Article by Hannah Dennett After a long campaign by its founder Thomas Coram, London’s Foundling Hospital opened its doors on […]

Margaret C Stewart Over the last few years we have seen many of the businesses in Egham High Street close […]

Margaret C Stewart Over the last few years we have seen many of the businesses in Egham High Street close […]

Article by Cara Ross The use of shoes in English folklore has a long history, one that is rooted in […]

Exploring protest through comparison is not just fascinating. It has the potential to be immensely useful: improving our understanding of and facilitating more open conversations around discontent.

Article by Elena Guta The Egham Royal Show is a show which is annually held in the August bank holiday […]

by Geoff Meddelton Enclosure, the parcellation of land, a visible manifestation of the privatization of asset ownership characterized by the […]

Article by Cara Ross Another item in our collection originating from the sanatorium is this simple dessert spoon. This item […]

These undated advertising flyers in the museum document collection indicate the range of services offered for over 100 years (approx. […]

Margaret C Stewart Over the last few years we have seen many of the businesses in Egham High Street close […]

When was the last time you sent a postcard or wrote a letter to family or a friend? Perhaps in […]

By Cara Ross The grand façade of the Holloway Sanatorium is the brainchild of one William Crossland, a Yorkshire architect […]

Article by Jack McLoughlin Preamble: First examining these objects not so much as an expert in numismatics as someone who […]

An exhibition, curated by Katie Smith, which engages with the photographs and objects from the collections of Egham Museum to […]

One of the most famous pieces of imperial material culture ever produced was ‘The Empire Map’, with Britain’s imperial territories […]