Petersfield Museum

E-mail

Curator

Education and Outreach Officer

Telephone

01730 262601

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The Museum was set up in 1999 and is located in the former Magistrates Courthouse. The building was constructed in 1896 and was used as a court until 1995. The museum was set up by the Petersfield Area Historical Society who collected objects and artefacts for about 30 years before the museum was set up as a central resource.

Venue Type:

Museum

Opening hours

March - November
Tues to Sat
10:00-16:00

Closed: March - November Sun & Mon
December - February

Admission charges

Free Admission

General services and facilities

Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Information point provided
Pre-booking service for groups
Shop

Children and families

Activities for pre-school children
Events and resources for children and families

Disability access

Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
Large print information and/or interpretation
Touch exhibits
Toilets for disabled
Wheelchair access to all public areas

Schools services and facilities

Direct teaching services for schools
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Primary school education service available
Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Secondary school education service available
Education facilities available

Research and adult learning

Adult lectures and courses held
Loan service
Library with public access
Research facilities for academics
Study facilities

Additional info

Wheelchair accessibility is via the police yard and a member of staff is required to unlock the access gate - please call ahead if this is required.

The Old Courthouse
St Peters Road
Petersfield
Hampshire
GU32 3HX
England

Website

E-mail

Curator

Education and Outreach Officer

Telephone

01730 262601

The museum holds collections on the social, industrial and agricultural history of Petersfield and the surrounding villages. The collections are made up from artefacts and archives (including maps, oral history accounts, and photographs).

Both the Bedales collection of Historic costume, which consists of approximately 1000 pieces dating from 1720, and the Flora Twort art collection are housed in Petersfield Museum's Flora Twort Gallery.

Collection details

Trade and Commerce, Social History, Performing Arts, Law and Order, Industry, Fine Art, Costume and Textiles, Archives, Archaeology, Agriculture

Key artists and exhibits

Historic Costume
clothing
Jacobean coat of arms
Jolliffe family
Joliffe family
Bonham-Carter family
ITS
Itshide
minibrix
market town
Churchers college
Bedales school
St Peters Church Parish records
Historical Maps
Petersfield Musical Festival
Scouting in Petersfield
Petersfield Urban District Council

Collections services

Public access available to collections information
Specialist publications on collections available
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

The Old Courthouse
St Peters Road
Petersfield
Hampshire
GU32 3HX
England

Website

E-mail

Curator

Education and Outreach Officer

Telephone

01730 262601

Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.

Boxes, objects and other kit

Education

Paper-based and downloads

Old Toys (KS1)

This worksheet encourages the children to compare the old toy "Minibrix" which was made in Petersfield to the modern version "Lego". The worksheet is broken down into a variety of activities, which allow the children to handle samples of the toys.

Petersfield: What was it like to live here in the past? (KS2)

Thi worksheet encourages children to look at Petersfield and how it has changed through photographs, oral history accounts, maps and trade directories.

The Old Courthouse
St Peters Road
Petersfield
Hampshire
GU32 3HX
England

Website

E-mail

Curator

Education and Outreach Officer