2021
Latest
News
Roman
Staines in 10 Objects
This
is Spelthorne Museum’s Oculists’ stamp, one of ten
objects chosen by the Education Team to illustrate what it was
like to live in Pontes, Roman Staines. You will find eating
and drinking, trades and buildings, superstition and belief,
and staying healthy. Just like the 21st century really! Download
the pdf from http://bit.ly/3v6Hee4
where you will also find a School’s Powerpoint version.
January
3rd, 2021.
The
Spelthorne area has been put into Tier 4 for Covid, which
means that we cannot open. The Library will also be closed
and so our doors are closed for now.
More updates as soon as we get them. Stay safe.
December
10th, 2020
We
are happy to announce that the Staines Library is now open
for browsing and they have agreed to open up the Elmsleigh
room of the Museum in the normal way. The Thames Room will
still be closed, as Volunteers need to work in there. Stay
safe!
December
1st, 2020
Following the announcement that Spelthorne
will be in Tier 2 after the current lockdown ends on the 2nd of
December, the Trustees of Spelthorne Museum have taken the reluctant
decision to postpone re-opening the Museum for the time being.
Our archive store will also be closed.
We
look forward to normal service being resumed in 2021.....
Have
a wonderful December!
Continue
to stay safe.
Our
new Mural at the entrance to the Museum at the back of the Library
This
month the Museum will be open on 2 Saturdays.
This week (10th October) and
next week (17th October) from
1:30 to 4:30 pm.
Covid protection will be adhered to, with a one way system,
and the recommended space needed. Also our Volunteers will
be wearing face coverings. We did a trial run a couple of
weeks ago and have used the comments from the Volunteers that
day to add to our protection for visitors. There is a NHS
QR poster there that will allow those with smart phones to
scan in to 'Test and Trace' as well. Others will have to sign
in.
You do not have to register before coming but we are only
allowed 6 people in at a time.
Our current Exhibit in the Thames Room is '40 years of Spelthorne
Museum'.
A number of our volunteers are not ready to come in to the
Museum yet, but in the coming weeks we hope to have more opening
days, with a full schedule running by January as long as everything
goes well with Covid.
We look forward to seeing you soon. Please stay safe.
We thank our visitors and volunteers for their patience!
Please check back here for further updates
Latest Talk
(Online only)
2021
Talks
Although
no actual talks can be presented due to the Covid Pandemic,
a couple of talks were presented via Zoom and recorded to
add to the website.
Those below have been submitted to YouTube. Just click on
the link:
Each
talk is available for a limited time only
14th March 2021
Laleham
in Old Photos By Nick Pollard
1st
April 2021
NEW Stanwell
in Old Photos by Nick Pollard
Please check in
regularly to see if there are any new talks listed. Thanks
Our Latest
Exhibit
We
now have three new Exhibits on line for you to see. The latest
one is being added today (August 7th 2020)and is about VJ Day.
We hope to add more later. Enjoy!
Another online Exhibit
for VJ Day 75th Anniversary (August 2020)
Closed
until further notice. Online only
This book is available in the Museum NOW.
At the 2020
Virtual AGM in July, the following members were elected on to
the Committee:
Chair - Sheila Montague
Vice-Chair - Mike Taylor
Treasurer - Julia Gibbs
Secretary/Editor - vacant
Committee - C Mitchell (Newsletter Editor, SPARCS), Sue
Rhodes, Sara Collins
Curator - Nick Pollard
Facilities Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Webmistress - Gloria
Hazell (Co-opted)
Store Manager - Jackie Browne (Co-opted)
Museum Mentor, SPARCS, Education Team - Rowena Ferneley
(Co-opted)
Julia Gibbs remains the Chair of the Trustees
21st March, 2020: CORONAVIRUS: Latest
news - As expected Staines Library has now closed down for the
duration, and so that means that our Museum is fully closed now,
both the Thames Room and the Elmsleigh Room. Keep watching for
any updates both on here and on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/190760607732257/)
Thanks for your continued support. Stay safe.
17th March 2020: CORONAVIRUS: SPELTHORNE MUSEUM
IN THE LIGHT OF GOVERNMENT
ADVICE, THE THAMES ROOM WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. TO
PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND OUR VOLUNTEERS, SADLY OUR MEETINGS, PUBLIC
TALKS AND ACTIVITY DAYS ARE ALSO SUSPENDED FOR THE TIME BEING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.
The Trustees of Spelthorne Museum 17.3.2020
Look at what we won in
2016!
Spelthorne
Museum Needs Volunteers
Can you
spare 2-3 hours a month?
e-mail:
Volunteers@spelthornemuseum.org.uk
Volunteers
receive a monthly newsletter called 'Treasures' to keep them up-to-date
with what is happening at the museum.
Museum News
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Spelthorne
Museum is divided into two rooms. The Elmsleigh Room is
opened by Staines Library staff and has the history of Spelthorne
from the Ice Age to Modern Times. To provide visitors with
something different there are two display areas which are
changed frequently.
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Window
on Spelthorne
Is a small display case near the Fire Exit and changes roughly
every month.
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Big
Blue Board
The second area in the Elmsleigh Room to have a varying
subject is a display board (sadly called 'The Big Blue Board',
because that is what it is!).
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Temporary Exhibition
Area
Closed
until further notice.
(Please see the links above for the online exhibits)
The second of Spelthorne Museum's two rooms is the Thames
Room. This is opened when volunteers are on duty and as
well as further displays and the Museum Shop it has the
Temporary Exhibition area. The Museum aims to have two
temporary exhibitions a year. The Thames Room is open
Wednesdays and Fridays 2pm - 4pm and Saturdays (first
Saturday of the month only is early opening at 11 am)
1.30pm - 4.30pm
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2012 and again in 2017
SPELTHORNE MUSEUM ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE COUNTRY
TO BE ACCREDITED
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Spelthorne
Museum is delighted to announce that it has been awarded
Accredited status in the first round of the updated Arts
Council Museum Accreditation Scheme.
The Accreditation scheme sets nationally agreed standards
for museums in the UK. It has led the way in raising museum
standards in the country, and has been used as a model and
source of inspiration for similar schemes overseas.
Spelthorne Museum is one of the first in the country to
receive this award, and the achievement is even more remarkable
because unlike many of the 1,800 museums taking part, it
is entirely volunteer run, with the support of Spelthorne
Council.
The assessment panel commented that ’Spelthorne
Museum displayed consistent enthusiasm and commitment to
the accreditation process’. Museum Chair Julia Gibbs
added ‘Our small team have done a fantastic job in
putting together new procedures to meet ever rising standards
in museums, with great support from our enthusiastic team
of volunteers, who help to put it all into practice. We
have been told our submission is being seen as a model for
other small museums to follow’.
Nick Pollard
Spelthorne Museum 7/11/2012
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REMEMBER
Out of
hours group visits to the Museum can be arranged.
Groups
will not be accepted until after the crisis
Also members
can visit your group to give illustrated talks on various local
history subjects.
See 'Education'
for further details
