A fatal rail accident which occurred at Egham just before 7.30pm on 7th June 1864 is described in The Railway […]

The Egham Museum Trustees are delighted to announce that The Egham Museum has received a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant […]

Out of all of the things exhibited in our small but interesting museum, there is an item that often catches […]

2019 will see the very first Egham Hythe History Festival take place! The idea came from the Egham Hythe History […]

Women’s Work As they had in the first world war, the lives of women changed drastically during World War Two. […]

We worked with facilitators Jenny Lockyer and Matt Foster, and the children at Egham Hythe Community Primary School to create […]

Today, Sunday 11th November 2018, marks the centenary of the end of World War I, known then as The Great […]

Egham Museum’s 2018 ‘Suffrage in Egham’ project worked in partnership with Royal Holloway, University of London to commission artistic interpretations […]

During her research investigating the history of education in the Egham area over the past few centuries, Museum volunteer Margaret […]

Egham Museum is the proud possessor of a mortar board belonging to distinguished botanist Lorna Scott (generously donated by her […]

‘The March of the Women: Surrey’s Road to the Vote’ is a project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and […]

As part of our current exhibition, Educating Egham: Schooling in Egham, Egham Hythe, Englefield Green, Thorpe & Virginia Water, museum volunteer […]

As part of our current exhibition, Educating Egham: Schooling in Egham, Egham Hythe, Englefield Green, Thorpe & Virginia Water, museum volunteer […]

Henry Strode (1645-1704) Henry Strode (1645-1704), was born into an old Egham family but lived most of his life in […]

Planning & Opening Plans for a railway line to connect Egham with Waterloo were first proposed as early as 1846.  […]