Wednesday 22nd April’s talk on “The History of Kenley Airfield” (at Soper Hall), a talk by Linda Duffield is SOLD OUT!!!!
Love sewing or fancy trying something new? Join us for a relaxing and creative English Paper Piecing workshop at East Surrey Museum on
Saturday 25th April, 13:00 – 15:30. Cost £7pp. Spaces are limited, so to book your place please email sewhilary@gmail.com
More details at Talks and Events – East Surrey Museum
New special exhibition on schools in East Surrey open! It covers schools including Caterham, Eothen, Hillcroft, Whyteleafe County, Purley County, St Michael’s Limpsfield, Commonweal Lodge, & Marden Lodge.
As well as text and photos, you’ll find items like school play programmes, scrap books, school magazines, and even a punishment cane from days of old on display.
We have some great new and second hand books on sale at great prices – especially if you are a car or railway enthusiast. In addition to the books shown here, we’ve also got brand new copies of “Surrey and the Motor” at a mere £5 – under half RRP – please come in and have look.
Our shop has some lovely new additions that celebrate the places we all know and love in our corner of Surrey, e.g. Museum Teatowels featuring well known local landmarks and a brand new selection of mounted local scenes captured by talented local photographer “The Urban Countryman”. Perfect as gifts or a treat for yourself! see Goods for Adults – East Surrey Museum for more details
One of our most striking recent acquisitions is this rather wonderful restored trench organ. Please visit us and have a good look at it; if you want to know more about trench organs – e.g. what they are, and why they are called “trench organs” – you will find out in this podcast https://oldfrontline.co.uk/2023/08/12/great-war-music-with-beverley-palin/
We’ve recently revamped our “new additions” cabinet. For example, here’s a World War II jar that contained anti-gas ointment, a 19th century pewter mug, and a very old copy of “Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management”.
For more on our recent acquisitions, see Recent Acquisitions – East Surrey Museum
We have an exhibition of local crested commemorative china ornaments in our Victorian room – please come and and have a look. (By “local”, we mean ornaments made for clubs, organisations and people in and around Caterham; some were made as far away as Stoke-on-Trent.)
We have two interesting additions to our Victorian Room. One is a poster for International Stores’ product “Celindo Tea”; the other is a photo of International Stores’ Caterham branch. Can you date them? Come in and have a look at them, and their accompanying text.
We have several new local village history books by the Bourne Society, and a new book celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Stockton to Darlington railway in stock – why not come in and have a good look?
We’ve received some amazing items, some going back to the reign of the Emperor Julian II (AD 360-363), found by detectorists in and around Bletchingley. The items displayed here, and more, are now on display with explanatory texts.
A big, big THANK YOU to Gatwick Airport Community Trust, Curry Fund and Caterham Oxted & Godstone Lions for providing funds to improve the dinosaur/fossil area in the children’s room.
East Surrey Museum is proud to be participating in “Wheels of Time.” It is a fun badge collecting scheme which encourages children aged 5-11 to explore Surrey museums and heritage venues. For more details, see here
Our annual children’s archaeological dig on Saturday 21st/Sunday 22nd June was a great success – please come in and have a look at what local kids excavated – you may be surprised! (And BTW, we’ll be having another children’s archaeological dig on Saturday & Sunday 20th/21st 2026 at Whyteleafe Gardens)