display at the Museum 2010-11
There is a new display of Victorian dress at Gunnersbury Park Museum which shows the range of clothes which a fashionable Victorian lady might wear in any one day. Nowadays it is fashionable to look casual and to wear the
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Princess Amelia’s Fan free children’s workshops – 4 August 2010
Join us for one of our exciting one-day drama and craft workshops, for age 8-12 years, on Tuesday 3rd or Wednesday 4th August 2010, 10am to 4pm. Meet our very own “Princess Amelia”, daughter of George II, and former Gunnersbury
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Gunnersbury Park Trees
The Friends have recently received this note from John Laing Integrated Services, the company ultimately responsible for the landscape at Gunnersbury. It is a very informative note and so we are reproducing it and its attachments in full. “As part
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Museum activities 2 June 2010
Green Elephants and Mice! A family activity for children of all ages Q: When is a milk carton not a milk carton? A: When it’s a green elephant, of course! Confused? Join one of these creative workshops and all
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Friends Seek action from English Heritage
This is the text of a press release issued by the Friends on 13 December 2009: FRIENDS ASK ENGLISH HERITAGE TO ACT At their Annual General Meeting on 6 December the Friends of Gunnersbury Park & Museum resolved
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Huge damage from repeated lead thefts
Over the period of the last three weeks, Gunnersbury has suffered four thefts of lead from the roof of the servants’ wing in the Large Mansion, three of them in the last four days. A couple of weekends ago lead
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Consultation shows large majority in favour of restoration
The report published today shows that there were 4,304 responses to the Consultation. The proposals for the Large Mansion, Small Mansion, Stables, Landscape and Sports were agreed or strongly agreed by between 61% and 79% of the respondents. The
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