Here of some of the activities planned, or already carried out, and other news of what we do at the museum.
Window Changes
As well as going Green, the windows of the museum have been updated.The left-hand window celebrating our first birthday as a museum open to all celebrating the wide spectrum of Redditch local history. So much more inside to see. Do come along to our celebration day of Friday 4th November when, from 12:00 to 4:00, ...
We’re not the first, we won’t be the last
We like to think that in the Museum, we are pioneering work to save Redditch Local History, but here is a reminder we are not. We may be the latest group to have ambition to “save Redditch history”, but before us, before the Redditch Local History Society, were these guys, The Redditch Pictorial History ...
Our 1st Anniversary
It’s our birthdayOn Friday 4th November 2022 we will be celebrating the first anniversary of the opening of The Redditch Local History Museum at 5 Market Place, Redditch B98 8AA.We be opening the museum at 11:00am to specially invited guests who have contributed to creating the museum with donations, services in kind and support ...
Our 500th artefact recorded in the archives.
Redditch Local History Museum recently received its 500th donated artefact – a fabulous model of 638 Evesham Road, which will now go on display for visitors. The original house was demolished to make way for the Pinnacle House development but had been owned by Mr Dybeck, the managing director of NiFe Batteries (later Alcad). It ...
Murder At The Museum
Well, an account of one.Another successful book signing today at the museum with Chris Sharpe signing and selling his new book entitled “The Ghost of Gethen”An interesting book, half fact and half novel, being based on the murder of the local Beoley policemen, P C Davies, by local poacher Moses Shrimpton.Chris’s novel is a fictionalized ...
1923 Business Directory
Another very interesting artefacts donated to the museum in the last week, a copy of a 1923 Directory of Businesses in Redditch and the surrounding towns. We will will interpret this document to make it available for review at the museum and, hopefully, on a revised web-site.If you would like to get involved in ...
Next Book Launch
On 1st October 22 there is to be another book signing at the Museum..to coincide with Halloween month! The book, The Ghosts of Gehans Hill, Author, Chris Sharpe, is a ghost story, a fictionalized account of the local murder of PC James Davies, member of the former Worcester Constabulary. P.C Davies was murdered on Icknield ...
2022 Heritage Open Day
The 2022 Redditch Local History Museum Heritage Open Day is on Saturday 10th September between 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at 5 Market Place, Redditch, B98 8AA
Museum Now Listed on Tripadvisor
The Redditch Local History Museum is now listed on Tripadvior.The museum has a visitors book on its reception desk full of very encouraging feedback on how visitors have enjoyed their visit, so we thought, why keep that good news just in house, why not tell the world.So we have joined about 30 other sites in ...
Back To The Future
This 1946 map of the proposed development of the Batchely Estate has just been donated to the museum, thank you Hilary Bullman.It was produced by architect Frederick Hill for Redditch Urban District Council and measures 24″ by 18″.One interesting feature is a traditional church in the centre. I assume this is where St. David’s church ...