Thank you so much to those recent followers who joined over the Christmas period! New talk now available to watch for free! We are open Friday and Saturday 11-3pm and Sunday 2-4pm. FREE entry! We look forward to your visit! londonluminaries.com/talk/tea-and...

Just turned up to open the museum and found this lovely clay tobacco pipe left by a member of the public on the doorstep. Probably found on the banks of the Thames. Looks Victorian And this is why we love local history!

We are open from today. Come in from the cold and say hello! Lots to see including a JMW Turner display, Twinings and ceramics display, Hampton Court model, waterman uniforms and much more! Come and engage with your rich local history. FREE entry!

It’s 2026! Why not make a New Year’s resolution to #volunteer at the Twickenham Museum? Friendly staff, lovely environment and interesting visitors. As little as 2 hours a month. Email [email protected] if interested. Your help makes all the difference. Thank you.

twickenham-museum.org.uk/support-us/ The Twickenham Museum is a self-funded small charity that receives no external funding. If you would like to support our museum and its future, please consider donating to us. Please click on the link above. Thank you very much and Happy New Year!

We remain open this month on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st. We will reopen Friday 2nd January. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy festive holiday and we look forward to seeing you at the museum in 2026! 🎁🧑‍🎄🌲👍

Behind door no. 16 of my advent calendar are 2 #Wedgewood vessels. The first is a black basalt Egyptian pastille burner, the bowl supported by 3 Egyptian term-like figures with pharaoh heads wearing nemes head dresses. The 2nd is on a tripod stand with dolphin legs. Both early 19th century.

youtu.be/M7Cbmr-y8zY?... The latest London Luminaries talk featuring Ed Harris from the Twickenham Museum is now on You Tube! Follow the link below to watch. Happy viewing!

We remain open this month on Sunday 14th, Friday 19th, Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st. We will reopen Friday 2nd January. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy festive holiday and we look forward to seeing you at the museum in 2026! 🎁🧑‍🎄🌲👍

There is still time to book a ticket for tomorrow evenings (04/11/25) online talk, the last in the present series. Ed Harris will be talking about the Twining Tea Dynasty and social housing in and around Twickenham. Book here- londonluminaries.com/talk/tea-and...

We will close for the Christmas holidays from Monday 22nd December to Thursday 1st January. We will reopen Friday 2nd January. Then each Friday (11-3pm), Saturday (11-3pm) & Sunday (2-4pm) throughout the year. Until then come and visit us! All welcome and Free entry! :-)

Original wooden water pipe from Hampton Court Palace This was donated to Gerald Heath between 1960-1970 The wooden waterpipe dates from the time of Henry VIlI when he had water transported to Hampton Court Palace for baths. It was from the right hand side of the Palace.

There is still time to get tickets for our online talk this Thursday at 7pm- ‘From Pageboy to Proprietor: the Extraordinary Life of James Cumberlidge with Nadege Forde-Vidal from Chiswick House. Book here- londonluminaries.com/talk/from-pa...

We seek #volunteers who love talking to visitors to work as little as 2 hours per month. We are a lovely little museum housed within a 300 year old Georgian building. We really need volunteers to keep the museum open. Email [email protected] if interested.

It’s a beautiful autumnal day here at the Twickenham Museum. We have displays on JMW Turner and West London, Waterman, the Twinings, detailed Hampton Court model, neolithic tools & weapons, Ice Age animal bones, Professor Cockle diving equipment and much much more! Free entry!

It’s half-term so what are you going to do with the kids? At the Twickenham Museum, we have a fantastic children’s activity trail which will engage them in drawing, counting & reading. For the younger ones they can colour in Professor Cockles! FREE entry! Fri-Sat 11-3pm, Sun 2-4pm.

Last Wednesday, House Manager Ricky Pound visited Riverside Radio to talk to Jason and Abi about the 250th anniversary of the birth of the artist JMW Turner and the current Turner display at The Twickenham Museum. Come and visit- free entry to all!

This evening (20/10/25) I will be talking to the Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society about JMW Turner’s connections to West London & Turner exhibitions at Sandycombe Lodge & a Turner display at TheTwickenham Museum.

Did you know the reason we display a lovely model of Hampton Court Palace? The old "Borough of Twickenham" was an independent municipal borough created in 1926 & in 1937 was extended to include Hampton, Hampton Wick & Teddington. In 1965 it become part of the new LBRuT.

The Twickenham Museum will be closed Saturday afternoon 1-3pm on 4th October due to volunteer shortage. If you would like to volunteer at this lovely Museum, please email the house manager at [email protected] Thanks!

A George III tea caddy, silver spoon, tea tongs and sugar nips. On display at the Twickenham Museum.

We are happy to support our London Luminaries partners.

With three online talks left in the current season why not buy the combined ticket for just £10? That’s just £3.33 per talk! Next talk from Fulham Palace 2nd October. Tickets available here👎 www.ticketsource.co.uk/luminaries/t...

Don’t forget that Saturday 13th & 20th September is London Open House & Museum Manager Ricky Pound will be providing special introductory tours to the JWW Turner & West London display at 11, 12, 1 & 2 pm. FREE entry, no need to book & a FREE postcard for each visitor! @LBRUT

The bridge at Hampton Court Palace as exposed by evacuation in 1909. We also have a model of Hampton Court at the museum- so come and see us! Free entry! Museum open Friday and Saturday 11-3pm & Sunday 2-4pm.

We would like to thank the 167 visitors to the house this afternoon which coincided with 60s day in Church Street, Twickenham. Thanks!

It’s 60s day in Church Street, Twickenham. The museum is open 2-4pm so come and see us! Free entry! Special Children’s activity sheet! Watermens uniforms! JMW Turner display! Twinings display! Ceramics display! Hampton Court model! See you there!

Looking for FREE activities to do this long & expensive summer holiday? Then try our children’s activity trail! Count, draw and explore our collection of historic artefacts & earn yourself a sought after Twickenham Museum sticker (rarer than a labubu). Open Fridays & Saturdays 11-3pm & Sunday 2-4pm.

Sunday 17th August is 60’s day in Twickenham! So put on your glad rags & revel in the nostalgia of Twickenham’s vibrant past. Be the height of fashion & visit the Twickenham Museum! Free postcard! Free entry! We will be open 2-4pm! Visit and it will be music to our ears!

On Sunday it is the High Tide festival in and around Twickenham and we will be open 2-4pm. FREE entry and some discounts on books! Small table outside. ‘Some Interesting People’. From £6 to £3 ‘Mr Pope & Others’. From £10 to £5 Lovely ‘Riverside Map’. Just £2.00! See you then!

Weather forecast for the next few days is rain so what better time to come in undercover and visit the Twickenham Museum! #JMWTurner and #Twining displays, #Waterman costumes, ice age animal bones, children’s activity sheets and much more! Free entry! Sat 11-3, Sun 2-4. C u soon!

It is just two weeks before the ever popular ‘Hide Tide’ music festival takes place on Sunday 27th July. The museum will be open 2-4 with free entry. Come and see artefacts from Twickenham, Whitton, Teddington and the Hamptons. Support your local history! See you then!

When I do school assemblies about the Twickenham Museum the kids love it when I bring along a horn that once belonged to a woolly rhinoceros from the ice age! If you would like me to come to your school and do an assembly on the Twickenham Museum, please let me know!

A reminder that we have our JMW Turner & West London display on at present. Turner lived locally at Brentford, Isleworth & Hammersmith. Between 1813 & 1826 he and ‘old dad’ lived at Sandycombe Lodge which Turner designed with the help of the architect, Sir John Soane.

New on display- ‘A metal bracelet made by a German prisoner of war and given to Mrs Cheeseman as a thank you for the time spent working at the nursery’. From the Chessemen Collection.

Due to volunteer shortages we will be closed Sunday 29th June. We are entirely dependent on volunteers donating their time in order to keep the museum open. If you would like to volunteer even a couple of hours a month, please email me at [email protected] 👍

We are proud to be part of the London Luminaries and to support our partners. This talk on David Garrick will be excellent!

A big thank you to all the visitors who turned up yesterday to the House Manager’s talks on JMW Turner and West London. We had 46 of you in total. Good questions and an appreciative audience. Thank you!

Come and buy your Twinning Reaffirmations mugs here- just £5.00! The perfect reminder of a weekend of celebrations between European partnerships! And whilst you’re here, don’t forget to view the JMW Turner display and free special talks on Saturday 7th June at 11. 12, 1 & 2

Come and buy your Twinning Reaffirmations mugs here- just £5.00! The perfect reminder of a weekend of celebrations between European partnerships! And whilst you’re here, don’t forget to view the JMW Turner display and free special talks on Saturday 7th June at 11. 12, 1 & 2

On Saturday 7th June we will be taking part in the Twinning/ reaffirmation celebration between #Richmond, #Fontainebleau & #Konstanz. House Manager Ricky Pound will be providing free introduction talks on the #JMWTurner and West London display at 11, 12, 1 and 2pm. FREE entry and no need to book.

We are seeking #volunteers who love talking to visitors to work as little as 2-4 hours per month. We are a lovely little museum housed within a 300 year old Georgian building. We really need volunteers to keep the museum open. Email [email protected] if interested.

This Saturday our volunteer and local historian Stanley will be presenting short talks on the Twickenham Boer War memorial at 12 & 1pm. The museum is free to enter with no need to book. Also take the time to view our new display on JMW Turner and West London on the first floor.

Another recent donation is this charming child’s shoe. It was posted through the museum door with the information that it had been found ‘when developing the site at Crane Mews in 2008’. If any of our audience has any further information on these buildings please contact us. 👍

A lovely donation by a member of the public of three clay tobacco pipes, probably 19th century. Lovely raised relief including a rose, shamrock and grapes. Plus a book on Clay Tobacco pipes. Thanks!

Today (Saturday 24th May) is the Twickenham Regatta and it finishes near the museum. Come and visit and also take a look at the new JMW Turner in west London display. We also have waterman uniforms, ceramics, ice age animal bones and much much more!

Coming early 2026- a PowerPoint presentation on ‘Lady Henrietta Howard and the Collecting of Chinese Porcelain in the early 18th Century: Form, Function. Display & Ritual’.