This short series of articles by Margaret Stewart has been looking at some of the businesses which began trading in […]

This short series of articles by Margaret Stewart has been looking at some of the businesses which began trading in […]

The identity of a Cooper’s Hill man was an ideal to live up to. The Cooper’s Hill man was ‘a […]

The Royal Indian Engineering College (RIEC or Cooper’s Hill) was founded in Egham in 1871 on the insistence of Sir […]

This short series of articles, by Margaret Stewart, has been looking at some of the businesses which began trading in […]

Free exhibition open May 2023 – September 2023 Monarchs of the United Kingdom have been acknowledging their favoured suppliers since […]

What does this remind you of? An avant garde art installation or something from Downton Abbey? The latter is a […]

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.

This paper knife is associated with the Schröder family, who resided at the Manor House at Dell Park, Englefield Green. […]

Egham Museum’s collection includes a set of bakery items, including bread tins, price tags and a decorative biscuit tin. We […]

The Schröders who lived at the Manor House at Dell Park, Englefield Green,  were an elite family originally from  Hamburg, […]

As part of our ‘Suffrage in Egham’ project, we explored suffrage activity that took place in the area. Find out […]

The fire service in the 19th century didn’t function as it does today. Instead, fire protection was provided by private […]

Before television, and indeed the internet, people went to the cinema to watch the news. Silent newsreels were provided by: […]

Did you see Bing Crosby having a drink at the Eclipse pub (now Prezzo) or Michael Caine driving his car […]