Exhibition 12 November to 9 December 2013 An exhibition about the proposals will be on show out of doors near the Cafe and also in the Museum, with a chance to leave your responses. Public Presentation on the Regeneration Proposals
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“Licensed to sell”; exhibition 6 July 2013 to 7 November 2013
This special exhibition presents a smashing collection of 16 watercolours of local inns and taverns from the mid-19th century. They were presented by Andrew Pears, the soap manufacturer and local dignitary, to his fellow JPs in 1900. They hung in
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Faith in Suburbia, museum exhibition until 30 June 2013
A new exhibition has opened at Gunnersbury Park Museum. Called Faith in Suburbia: a shared photographic journey, it was created at University College London and had its first showing there. The exhibition is the outcome of a remarkable collaboration between
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Success for the first stage of the Museum’s bid for an HLF Heritage Grant
This week the Heritage Lottery Fund announced the award of £386,400 to support the development of a full bid for the restoration of the Large Mansion and the development of the Museum. This development phase will require further funds to
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Victorian family activities, Sunday 1 April 2012
Two kinds of Museum activities for all ages – please note children must be accompanied by an adult. Phone 020 8992 2247 for details Victorian Kitchens 11.30am-12.30pm; 1.15-2.15pm; 3.30-4.30pm free activities, no advance booking, first come first served. Meet Gunnersbury’s
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Charles Dickens Centenary event, Sunday 15 April 2012 at 2.30pm
Hounslow Libraries have put together several events for the Dickens bicentenary. One will take place at Gunnersbury Park Museum. Lucinda Dickens Hawksley will be talking about her recent book commemorating Charles Dickens, her great-great-great-grand-father. Tickets are £1 and you must
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Our Sporting Life: Celebrating sports clubs and sporting heroes in Hounslow and Ealing
Saturday February 25 to Tuesday August 28 2012 The Museum’s new exhibition is part of the build up to the greatest ever exhibition of British sporting history to be held in London for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It
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Stir Up Sunday, 20 November 2011
Join this free family activity with Gunnersbury’s Victorian servants as they prepare for the Christmas festivities! Traditionally, Christmas preparations in a big household would begin on the last Sunday before the church services for Advent. This was known as Stir-Up
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Colours of Another Age – the Rothschild Autochromes 6 August 2011- 29 January 2012
An exhibition from the Rothschild Archive The long dream of photographers – to be able to capture the image of the world in colour – finally became reality with the invention in 1907 of the Autochrome. Among the earliest photographers
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Half term activities, 1 June 2011
The Museum will be providing entertaining sessions on 1 June. They suggest coming for a whole day in the Park, with a picnic (there will be a sheltered place to eat if the weather is bad) or taking lunch
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