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Abingdon Museum Friends

Address:         Abingdon County Hall Museum, Market Place, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 3HG
Telephone:    01235-523703        Fax:    01235-536814        email:    abingdon.museum@abingdon.gov.uk
 “You possess a building of the very first rank in the centre of the town... There is no town in England can boast a more perfect specimen of civic architecture...”
Walter Godfrey, Director of the National Buildings Record, 1944 
Painting of Abingdon by Nathaniel SparksSaxon Ring found in Abingdon

ABINGDON MUSEUM FRIENDS

The Friends organisation supports the museum through fundraising and voluntary work.  They meet monthly during autumn and winter for a variety of talks and social gatherings.  In the summer months there are day trips to other museums and places of interest both locally and further afield.  Past visits have included seeing the new bells of St Helen's church, before they are commissioned, and the Birmingham Backs-to-Backs, an art gallery trip.  

The Friends funded the acquisition of a delightful watercolour by Nathaniel Sparks.  It shows a riverside view of Abingdon from Fairlawn Wharf and dates to the early part of this century.  Money raised through the events programme has contributed to other projects, such as the transfer of old film footage of Abingdon onto videotape.  

The annual membership subscriptions are £6 for one person and £10 for two people living at the same address.  Please contact one of the following people for more information:

๏ Chair : Sheila Hills - sheilahills767@btinternet.com
๏ Secretary : Peter Hallowell - peter.hallowell@btinternet.com
๏ Treasurer : Peter Clare - pj.clare@virgin.net.

Membership Application Form

Abingdon Museum Friends website

Abingdon Friends Museum Appeal

 

 

 

 

 

 

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