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The Garden Museum was founded in 1977 and over the past three decades a unique collection has been assembled through ongoing purchases, donations and bequests. Today the Museum holds over 9000 objects, each one of which in some way represents British gardens and gardening.

The collection covers the subject in its broadest sense and demonstrates both the ingenuity and the continuity of gardening over the centuries

.Objects on display range from specialist equipment made for grand country estates to improvised tools put together by enthusiasts in their own back gardens.

The earliest objects on display include ceramics that were made several hundred years ago. The Victorian and Edwardian periods are particularly well represented in the collection, while there is also a good representation of gardening since 1950.

Visitor in the Permanent Collection area

During your visit, please spend time looking at the collection in detail.

The remodelling of the Museum interior in 2008 has enabled the display of light-sensitive items for the first time, including paintings, photographs, books and ephemera.

In addition to the objects on display, collections are available to researchers by appointment. Please contact philip@gardenmuseum.org.uk
     
 
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