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Horsham Museum - Filled with memories

The Horsham Museum is situated in a beautiful setting, with picturesque gardens and a feeling of rich history all around it.

This one of a kind museum consists of 26 separate displays or galleries showcasing the local history and the past surrounding it. Situated in West Sussex in England the museum magnificently carries the homely English feel with its timber framed building and structure.

The true beauty of the museum is in its variety, from fire trucks to original poetry can be found here on display. A tour around the museum is educational no matter if you're a six year old or a 60 year old.

Some of the twenty six galleries at the Horsham Museum are; The Blazing Saddles, a display of  Fire engines and bicycles, Local Trades ' an assortment of artifacts relating to the Piper family of blacksmiths and wheelwrights, Shelley Gallery ' showcasing the life of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Trades & Transport, a display where the signs, carts and other wheeled vehicles throughout the ages are showcased, the Costume Gallery, where yearly themed costume exhibitions are held proving to be always interesting and fun, the ever so famous Crime & Punishment Gallery where Gaols, prisons and the justice system in the Horsham area is shown with graphic effect and the gallery of Horsham Its History, where thousand years of Horsham history can be seen and experienced in one place.

When considering the history of the museum itself, the Horsham Museum has been situated in Causeway House since 1941 but prior to that the many artifacts now seen at the Horsham were stored in a basement at Park House, North Street from1921 and in many storage facilities prior to that.

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