What’s on
What’s on
Talks, walks and workshops, most of them on Saturday or Sunday. Most are small, so please book. The exhibition in the Tarring Room is free with your ticket.
Winter closure: the museum is closed for one week each winter. We post the dates here at least six weeks ahead.
Exhibition
The Branch Line, 1886 to 1958
Seventy-two years of the Tarrow Valley Railway, from the first train to the guard who took his lamp home. Tickets, timetables, uniforms and photographs.
Talk
Hemp, Tar and 330 Metres: How the Ropewalk Worked
Lionel Brack started on the walk at 15 and was there when it closed. He explains how raw hemp became a rope, and what the job did to your hands.
Workshop
Hands On: Six Objects from the Store
Handle six objects that are usually in the store, with gloves and a volunteer who knows their stories. Ten places only.
Tour
Walking the River Frontage
A 2.4 km guided loop along the river from the ropewalk and back, past the old wharf, the ferry steps and the site of Kitto’s Snag.
Members
Members’ Evening: Behind the Store Door
A small-group look inside the collection store, then tea, a slice of cake and this year’s new arrivals in the Hemp Store.
Family
Twist Your Own Rope
Children aged 5 to 12 make a 2-metre skipping rope on our replica rope-walk jack, then test it in the yard. Every child takes their rope home.
Tour
Volunteer Open Morning
Meet the volunteers, see the parts of the building visitors don’t, and find out what each role involves. No commitment, and there is tea.
Exhibition
Ada Venn’s Tarrow: Glass Plates, 1898 to 1931
The town photographer’s own camera, and 90 new prints from the 3,100 glass plates she left the society in 1965. Many have never been shown.