Conserve the Past for the Future
Abingdon Museum Friends work with and for Abingdon County Hall Museum. Members support the role of the Museum as a focal point for Abingdon’s residents, the provision of a tourist destination for visitors, keeping the iconic 1680s centrepiece of town at its best. The Museum is a place to learn, understand and enjoy the heritage and environment of Abingdon-on-Thames.
The Friends organisation is very sociable and it meets monthly during autumn and winter for a variety of talks also events such as gallery exhibition launches. In the summer months there are day trips to other museums and places of interest both locally and further afield. Past visits have included seeing the new bells of St Helen’s church, before they were commissioned, the Birmingham Backs-to-Backs, art gallery trips, other museums and stately houses.
The Friends funded the acquisition of a delightful watercolour by Nathaniel Sparks. It shows a riverside view of Abingdon from Fairlawn Wharf and dates to the early part of this century. Money raised through the events programme has contributed to other projects, such as the transfer of old film footage of Abingdon onto videotape.
A current exhibition of art with paintings, drawings, photographs of the town has had input from the Friends and from local historians.
To view pages on this website about the museum and its collections click here
To look at our list of forthcoming talks and events click here not operating when Government restrictions on gatherings apply.
To look at past events we have held and our news archive click here
To view pages about our fundraising appeal click here
To find out more about how to join us and download an application form click here
Current Chairman is Sue Stevens and Secretary is Steven Purnell. Steven is in the Museum most Saturday afternoons. A message can be left with Museum staff or with the Information Centre.
Our contact details are:
Telephone: Sue Stevens – 01235 200350
Email: fred.stevens1@ntlworld.com
Abingdon Museum Friends, Abingdon County Hall Museum, The Market Place
Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, OX14 3HG
