Join best selling author, Anne Sebba for a powerful talk on The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz, revealing courage, survival, and resilience through music.

Thursday 22 May 2025

Doors open at 7pm
Talk and Q&A: 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Book signing: 8:30pm to 9pm

Please note: this event is NOT at the Museum – it is in: Riverside Room, First Floor, Old Town Hall, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond, TW9 1TP

From Horace Walpole to Ted Lasso, visitors have flocked to Richmond to experience its picture postcard beauty and the respite from the busy nearby metropolis of London.

Explore this FREE exhibition and discover how Richmond first attracted visitors and still keeps them coming after 300 years.

Open until 7 June 2025

Generously supported by The Asgill House Trust

We have a match funder! If we raise at £2000 by July 2025, a Match Funder will provide the remaining £5000 we need to make this vital project happen!

We already have £500 in the pot, so we need to raise another £1500 in the next 3 months.

If we don’t we will lose the match funding and this amazing opportunity.

So please, donate what you can so we can make this important investment in the Museum’s displays and continue to care for our collections.

You can donate by:

• sending a cheque to the Museum
• donating online here: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/1320#!/DonationDetails
• pop into the Museum and donate by cash or card

FREE ENTRY!

Usual opening hours:

Tuesday to Fridays, 11am to 5pm
Saturdays, 10am to 4pm.
We are closed on Sundays and Mondays, including Bank Holidays

Each month we will be exploring the story behind a beautifully crafted object in the Museum’s collection. Then we will help you start your own craft project inspired by the object and at the end of the workshop you have a goody bag of materials to take home and keep crafting!

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Easter Egg Decorations

Bring Your Family Fun to Life at the Museum!

Looking for a great way to entertain the kids (and yourself!) for a few hours? Head over to the Museum for our FREE Craft Sessions—a perfect way to unleash your family’s creativity!

Join us from 1pm every weekday and 10am every Saturday whenever the Museum is open. No booking required—just show up and dive into the fun! We’ve got everything you need, from materials to easy-to-follow instruction sheets, all ready for you to jump in and start creating.

Make memories, make art! Whether you’re crafting masterpieces or just enjoying quality time, there’s something for every family to love. Important: These activities are self-led, so bring your imagination (and an adult!) along for the ride. Children must be supervised at all times.

In April, make little Easter Egg decorations to bring some spring time cheer to your home!

Step into a world of discovery with Lizzie and Harry as your guides! They are here to lead your family on an epic journey through the Museum—full of fun, puzzles, and surprises.

In April – Bouncing Bunnies! Lizzie and Harry are bouncing all around the Museum with their colourful bunnies! Each bunny is a different colour, and every colour holds a special meaning we use when decorating at Easter time. Match the letters to their colours and crack the Easter Puzzle.

Using  objects from the Museum’s handling collection, learn more about the history of the local area and have a go at arts and craft activities!

For an annual donation of £500, our Benefactors help the Museum:

– Sustain our vibrant programme of temporary exhibitions, learning workshops and community activities
– Care for the collection and preserve it for the future
– And pursue our long-term goal of being in a bigger, better and more accessible location.

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For an annual donation of just £15, you can help the Museum of Richmond:

– Create new and exciting exhibitions
– Keep working with with schools, families and local groups
– Care for the collection and preserve it for the future

CLICK HERE TO JOIN

All of your generous donations make a huge difference to the Museum of Richmond and the work we do.

Click here to find out how your valuable support can make a difference at the Museum.

From prehistory to World War Two, our professional Learning Team can bring the past to life, in our hands on workshops, using museum objects and local case studies.

Explore the Museum’s collection of over 5000 objects

Want to visit on a specific date and want to check what we have going on that day?

Use our online calendar to find out about events, activities and workshops that may limit access to the temporary exhibition

    

Every day the Museum is open, we post on our social media accounts – follow us to find out more about our exhibitions, collections and what goes on behind the scenes

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