Adrian Green, Director of Salisbury Museum, will give a talk on artist and archaeologist Heywood Sumner on Friday 12^th May 2023 at 7.30 pm at Avonway Community Centre in Fordingbridge. The talk is in aid of Fordingbridge Museum. Tickets at £10 are available from Fordingbridge Museum, Fordingbridge Bookshop or www.ticketsource.co.uk and include light refreshments.

Fordingbridge Museum will open for the summer season of 2023 on Monday 3rd April. During the closed season our volunteers have been working to  revitalise the  existing displays and introduce new ones. Acess to the museum is free but we depend entirely of fundraising and donations to stay open.  We look forward to seeing you to explore our local history in 2023.

The annual general meeting of  the Friends of Fordingbridge Museum will take place on Thursday 16^th February at Avonway in Fordingbridge. Philippa Duckworth will give a talk on the creation of the museum from a private collection of artefacts to the fully developed popular institution we know today. The AGM will be at Avonway and will start at 2.30pm  with the formal meeting followed by refreshments. Philippa’s talk will start at 3.15pm.