Friends of Henfield Museum

Would you like to help Henfield Museum and the exploration of local heritage? Please consider supporting the Friends of Henfield Museum for just £10 per year (or £15 family, £100 life membership). Click below to submit your details or make a one off donation.

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Our History

From an initial steering group, the Friends of Henfield Museum formed in 2014 under the first Chair, longtime local resident and supporter of the museum Wynn Saunders - to whose initial energy the group owes its existence. From 2017-21, Robert Gordon served as Chairman, being succeeded in 2021 by Leo Jago.

From amongst their members, the Friends are run by their committee, the Chair & Vice Chair also sitting on the Parish Council Museum management committee.

Our Projects

In addition to providing a funding source for museum acquisitions, the Friends carry out various projects and visits to historical and cultural attractions as well as occasional talks. A few of the projects currently organised or supported include:

The Oral Histories Project
The Roving Display Case
'A Favourite Object' community memories project
Year of Natural History & Green Action projects inc. 'Arborea', the William Borrer Transcription project, wellbeing trails and article research, and the Boundaries of Henfield project
TASH Memory Trail - short walks for the elderly and those with memory problems including display and brief talks on museum items.
Prep, publication and sale of books (such as Henfield Commons book), DVDs and cards/prints from paintings from the museum collection
Maintaining the Museum website (which you're reading now!)
Providing funding for museum acquisitions, hardware an software upgrades
Development and maintenance of this website
Running the museum social media channels
Capture of audio field recordings such as of St. Peter's Church change ringers
Research into Henfield personalities and stories past for publication online and in local publications
Holding occasional talks (see also Henfield History Group's regular talk schedule) and trips to cultural heritage sites
Involvement in Horsham District Year of Culture project: The Heritage of Horsham District in 100 Objects (book and exhibitions)
Photographic projects inc. Mystery People, Ghosts from the Past and Henfield Past in Colour
Our Friends newsletter posted to members

We sincerely hope that you might be tempted to join us in supporting the museum's mission of bringing Henfield's history to life for the whole community.

Robert S. Gordon
Chairman, The Friends of Henfield Museum

Friends visit to East Grinstead for a tour of the new Guinea Pig exhibit and statue of Archibald McIndoe, July 2018.

Wynn Saunders, founding force and first Chair of the Friends of Henfield Museum

The second Chair Robert Gordon in costume with a cabinet of crime on a visit to Brighton Old Police Cells Museum, November 2018

A sepia Friends outing to Seaford Museum followed by Trawlers Fish & Chip restaurant, July 2015

The Friends Newsletter Archive

We periodically release newsletters to our members. They feature leading articles on aspects of local history, historical images and museum and heritage project updates from the Chair, Curator and Costume Curator.

Newsletter 1, Spring 2015

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Newsletter 2, Autumn 2016

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Newsletter 3, Winter 2017-18

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Newsletter 4, Winter 2018-19

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Newsletter 5, Winter 2019-2020

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Newsletter 6, Winter 2020-21

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