News Archives - Amberley Museum

Volunteers receive The King’s Award for Voluntary Service

Nov 16, 2023 | News

Volunteers from Amberley Museum based in Amberley, West Sussex have just been awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service. This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the UK and is equivalent to an MBE. Amberley Museum has over 350 active...

Planters for His Majesty The King and Queen Camilla

Oct 2, 2023 | News

The craftsmen of the Worshipful Company of Plumbers are constructing a pair of lead planters to present to His Majesty the King and Queen Camilla to commemorate their coronation. This major project will be carried out largely at the Gin Building at the museum by the...

SADCASE Summer evenings at Amberley Museum

Jul 3, 2023 | News

Amberley Museum has been very pleased to welcome the Storrington and District Classic and Sports car Enthusiasts, otherwise known as SADCASE for their regular summer evening meets this year. The wide variety of cars and the friendly atmosphere has really brought the...

Amberley Museum secures £433,766 grant to undertake major project

Mar 21, 2023 | News

Amberley Museum has recently been successful in an application to the Museum Estates and Development Fund (MEND) to restore and upgrade the historically important Bagging Shed area. Amberley Museum is particularly pleased to have been awarded £433,766 from MEND...

Amberley Museum Secures Acquisition of Unique Former Southdown Bus

Feb 22, 2023 | News

A former Southdown Motor Services bus has been acquired by The Southdown Omnibus Trust Collection and will soon be joining their fleet within the collection at Amberley Museum in West Sussex. Leyland Titan TD1 (number plate UF 4813) was new to the Southdown Motor...

Help support the overhaul of 1905 steam engine ‘Polar Bear’

Nov 3, 2022 | News

We are fundraising for the 10-year overhaul of our narrow-gauge 1905 steam engine Polar Bear. Polar Bear was built for the Groudle Glen Railway on the Isle of Man by W.G. Bagnall of Stafford in 1905, works No. 1781. Polar Bear, the larger of two locomotives, remained...