Over the last few years we have seen many of the businesses in Egham High Street close – and welcomed […]

This object (Object MC34) is a perfume bottle with outer packaging, which was produced by J. Grossmith and Son of […]

Article researched and written by Maria Petts. In recent years there has been an overdue revival in how we look […]

The Totem pole has provided an eye-catching site for visitors to Virginia Water for over sixty years. It was formally […]

Object MC34 is a perfume bottle with outer packaging, which was produced by J. Grossmith and Son of London, a […]

This series of photos, encased in a locket decorated as a suitcase and titled Somebody’s Luggage, depict the wedding of […]

Object CER414 is a ceramic plate, bearing the name ‘J. Hopkins & Sons, Egham’. This plate can be matched to […]

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

Article researched and written by Maria Petts. Gwen Lally, born Gwendoline Rosalie Lally Tollendal Speck, was a prolific producer of […]

Object MC838 is a silver spatula, engraved with the words Nightingale Chemist Egham. , cut down from a dessert knife […]

This paper knife or letter opener is associated with the Schroder family, (https://eghammuseum.org/the-schroder-family-of-englefield-green/) who resided at the Manor  House at […]

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

This plaque represents the presentation by Baron Bruno Schroder of a motorised fire engine, aptly named ‘The Phoenix’, to the […]

Object MC1067 in the Museum is an inscribed pane of glass from the windows of the upper west side of the […]

This article was inspired by a small collection of items found during our Collections Review, which were all linked to […]