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The latest news from Emsworth Museum. See Events for upcoming events
Judge Sarah Munro Enthrals Emsworth
Her Honour Judge Sarah Munro KC enthralled a sell-out audience on a rainy Thursday evening in November 2023 with her talk about Women…
Museum Redecoration Work Starts
The Museum is open to the public from Easter to the end of October. Once the museum closes for the winter, our volunteer…
Unexploded Bomb, Bath Road
Can you help? Was your family in Bath Road, Emsworth in 1943? Helen Price, daughter of Jack Victor Morgan, visited Emsworth Museum in…
Tribute to Mike and Ann Edwards
I’m sad to report that the Trust has recently lost two of its keen and hard-working supporters. Ann Edwards died in March followed…
Arts Trail 2023
Saturday, 22nd April was the first day of the Emsworth Arts Trail 2023. This year’s annual festival proved to be every bit as…
Treasure Hunt 2023
The annual stroll around Emsworth resumed on the evening of Wednesday, 21st June after a break of several years. A healthy number of…
Archaeology on the Coastal Plain
View the Exhibition online. This exhibition, curated by Ann Davies, showcased some of the work undertaken in recent years by Chichester & District…
Portsmouth – Harlots, Dung & Glory Part 1: 1100 – 1800
From nothing to world renown. The last talk of the 2022/23 season was held in the Mountford Room of the Community Centre on…
Brickmaking in Emsworth – Postscript
from Trevor Davies View the Brickmaking Exhibition on-line. Now that the Brickmaking exhibition has closed, we can celebrate the interaction with the Emsworth…
From the Chairman
from Trevor Davies I would like to record my thanks to the Stewards’ team who have volunteered to steward the Museum continuously for…
A Memorable Day at Buckingham Palace
Our Chairman Trevor Davies was honoured to be invited to the Garden Party to celebrate the Coronation at Buckingham Palace on 9th May…
Emsworth Museum Supports Art Invisible Outreach Program
From Phil Magrath, Curator of Emsworth Museum, July 2023 Shelagh Standen and I continue to undertake outreach about once a month at Art…
From the Chairman
Charitable Incorporated Organisation I am very pleased by the unanimous support given at the AGM to the proposal that we change the Emsworth…
New greetings cards
New greetings cards are now for sale in the Museum and at Bookends ofEmsworth, £3 each. These images of scenes at Emsworth harbour…
Wings for Victory National Savings Campaign
Eighty years ago, in May 1943, the residents of Havant and Waterlooville were motivated to donate metallic items in their possession for the…
Richard Brooks on Fred Jane
Fred T Jane was an eccentric visionary concluded Richard Brooks in his evening talk at the Emsworth Community Centre on Thursday, 2nd March….
David Hazle and the Emsworth Post War Property Market
Retired estate agent, David Hazle gave a fascinating insight into the mid to late 20th century property market in Emsworth in his talk…
48th Annual General Meeting
The 48th Annual General Meeting of the Emsworth Maritime & Historical Trust was held on 9th March in the Community Centre. Among the…
Brick Making Exhibition Opens the 2023 Season
Saturday, 1st April, was the opening day of the 2023 season in Emsworth Museum and brick making was the first exhibition in the…
Exhibition to Celebrate the Life of Sir Peter Blake 1948 – 2001
Curated by Pippa, Lady Blake and Trevor Davies this exhibition will be officially opened at 2 pm on Sunday, 10th July by Lady Blake…
The Triangle Girls
The Emsworth Community Centre was full for a talk given about “The Triangle Girls” by Cheryl Jewitt and Ian Barbeary from Portsmouth Royal…