The Museum operates under the umberella of the New Alresford Town Trust with the objective to provide a museum for the town as soon as possible. It has some funds and a small income but will need much more to acquire suitable accommodation.
Meanwhile the intention is to collect and catalogue documents and artefacts which will illustrate the story of Alresford so that we can set up displays which will be interesting and educational. We have a fair collection and more has been forthcoming since our existence became known. In the absence of a group dedicated to this goal valuable material tends to be lost forever. We hope that this will not now happen. So if you have material which you think might be of interest please let us know and at least enable, us to record it.
Examples of material that would be of interest includes:
- Old deeds or documents which relate to buildings or activities of the town
- Old accounts, bills, invoices, and ledgers relating to old businesses of the area
- Artefacts related to the old crafts of the area, eg sheep rearing, fulling etc, brewing, building, watercress growing and voluntary and community services
- Artefacts showing how local people lived in the past
There are other activities we would like to illustrate. If in doubt please do talk to one of our group. We would welcome promises of material in the future. We would also welcome funds now. Since the Museum is part of the Town Trust who are a registered charity no. 239052, we could get 28% back from the tax man if you give by Gift Aid.
PLEASE HELP, IT'S YOUR TOWN AND IT WILL BE YOUR MUSEUM
Please contact one of the following for more information, to donate documents, artefacts or money, of for more information Roy Gentry, Robin Atkins, Natalie Carpenter,