Online Exhibitions
Online Exhibitions
- ‘Riots, Rogues and Rebellions’: Fighting for “Votes for Women!”
This online exhibition explores the role of the Suffragettes and the Suffragists in the fight to gain women the right to vote. Click on the buttons to find out how… Read more: ‘Riots, Rogues and Rebellions’: Fighting for “Votes for Women!” - By Royal Appointment…
Free exhibition open May 2023 – September 2023 Monarchs of the United Kingdom have been acknowledging their favoured suppliers since mediaeval times. The first Royal Warrants of Appointment were awarded… Read more: By Royal Appointment… - Thomas Holloway’s Two Legacies
by Anna Kutuzova The opening of both institutions, but especially the university for women, attracted a lot of attention bringing much fame not only to the people involved into the… Read more: Thomas Holloway’s Two Legacies - Egham and the Empire: 19th-30th July 2022
An exhibition, curated by Katie Smith, which engages with the photographs and objects from the collections of Egham Museum to explore how ordinary British people and communities interacted with the… Read more: Egham and the Empire: 19th-30th July 2022 - Picturing Egham – Part 3
Read Part 1 here Read Part 2 here The final section of this exhibition features the works of women artists in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Our journey ends with… Read more: Picturing Egham – Part 3 - Picturing Egham – Part 2Read Part 1 here. The journey through the Egham Museum’s art collection continues into the beginning of the twentieth century. In this section, we delve into the artistic practices of… Read more: Picturing Egham – Part 2
- Picturing Egham – Part 1Egham has always been quite picturesque. Embraced by green fields and historical landmarks, Egham and its surroundings have been ideal subjects for artists across centuries. Both local and visiting artists… Read more: Picturing Egham – Part 1
- Location, Location, Location – Part 3
READ PART 1 HERE READ PART 2 HERE Ordinary Life Roads, pavements, junctions are all much the same. Journeys, car chases and ordinary features of suburban life have to be… Read more: Location, Location, Location – Part 3 - Location, Location, Location – Part 2READ PART 1 HERE Lush Natural Scenery We are fortunate to live close to areas of outstanding beauty and the area around Virginia Water is much in demand for rural… Read more: Location, Location, Location – Part 2
- Location, Location, Location – Part 1Egham High Street has been home to two cinemas. The Gem Cinema opened in 1910 in a new building between 167 High Street and a private house, Aubrey Haw. It… Read more: Location, Location, Location – Part 1
- St John’s Church building at 200 – Part 3
Celebrating the bicentenary of the current building of St John’s Church, 1820-2020 Read Part 1 here Read Part 2 here Notable Connections The current church was built at a time… Read more: St John’s Church building at 200 – Part 3 - St John’s Church building at 200 – Part 2Celebrating the bicentenary of the current building of St John’s Church, 1820-2020 Read Part 1 here The Sound of the Church The building was designed as an ‘auditory room’ with… Read more: St John’s Church building at 200 – Part 2
- St John’s Church building at 200 – Part 1Celebrating the bicentenary of the current building of St John’s Church, 1820-2020 An introduction to St John’s Church The year 2020 marks 200 years since the first service was held… Read more: St John’s Church building at 200 – Part 1
- Health, Holloway and Hype Part 4
Read parts 1, 2 and 3 here From Holloway Sanatorium to Virginia Park Building a Reputation On 19 April 1861, Thomas Holloway met Anthony Ashley-Cooper, the seventh Earl of Shaftesbury. … Read more: Health, Holloway and Hype Part 4 - Health, Holloway and Hype Part 3Read parts 1 and 2 here Holloway Sanatorium and Mental Illness pre-1948 Holloway Sanatorium was a place designed to take mental illness out of respectable society in the nineteenth century. … Read more: Health, Holloway and Hype Part 3
- Health, Holloway and Hype Part 2Read part 1 here Holloway Sanatorium: Treatments, Staff and the NHS Treatments: A Healthy State of Mind Prior to the advent of the NHS in 1948, Holloway Sanatorium was intended… Read more: Health, Holloway and Hype Part 2
- Health, Holloway and Hype Part 1Thomas Holloway: The Marketing Giant Fortune and Legacy Thomas Holloway was born in Devonport in Devon on 22 September 1800. A self-made man with an eye for marketing, Holloway amassed… Read more: Health, Holloway and Hype Part 1
- Women: Wives, Workers & War Part 2
Read part one of Women: Wives, Workers and War here. Pre-war Life for Women Before the Great War, the reality of nineteenth and early twentieth century women was one of… Read more: Women: Wives, Workers & War Part 2 - Women: Wives, Workers & War Part 1Introduction & Acknowledgements The Egham Museum’s previous exhibition Suffrage in Egham, explored the roles of women and their fight locally and nationally for the right to vote. However, 2018 not… Read more: Women: Wives, Workers & War Part 1
- Educating Egham Part 4
Read parts 1, 2 and 3 here Educating Girls The earliest schools were intended only for boys – even when benefactors such as Henry Strode left money for the education… Read more: Educating Egham Part 4 - Educating Egham Part 3Read part 1 here and part 2 here School Rules Attendance: from the Egham School Board Bye-Laws 1901 No 2: “The parent of every child of not less than 5,… Read more: Educating Egham Part 3
- Educating Egham Part 2Read part 1 here Private Education Although Strode’s was a free school for the poor, its early headmasters supplemented their income by taking private pupils. Some individuals earned money by setting… Read more: Educating Egham Part 2
- Educating Egham Part 1The first recorded school in Egham seems to have been Strode’s School, built in 1706 from money left by Henry Strode, ‘for the learning and edifying of the poor children… Read more: Educating Egham Part 1
- Egham’s Home Front: Welfare and Healthcare in World War Two
Women’s Work As they had in the first world war, the lives of women changed drastically during World War Two. Domestic service came to an end for many. Jobs outside… Read more: Egham’s Home Front: Welfare and Healthcare in World War Two - Henry Strode and his Legacy
Henry Strode (1645-1704) Henry Strode (1645-1704), was born into an old Egham family but lived most of his life in London with his father. Strode’s father was a member of… Read more: Henry Strode and his Legacy - The Railway comes to Egham
Planning & Opening Plans for a railway line to connect Egham with Waterloo were first proposed as early as 1846. In 1852, the Staines, Wokingham & Woking Junction Railway was… Read more: The Railway comes to Egham - The Plague Comes To Egham
Plague was a common occurrence in Early Modern England. Across the country, thousands of people died and communities were devastated. The widely accepted cause of plague was the miasma theory;… Read more: The Plague Comes To Egham - Leacroft, Cowell, Egham: A Woman In A Man’s World
Listen to Peer Productions’ pilot podcast about forgotten woman Roberta Cowell. Recorded live in December 2017 at the Studio Theatre, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell:. Even before World War… Read more: Leacroft, Cowell, Egham: A Woman In A Man’s World