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The Friends of Surrey Heath Museum

Surrey Heath Museum is your local museum - why not join us and help to promote and support its further improvement?

The Friends of Surrey Heath Museum society was founded in 1987 to support and publicise the work of the Museum, and to raise money for conservation and purchases for the collection. This is their 20th anniversary year.

The Friends of the Museum enjoy a varied programme, which includes regular outings to places of historic interest, and guest lectures, combined with evening viewings of current exhibitions. They also assist with occasional special museum projects, help to publicise the museum service and produce an annual Newsletter.

Friends of Surrey Heath Museum
The new 2008 programme will be available from January 2008.

Evening lectures are held in the Council Chamber at Surrey Heath House.
Booking details prices and times are sent out about 4 weeks prior to the event.

If you would like to join, please contact the Museum for a form, addressing your enquiry to the Membership Secretary, Friends of Surrey Heath Museum, Knoll Road, Camberley, GU15 3HD (01276 707284)

The Friends of Surrey Heath Museum provide assistance in the following ways: -

• reception cover on the Museum Desk at lunchtimes
• assistance at special events
• publicity & promotion
• research & indexing local records
• stewarding at Heritage Open Days

Through their programme of outings and lectures, the Friends have helped the Museum to:

• conserve an important collection of local architectural drawings
• purchase works by noted Camberley artist Harland Fisher
• build up a collection of local art & crafts
• Acquire a group of historic pictures of Frith Hill Camp in 1915

Subscription rates for 2007/08
Single Membership: £5.00 per year
Family Membership: £7.00 per year (covering up to four people at one address)
Associate Membership for local societies £10.00 per annum -(please ring for further details)

The subscription year runs from 1st December to 30th November.

Anniversary Programme 2009

Tuesday March 24th
Outing to The South Kensington Museums

Wednesday June 17th
Toy Train to the Clouds - One of the World's Great Railway Journeys
A talk by Major Paul Whittle (Retd.)

Saturday July 18th
Outing to Wimpole Hall (National Trust)

Wednesday August 12th
Telling Tales
A Compilation of Local Reminiscences by Mike Swaddling

Wednesday September 30th
Outing to Knole (National Trust)

Wednesday October 21st
What Happens When The Archaeologists Leave?

Thursday November 19th
Annual General Meeting and Lecture

Evening lectures are held in the Council Chamber at Surrey Heath House.
Booking forms and details of precise times are sent out about four weeks prior to the event.