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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 […]

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

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

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

Our volunteers are always looking for things to do from home – and we have various transcripts that need typing up. One of these was an account of local painter George Collins written by his grandson, it’s been sitting in a pile of things to do for months now, but one appeal in our Volunteers

by Peter Brown Dear Friends, There is no more poignant sight in our town today than the Dorking Cockerel on the A24/A25 roundabout.  Like the shop window mannequin in H.G. Wells Time Machine, Mr Cockerel’s numerous outfits always seem to reflect the mood of the day while putting smiles on faces.  We are all children

The Museum is determined to keep to a normal timetable – so we made sure that we all took four days off over Easter. This morning – it was obvious that people were anxious to start again, and there was a flurry of e mails between us. We are looking for a team to form

Two weeks into lock down, and the Museum is starting to settle down into its new routine. We closed our doors on the 16th March, and then cancelled our walks and cave tours a few days after that. As we started to realise that this was not going to be something that was going to