exhibitions
March 1, 2018 | by Chris Brown | exhibitions, Previous Exhibitions
Send Inside and Out An Art Exhibition By “Our Time” women artists from HMP Send February 17th will see the opening of something really exciting and different for Ripley museum. Seven artists from HMP Send – the closed female training prison located between Ripley and East Clandon, which delivers an integrated regime to around 300 […]
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May 17, 2017 | by Chris Brown | exhibitions, Previous Exhibitions
The latest exhibition, which runs until the end of the year, explores the development of Send from prehistory through to the present day and how the coming of the railway to Woking was a key factor in its development.
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February 3, 2017 | by Chris Brown | exhibitions, Previous Exhibitions
The exhibition showcases a small part of a 1963 project, in which Society member Bernard Watts photographed many of the local Ripley buildings. We have tried to focus on some buildings that are no longer there or else local businesses that have gone. In addition there is a small homage to Ripley’s most famous son, […]
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October 7, 2016 | by Chris Brown | exhibitions, Previous Exhibitions
A celebration of Send and Ripley pubs, located next to Ripley Village Hall. From September to December, every Saturday 10-11:30am.
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May 4, 2016 | by Chris Brown | exhibitions, Previous Exhibitions
Fire! Fire! Send and Ripley Fire Brigades Ripley museum, Next to Ripley Village Hall,GU23 6AF We have a new exhibition entitled Fire! Fire! relating to local fire brigades and featuring some original artefacts, including a splendid helmet. We are also participating in Surrey Museums’ Month, which despite its name, runs until September! Visitors can pick […]
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January 27, 2016 | by Chris Brown | exhibitions, Previous Exhibitions
A DISPLAY of LOCAL FINDS
The current exhibition entitled History Under your Feet is a chance to showcase some of the amazing things that have been found by local gardeners, and metal detectorists – in particular the North West Surrey Searchers.
The exhibition will run from JAN 23rd TO APRIL 2016 and is open every Saturday from 10 -12.30.
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November 17, 2015 | by Chris Brown | exhibitions, Previous Exhibitions
The exhibition will run from now until early in the New Year and is open every Saturday from 10 -12.30. Come to see the wonderful models of the mill and a charming Victorian watercolour, which is on loan.
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June 16, 2015 | by Chris Brown | exhibitions, Previous Exhibitions
The new exhibition at the museum is about the HOMEFRONT in World War II. The thinking behind this is both to acknowledge the 70th anniversary of the end of the war and to launch the Society’s little bomb shelter as an ‘experience’.
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May 4, 2015 | by Chris Brown | exhibitions, Previous Exhibitions
The Society borrowed some interesting panels from the archaeological service and displayed locally found flints. We were also fortunate to have the loan of finds from one of our members as well as some of his remarkable reproduction tools and weapons.
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May 4, 2015 | by Chris Brown | exhibitions, Previous Exhibitions
An exhibition that concentrated on the tradition of market gardening in Send and Ripley. It looked at the role of seasonal gypsy labour before the war and the contribution of the land girls in World War II.
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