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Sat 22 May 2021
Museum's reopening - visit from Oliver Dowden MP and others
To mark the Museum's reopening to the public, Hertsmere MP Oliver Dowden, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and Laurence Brass, newly e.....Read more
Sun 21 Nov 2021
Bushey Heath Pottery collection at Bushey Museum
The Museum has a significant collection of Bushey Heath Pottery items from the 1920's. William De Morgan was a celebrated London-based designer and po.....Read more
Tue 31 Mar 2020
Bushey Museum and Art Gallery's 'Artist of the Month'
The Bushey Museum and Art Gallery tells the story of Bushey's unique artistic history relating to Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA and his world-renowned Ar.....Read more
Mon 04 May 2020
Bushey Museum and Art Gallery's 'Artist of the Month'
In May we commemorate VE Day 75, so we thought Ethel Gabain is a good choice: during World War Two, she was commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory .....Read more
Tue 05 May 2020
Bushey Museum's 'Virtual Tours' of the Galleries
While the Museum is closed, you can still visit some of our Exhibitions - but virtually! We have Virtual Tours of the current 'Recent Arrivals – Addit.....Read more
Wed 01 Jul 2020
'Artist of the Month' - Rowland Wheelwright
Rowland Wheelwright was a painter and illustrator who studied at the Herkomer School of Art in Bushey from 1891-93, and where he became acquainted wit.....Read more
Fri 31 Jul 2020
Living Artist of the Month - Graham Boyd
Now living in Chipperfield, he worked at the Meadow Studios, Bushey in the 1950s. He exhibited his paintings at the Museum several times: The Long Ha.....Read more
Sun 31 May 2020
'Living Artist of the Month' - Dougie Chowns
We are featuring Dougie as our first ‘Living Artist of the Month’. He was born in Watford and spent many years visiting the Bushey studios of Lucy Kem.....Read more
Mon 01 Mar 2021
Bushey Museum's 'Artist of the Month' - Myrtle Broome
Myrtle Broome studied art in Bushey with Hubert von Herkomer’s cousin, Bertha Herkomer in the early 1900's. She studied Egyptology in London and then .....Read more
Wed 07 Jul 2021
Display of 'Linen testers'
Some people collect the oddest things: Bushey Museum is currently displaying a collection of thread counters, also known as linen testers. Over many y.....Read more
Sat 17 Oct 2020
Bushey Museum 'Stained Glass Window' competition
During Summer, the Museum had 2 competitions: the Stained Glass Window competition, and the Scarecrow (or Rocket) Writing competition. We are please.....Read more
Fri 26 Jun 2020
Photographic Competition WINNERS!
And we can now announce the Winners of the 2020 Competition! The Winner of the ‘Bushey’ class is 'Horses at Rest' by Nick Edgeworth (attached). The Wi.....Read more
Thu 01 Apr 2021
'Artist of the Month' - Algernon Talmage
He was born at Fifield, Oxfordshire in 1871, and in 1892 joined the Herkomer's Art School in Bushey. Around 2 years later he moved to St. Ives, Cornwa.....Read more
Thu 29 Apr 2021
Bushey Museum reopens on 20 May
We are glad to say that we plan to reopen the Museum on Thursday, 20th May. This is in line with the government's roadmap. Visitors will still be requ.....Read more
Sun 31 Oct 2021
Artist of the Month - Ernest Borough Johnson, 1867–1949
Ernest Borough Johnson was a painter in oils, watercolours, tempera and pastel of portraits, figure subjects and landscapes. He was also an important .....Read more