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:

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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. In 2017, Wynn stepped down and Robert Gordon was elected Chairman.

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:
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• 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

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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 Chairman in costume with a cabinet of crime on a visit to Brighton Old Police Cells Museum, November 2018

A very early Friends outing to Seaford Museum followed by Trawlers Fish & Chip restaurant