Wandsworth Museum

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The museum during redevelopment in 2009

Wandsworth Museum is a local museum in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest London, England. The museum is a community museum, covering the cultural and social history of Wandsworth, especially with respect to contemporary and traditional skills of local people, using artefacts and artworks.

History

In 2007 Wandsworth Museum was suspended, attracting objectors and renewed interest in its collections including objections from the UK Museums Association.

The museum reopened in September 2010 after a three-year closure having gathered promises of £2 million of funding by local philanthropists.

Building and exhibits

Wandsworth Museum, since 2010, is based at the low-rise but tall-storied Victorian stone-embellished public building — the former West Hill Reference Library — 38 West Hill, Wandsworth. The museum is a function of the local authority.

The museum displays the history of Wandsworth and in part of the rest of the borough through the ages, with artefacts exhibited including an ornate Iron Age shield recovered from the Thames and further collections in its catalogue available for inspection. It for a few years until 2014 featured the De Morgan Centre, with exhibits of the ceramics of William de Morgan and of the paintings of Evelyn De Morgan.

See also

• List of museums in London

External links

• Wandsworth Museum website
• Wandsworth Museum group, Facebook