All 'Friends', i.e. members of the Friends of Bushey Museum, are welcome to come along to the Events, Meetings and Outings listed below: some need pre-booking, others - just come along on the day! If you want more information about any of these events, have a look in the regular 'Meetings, Exhibitions, Outings and Events' leaflet sent to all Friends. It also includes details of who to contact for each event.
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If you wish to join the Friends please visit the Friends of Bushey Museum page here. All Members receive the 3-monthly Newsletter and Events Leaflet listing all future events.
Meetings
Tuesday 21st October 2025, from 11am to 1pm
Annual General Meeting
at The Bushey Centre, High Street, Bushey, WD23 1TT
Refreshments from 10.30am, AGM at 11.00am
Following the meeting: Art Historian Dr Chris Jordan will give a Talk on Myrtle Broome, Artist and Egyptologist
Events
Saturday 11 October 2025, 11am to 1pm
Book Swap and Jigsaw Swap Coffee Morning
To be held in the Museum with refreshments served in the Meeting Room behind the Museum. As added variety to the morning, you are invited to bring along a book that you have read, for someone else to enjoy, and/or a Jigsaw which you have enjoyed and swap it for another one to take home.
Refreshments will be available in the Meeting Room - coffee, tea and home-made cakes.
Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 November, 11.00am to 4.00pm
Arts and Crafts Fair
To be held in the Museum with refreshments available Saturday only, 11am to 1pm.
Following the great success of last year’s event, with positive comments from both stall-holders and visitors, we are pleased to welcome again local artisans who will be displaying and selling their wares to the local community at the Museum.
And our Friends at Reveley Lodge...
Sunday 27 July 2025 from 13:00 to 17:00
National Garden Scheme Open Day
At Reveley Lodge, 88 Elstree Road, Bushey WD23 4GL
A summer garden party in aid of the National Garden Scheme. Live music, refreshments and a variety of arts and crafts and plants for sale. Garden tours with the gardener. Dogs welcome on leads.
Tickets cost for adults £6, children free.
To book online visit www.reveleylodge.org/events/
Outings
Saturday 21 June 2025
Outing to Charleston House, Firle, East Sussex
Our summer outing is to Charleston. The farmhouse with its eccentric decor and beautiful gardens, nestled in the beautiful South Downs, was the home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant of the Bloomsbury set. The Gallery will be exhibiting Inventing Post-Impressionism and Izumi Kato. Click here to download the Booking Form.
Tuesday 25 November 2025 (please note change of date)
Outing to 'Christmas at Kew'
Outing by coach. Last year we booked to see the Christmas Lights display at Kew Gardens - but sadly a severe storm forced Kew to cancel the event for the day we were due to go. Tickets sell out rapidly, as early as May. Secure your place by phoning Rita Castle 01923 236852. Click here for more details.
Wednesday 20th August 2025
William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow.
A visit to the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, which celebrates its 75th year in 2025. Built in the 1740s, the Grade II* listed building was William Morris's family home from 1848 to 1856 and now serves as the only public Gallery devoted to William Morris, English Arts and Crafts designer and early socialist. It includes the exhibition 'An introduction to Morris Mania and Women in Print—how Britain’s greatest designer went viral'. There are two major exhibitions to celebrate the 75th year: 'Morris Mania: How Britain’s greatest designer went viral', and 'Women in Print: 150 Years of Liberty Textile Designs'.
Half day (morning) outing by coach. Cost: £25 per person. Do let us know if you are interested. Click here to download the Booking Form.
Monday 8th September 2025
Outing to Kenwood House, Hampstead. Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits
Sargent was one of the most celebrated artists of his age. On the centenary of his death, the exhibition brings together his portraits of American Heiresses for the first time. This special exhibition reveals the fascinating stories of the American women who crossed the Atlantic to marry British aristocrats. Women who changed the face of British politics, funded war hospitals and flew helicopters to the Ritz. Kenwood House is set in wonderful gardens with a café and specialist shops. Click here to download the Booking Form.
Coach leaves Bushey Centre at 10am and will return early afternoon. Cost £37.00 inc. per person.
If interested, phone Rita Castle on: 01923 236852.