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Tue 31 Mar 2020
Bushey Museum and Art Gallery's 'Artist of the Month'
The Bushey Museum and Art Gallery tells the story of Bushey's unique artistic history relating to Sir Hubert von Herkomer RA and his world-renowned Art School, and others that followed. We regularly show art from the Col.....Read more
Mon 04 May 2020
Bushey Museum and Art Gallery's 'Artist of the Month'
In May we commemorate VE Day 75, so we thought Ethel Gabain is a good choice: during World War Two, she was commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee (WAAC) to produce lithographs of various subjects throughout.....Read more
Tue 05 May 2020
Bushey Museum's 'Virtual Tours' of the Galleries
While the Museum is closed, you can still visit some of our Exhibitions - but virtually! We have Virtual Tours of the current 'Recent Arrivals – Additions to the Bushey Museum's Collection' exhibition, as well as Virtual.....Read more
Sun 31 May 2020
'Living Artist of the Month' - Dougie Chowns
We are featuring Dougie as our first ‘Living Artist of the Month’. He was born in Watford and spent many years visiting the Bushey studios of Lucy Kemp-Welch and Marguerite Frobisher. He was recently in touch with the Mu.....Read more
Fri 26 Jun 2020
Photographic Competition WINNERS!
And we can now announce the Winners of the 2020 Competition! The Winner of the ‘Bushey’ class is 'Horses at Rest' by Nick Edgeworth (attached). The Winner of the ‘Artists and Craft workers’ class is 'Metal Worker – Marr.....Read more
Wed 01 Jul 2020
'Artist of the Month' - Rowland Wheelwright
Rowland Wheelwright was a painter and illustrator who studied at the Herkomer School of Art in Bushey from 1891-93, and where he became acquainted with Lucy Kemp-Welch. Using a diffuse pastel palette, he depicted equestr.....Read more
Fri 31 Jul 2020
Living Artist of the Month - Graham Boyd
Now living in Chipperfield, he worked at the Meadow Studios, Bushey in the 1950s. He exhibited his paintings at the Museum several times: The Long Haul (2004), Bushey Artists and Meadow Studios (2006/7) and Visual Metap.....Read more
Sat 17 Oct 2020
Bushey Museum 'Stained Glass Window' competition
During Summer, the Museum had 2 competitions: the Stained Glass Window competition, and the Scarecrow (or Rocket) Writing competition. We are pleased to announce the Winners along with the Highly Commended entries. Cli.....Read more
Sun 21 Nov 2021
Bushey Heath Pottery collection at Bushey Museum
The Museum has a significant collection of Bushey Heath Pottery items from the 1920's. William De Morgan was a celebrated London-based designer and potter of lustre-ware, polychrome pottery items. In the 1920s there was .....Read more
Mon 01 Mar 2021
Bushey Museum's 'Artist of the Month' - Myrtle Broome
Myrtle Broome studied art in Bushey with Hubert von Herkomer’s cousin, Bertha Herkomer in the early 1900's. She studied Egyptology in London and then had a fascinating career in Egypt as an artist and epigrapher. She als.....Read more
Thu 01 Apr 2021
'Artist of the Month' - Algernon Talmage
He was born at Fifield, Oxfordshire in 1871, and in 1892 joined the Herkomer's Art School in Bushey. Around 2 years later he moved to St. Ives, Cornwall and became part of St. Ives School. He was an Impressionist, primar.....Read more
Thu 29 Apr 2021
Bushey Museum reopens on 20 May
We are glad to say that we plan to reopen the Museum on Thursday, 20th May. This is in line with the government's roadmap. Visitors will still be required to wear a face covering in the Museum, observe social distancing .....Read more
Wed 07 Jul 2021
Display of 'Linen testers'
Some people collect the oddest things: Bushey Museum is currently displaying a collection of thread counters, also known as linen testers. Over many years Christopher Jordan has collected these items. Their purpose is in.....Read more
Sat 12 Feb 2022
Bushey Museum's 'The Lady in White' acquisition
The Museum is delighted to announce the acquisition of this unique Herkomer painting. Almost all of Herkomer's portraits were of men, but in 1885 he produced this portrait of Miss Katherine Grant which is known as 'The L.....Read more
Sun 31 Oct 2021
Artist of the Month - Ernest Borough Johnson, 1867–1949
Ernest Borough Johnson was a painter in oils, watercolours, tempera and pastel of portraits, figure subjects and landscapes. He was also an important lithographer, etcher and charcoal draughtsman, and was distinguished a.....Read more