Family fun at Horsham Museum

Edition: July 2026

Our school holiday craft sessions return from Tuesday 21 July with Making History where each week’s activities will be inspired by a Horsham resident, past or present. The crafts are held between 10.30am and 3pm, Tuesday to Friday with themes including writers, scientists and even dragons!

Museum of Time

An Astrophotography Trail Space and history collide in our free trail exhibition featuring artworks by Horsham based astrophotographer, Claire Bradshaw (Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society). Using specialist equipment, Claire produces fascinating and highly detailed photographs of stars and celestial objects in space. Each artwork in the trail will be displayed alongside an object from the Museum’s own collection, from the same time as the light‑year distance of each object featured.

The artefacts will represent Horsham’s history at the moment that the light captured in each photograph left its place of origin. The trail is open from now until Saturday 29 August.

A special Eclipse‑nic event will be held (clear skies permitting) on Wednesday 12 August to experience the partial eclipse of the sun. Claire Bradshaw and other astronomical experts will gather in Horsham Park’s Human Nature Garden for a bring your own picnic to celebrate the partial eclipse that will take place that evening. The event will take place from 5pm to 7.30pm.

Museum Lates

The Museum Lates are back again in 2026. Friday 24 July will see Brighton and Hove based trio The Witchcraft and Vagrancy Act beguiling audiences with their spooky traditional folk music, before the Betty Accorsi Duo return on Friday 21 August to entertain with a jazz performance. At each event the Museum will be fully open until 8pm with live music and a licensed bar in the garden from 6pm.

The Young Curators’ Club: The Great Fire of London

This summer, visitors can enjoy a mini exhibition which has been curated by Year 2 students from St Mary’s CE Primary School. Learn more about their chosen topic, The Great Fire of London, as well as marvel at the beautiful artworks and artefacts created by the talented young curators. The Young Curators’ Club is open from now until Saturday 29 August.

The Museum is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm and all days across bank holiday weekends. Further details on all events can be found on the Museum’s website.