About INGATESTONE mUSEUM
Ingatestone Museum Opened to the public on October 25th. It was great to see so many parish residents, and visitors from further afield, coming to see the cottage. Lord Petre, patron of the museum, opened the museum officially and the plaque is now on our courtyard wall.
It has taken some years and with great support from our sponsors, building renovators, volunteers and artefact donors to arrive finally at being able to open our community museum.
The first art display in the entry room is by Ingatestone Meet and Paint Group, many thanks for their contribution.
Opening is volunteer dependent. Groups please email for an appointment to visit.
OPEN
Friday 7th November 10-12
Saturday 8th November Not able to open as yet
Friday 14th November 10-12
Saturday 15th November 10-12
Photo: Lord Petre opening the museum, with Graham Orchard, Chair of the Trustees
'Welcome' Volunteers for the Museum
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO WELCOME VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM
Ingatestone Museum is volunteer run and operated. We are opening to the public on October 25th and following the day of opening it is hoped the Museum will be open to the public on Friday and Saturday mornings, 10-12 noon, excluding public holiday weekends.
Two volunteers each session will be needed to welcome visitors. The museum includes displays, and books and a scanned archive of photos and documents for research purposes. There will also be a display of art/photographs from a local community group or school.
There will be a museum rota for you to choose days and frequency of helping the museum. A session could be weekly, fortnightly or to work within your availability.
If you are interested, or would like any further details, please email imt.secretary1@gmail.com.
Photo: Volunteers on display unit assembly day.
Visiting the Museum
Inside the Museum
The entrance room is the welcome point, with a video showing how life has changed in the parish, based on the work of the late David Abrey. It holds research materials, books and scanned documents for anyone interested in finding out more. Here will be the changing displays of local art and photographic works and a permanent display of how the museum came about.
The main room contains local artefact from the Romans on and has a display on how we used to live and work. There is a timeline of significant events in the parish. The re is a changing display board here, presently showing the history of Ingatestone and the Railway. The rail diorama -beautifully produced by id Essex Model Railway Club.is displayed here until an acrylic p display box can be funded.
The back room shows a scene around the fireplace of life in the late 1950s -when the cottage was last inhabited. It will also hold the display from the stagecoach era and a display of our postal heritage, from the days of The Spread Eagle Posting House.
STILL SEARCHING FOR:
Cartwheel, 1950s wireless , old pastry brushes for dig trays
Photo: the timeline
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