Amazing new galleries at Godalming Museum

12th July 2019

Godalming museum has created a range of new galleries for people to experience the heritage of Godalming.

Image: Designer Barry Mazur puts the finishing touches to the new displays at Godalming Museum (photo by Heather Gilligan)

Barry Mazur has masterminded the creation of a Victorian Kitchen, a Knitting Gallery and open storage for the museum’s local history collection.

The Victorian Kitchen

Travel back to a time before dishwashers and washing machines, before electricity and gas, and discover the ingenious and practical solutions people found to the everyday challenges of cooking, cleaning and lighting and heating their homes.

The Knitting Gallery

Godalming’s association with the woollen industry dates back to medieval times ; the town’s last knitting factory closed in 1990. This gallery features framework knitting machines from Godalming’s Victorian and 20th century knitwear companies: Allen & Solly; Pitchers’; Paine’s and Jaeger

The Collections Store #2

This is the museum’s open collections store, where you can view hundreds of local history objects, dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Since its foundation in 1921, the museum has acted as the collective memory for the town and surrounding area. Join the conversation; use the ballot box to tell us what you think we should be collecting now

Visit the museum at 109a High Street, Tues to Sat, 10 am to 5 pm to enjoy the new displays