Friends may well be interested in this new book since the impending arrival of the new road to the West was one of the reasons which made the Rothschilds happy to sell their Gunnersbury Park estate. Not only would the
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Sandford Award for Gunnersbury learning team
This report, with very pleasing news, appeared today, 11 October 2024, on BrentfordTW8.com, the local community website. It is posted here with congratulations to the learning team! Gunnersbury Park has joined a range of heritage venues including Windsor Castle and
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Community Choice returns
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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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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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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Spring 2023 update
Don’t miss the young cherry saplings near the Stables – they are now in bloom! These were a gift from the Sakura Project and planted in late 2021 by Capel Manor College students and volunteers. The Museum is offering various
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Gunnersbury’s Kitchens on Channel 4, 9pm, 20.12.22
Don’t miss this treat, featuring Gunnersbury’s Victorian kitchens!
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Museum receives Arts Council National Portfolio Funding for the first time!
Today Arts Council England (ACE) has made the announcement of funding for what it calls National Portfolio Organisations which will be supported for 3 years from 2023. It has responded to government directions to provide more funding outside London which
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London Luminaries online talks
This year Gunnersbury has become one of the 14 historic houses and museums which put on a lively programme of online talks each year. The theme is Food and Drink and the first talks, from Hogarth’s House and Ham House,
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Gunnersbury Park: the Place & the People
A joint event, promoted by both the Museum and the Friends, this on-line talk takes place on 16 September at 6.30pm. It is not too late to book a place! Val Bott and James Wisdom will present the story of
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