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The
Elmsleigh Room of the Museum will be re-opening
on:
Monday, 17th May.
It will be opened by the Library so the times
will be the same as the Libraries opening.
The
Thames room, where Volunteers will be working,
will be opening on:
Wednesday 19th May, 2pm - 4pm.
Covid
19 protocols will be used in the Museum. There
will be a one way system operating, distance awareness
should be used and of course Masks MUST
be worn.
You
will need to use your NHS app, or log in at the
entrance of the Thames Room. Please touch as little
as possible while you are with us so that Covid
can't spread. Thank you for your patience.
The
limit of Visitors in the Museum at any one time
will be 6.
May
openings for the Thames Room are:
19th, 21st, 22nd, 26th, 28th and 29th
June openings should be back to normal.
Wednesday & Friday 2 - 4 pm,
Re-starting July 3rd, First Saturday of the month only 11:00 am - 4:30 pm.
All other Saturdays 1:30 - 4:30
pm
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The
Museum is devoted to the history of Spelthorne,
which includes Ashford, Laleham, Shepperton, Staines,
Stanwell and Sunbury
and is the only establishment of this kind in the Borough.
The archaeology collection is one of major importance
in Surrey.
The Museum has many permanent and temporary displays.
Everyone is invited. Always Free.
Posts
below this line are modern history!
The Pandemic hit us all hard, and the
Museum had to close for around a year.
The posts below were added during that time scale.
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.
Latest News
on the Museum reopening.
Latest update 14th
July, 2020. This came in from the Museum Committee
for General Release.
"Due to the
current Corvid-19 restrictions Spelthorne Museum will
be closed until the Autumn.
As soon as we have
a date for re-opening we look forward to sharing it.
We thank our visitors
and volunteers for their patience! "
Please check back
here for further updates
June
2020
VE Day exhibit online
Victory
in Europe Day (5 pages)
April
3rd 2020
You can now see our latest exhibit online.
40
Year Anniversary of the Spelthorne Museum (5
pages)
Keep watching for
details of some of our older exhibits that will soon be
online
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
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
April 3rd, 2020:
During the Covid 19 close down of many interesting places,
are you looking for some home schooling history resources?
Perhaps you are interested in the heritage of Spelthorne
and the Roman origin of Staines. You can now explore some
of our museum collection in full 3D and investigate objects
from any angle at: https://sketchfab.com/spelthornemuseum
A small example of one of the 3D photos
Here
you can investigate what people ate and how food was
prepared and stored, understand Roman building materials
and look at Roman funerary practices. There is also
a fake and some dodgy restoration to find! My favourite
model is the fragment of painted wall plaster. It is
a very modest piece but tells us how the Roman plasterer
and painter went about their work. What is your favourite
model? Leave us a ‘like’ or a comment to let
us know what you think.
Next
Talk (See
online links above)
Talks
are postponed until further notice due to the Coronavirus
emergency
Latest
Exhibit (See information above)
Closed
until further notice due to the Coronavirus
Everyone is invited. Always Free.
*This Exhibit is located in the Thames Room of the Museum,
that is open Weds, Fri: 2 - 4 pm and Saturday 1:30 - 4:30
pm. First Sat of each month we open at 11 am. until 4:30
pm.
The
Library has now closed due to the Coronavirus so the Elmsleigh
Room is also closed.
For
those who do not know we are located through the Staines
library, just come on in.
The
Elmsleigh Room of the Museum is open whenever the Library
is open.
The Museum is devoted to the history of Spelthorne, which
includes Ashford, Laleham, Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell
and Sunbury and is the only establishment of this kind
in the Borough. The archaeology collection is one of major
importance in Surrey. The Museum has many permanent and
temporary displays.
Window
on Spelthorne
(in the Elmsleigh Room - by back emergency exit)
Jenny Scripps took care of this Exhibit until her passing
in 2019. As a Memorial to her and her unfailing work at
the Museum a plaque was installed in her memory. She is
sadly missed by us all.
Early
opening on Saturday morning: Closed
until further notice
On the first Saturday of the month we have an additional
session in the Thames Room when we open at 11 am. The
Thames Room closes at 4:30 as normal on a Saturday.
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