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Walking in Dorking Logo We’ve got ourselves a new logo for our walks team (when we start our walks again!) Thank you to Zebra Creative. Pilgrim Suit Our child’s Pilgrim suit is looking good. Volunteer Jackie Rance says “It needs the buttons attaching and a wee bit of finishing off (as well as the trousers!). …

3rd July 2020 – New Logos, Pilgrim suit update and a book review Read More »

Museum volunteer, Jackie Rance, has used her lockdown time to create new costumes for the Museum. This is a tiny suit for a Pilgrim – which will go on display in the Museum when the Mayflower exhibition reopens in 2021. Continuing with the Mayflower theme – these boats have popped up all over Dorking, and …

25th June – Pilgrim Suits and Mayflower Boats Read More »

Dorking Local History Group Talk On Monday 1st June at 7.15pm – Dorking Local History Group present their monthly talk – which this month is “The Vanishing River of Box Hill” by Peter Brown. It will be live on Zoom – and can be accessed through Surrey Meet Up. You’ll need to request membership in …

23rd May – Local History Talks and Olivier plaque anniversary Read More »

Local saddle maker Julia Forsyth is creating the interior of William Mullins shop for our upcoming Mayflower exhibition. The exhibition is due to open on the 10th September. We are not sure whether it will open on time – or will be delayed. Whenever it opens – it’s going to look fantastic!

By Peter Brown and Jane le CluseAuthor of The Vanishing River of Box Hill + developing the forthcoming Dorking Museum children’s book, and Museum Archivist Dorking Museum’s Cockerel Press and the Museum archive are appealing for images of local children, photos taken by children and art created by children to illustrate the Covid-19 crisis for a children’s action book which …

11th May 2020 – Appeal for Photos and Art for the Dorking Museum children’s action book Read More »

Saturday 2nd May was Surrey Day. The Museum had planned to open the caves and had several walks organised – but we had to cancel all that. BBC Surrey celebrated the day by holding a celebration on the Radio. They invited the Museum’s Kathy Atherton to talk about the Dorking Chicken. Listen to the interview …

5th May – Surrey Day, WW1 Soldiers and online resources. Read More »

These clothes usually live in our World War section – and are used by children to dress up as they look at the exhibits. As we are closed – it is a perfect time for all these items to be given a good spring clean. We are also able to mend any rips or tears …

29th April 2020 – WW2 Clothing spotted on washing lines around Dorking Read More »

by Peter Brown May 1993 The view over the snow-capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains made a spectacular climax to the journey from London to Montana.  Now the aircraft was descending towards its destination – the town of Bozeman – gateway to the vast American open wilderness that has come to be known as ‘Big …

Fragments from deep time Read More »

by Peter Brown We all have personal treasures that connect us with the people and places we have experienced over the years. Objects, diaries, photograph albums and sketches all have their stories to tell. They are part of who we are. Now is the perfect time to write down their stories for our children and …

28th April 2020 – Tales from the Cabinet of Curiosity Read More »

Accreditation Update Today we heard back from the Arts Council to say that they had received our eligibility submission – and we would hear from them within six weeks to let us know if our application was successful, and we can then start working towards Accreditation. The Arts Council and the Collections Trust have so …

22nd April 2020 – Accreditation Update and Chalk Pit information Appeal Read More »