Escape to the Museums 

If you’re looking for something fun and creative to do, or something new and interesting to explore, then why not escape to Surrey’s museums for a while from the comfort of home.

Follow the links to the museums resources.

Brooklands Museum

• Museum from Home

Egham Museum

• Online Exhibitions
• Explore the collections
• Activities, games and quizzes
• Magna Carta resources and fun

Elmbridge Museum

• Online exhibition ‘Look Back in Anger’ about the history of protest in Elmbridge
• Online exhibition ‘A Day at the Races’ about the development of horseracing in the borough
• Online exhibition ‘Elmbridge at War’
• Downloadable educational activities and crafts for families who are home schooling

The Hockey Museum

• The Hockey Museum Weekly Quizzes

The Lightbox

• Virtual Tour
• Step by Step art guides and fun creative activities

Painshill

• Virtual Tour

Send and Ripley History Society

• YouTube video about Gordon Stewart of Send Manor
• YouTube video about Sir Anthony Browne: The Man Who Was Given Send and Ripley as a present!

The Spike

• YouTube video, discover more about the treatment of the homeless, past and present and see what a vagrant had to do to earn his night in the cell at the only Casual Ward of its kind in the country

Watts Gallery

• A virtual tour of the John Ruskin exhibition
• What’s on at Watts: Watts at home webpage
• Wellness at Watts Online, a wellbeing programme which takes inspiration from G F and Mary Watts and the calm they found in the Surrey Hills
• Make Space! Part of the new Watts at home series. Every week, discover simple art tutorials specially designed by Watts’s Make Space artists. Guided by video tutorials and free printable activity sheets, experiment with different techniques and explore the wonderful creations that can be made from limited resources

As well as all of these exciting museums resources, the Exploring Surrey’s Past website has fascinating stories, links and resources about the history of Surrey for all ages and interests. Currently, you’ll also find a list of free on-line educational and entertaining resources from the Surrey Heritage archives, as well as archaeology, libraries,The National Trust and various other organisations in Surrey and beyond. You’ll be busy for hours!