NEWS FROM DORKING MUSEUM
NEWS UPDATE
Dorking Museum is pleased to invite you to a Coffee & Cakes morning
at Dorking Christian Centre on Easter Saturday 3rd April
10am to 12 noon.Dorking Museum and Dorking Local History Group history publications will be available for purchase and displays will illustrate architect’s initial ideas for the new Museum Heritage Centre building
Dorking & District Museum
The Old Foundry
62 West Street
Dorking
Surrey RH4 1BS
01306 876591 (Answerphone)Email: museum13@dorking13.wanadoo.co.uk
Proprietor: Dorking and District Preservation SocietyExhibits Curator - Erica Chambers - ericachambers@hotmail.com
Librarian and Archivist - Mary Turner - ml.turner@btinternet.com
Paintings and Textiles Curator - Barbara Turnbull
Secretary -Yvonne Durell - ydurell@aol.com
The Museum is now closed for major reconstruction of the premises.
.When it reopens as Dorking Museum Heritage Centre it will be housed in a new state of the art environmentally friendly building
where artefacts and archives can be safely preserved for posterity.
The artefacts and archive materials are now in safe storage and so are not available for inspection or consultation.
During the closure period a display in the window of one of the unoccupied units in St Martins Walk shopping centre is reminding the public of the Museum’s existence, its history, the reason for the present closure and the hopes and plans for the future. Several history of Dorking books published by the Museum and the Local History Group are on display and a prominent notice announces that copies may be purchased from Fothergills Coffee Lounge. The Museum Committee is indebted to Mr Ashley Baker, proprietor of Fothergills and Mr Rice, manager of St Martins Walk, for their kind cooperation.Dorking History Publications
Following the closure of the Museum for reconstruction, through the good offices of
Mr Ashley Baker, arrangements have been made for the undermentioned publications to be available for purchase at Fothegills Coffee Shop in St Martins Walk, Dorking.“A Brief History of Dorking” “Dorking - A Surrey Market Town”
“Early Victorian Dorking”
“St Martins Church - History”
“Peter Labilliere”
“ A Dorking Childhood”
“The Dorking Cock” ( pamphlet)
Dorking Local History Group
The Group - is a subsidiary of Dorking and District Preservation Society - holds monthly meetings with speakers, members' evenings, guided walks, and outings - initiates research into the history of the town and surrounding villages and works with Dorking Museum to support members in their research - publishes books and pamphlets, and an annual journal, 'Dorking History'. The Group is involved in local history events throughout the county. For more information please click on the link below.
Dorking Local History Group
******************** NEW MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
During the closure period preparatory work for the re-opening goes on behind the scenes. Wolunteers to help with a variety of tasks will be welcomed by the Museum Committee. If you are interested in joining the dedicated Museum team at this exciting time please contact Yvonne Durell for more details at ydurell@aol.com or call 07789 874029. .
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