Inspired by the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), we have put together some instructions to create […]

It seems like every time we open a box or turn a corner in the museum, we come across something […]

The Egham Museum tells the story of Egham, Egham Hythe, Englefield Green, Thorpe and Virginia Water from pre-history to the […]

Read parts 1, 2 and 3 here From Holloway Sanatorium to Virginia Park Building a Reputation On 19 April 1861, […]

Read parts 1 and 2 here Holloway Sanatorium and Mental Illness pre-1948 Holloway Sanatorium was a place designed to take […]

Read part 1 here Holloway Sanatorium: Treatments, Staff and the NHS Treatments: A Healthy State of Mind Prior to the […]

As part of our ‘Health, Holloway and Hype’ exhibition in 2019, we investigated some of the case books of Holloway […]

Thomas Holloway: The Marketing Giant Fortune and Legacy Thomas Holloway was born in Devonport in Devon on 22 September 1800.  […]

Read about the Sensational Trial of William Davis here Davis was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging.[i] He […]

December 1771 saw the sensational 6-hour trial of William Davis, surgeon and apothecary for robbing the Royal Mail of a […]

Read part one of Women: Wives, Workers and War here. Pre-war Life for Women Before the Great War, the reality […]

Introduction & Acknowledgements The Egham Museum’s previous exhibition Suffrage in Egham, explored the roles of women and their fight locally […]

Egham, like many small towns in the south east of England experienced its fair share of tragedy during the war. […]

Our volunteer Chiara is back after a break with another story from the Egham High street. She has met a […]

This new article from our volunteer Chiara tell us another piece of our High Street community. Margaret and Sue, two […]