Haslemere Museum Galleries
Planning Your Visit

Burgess Shale Fossil

Look in awe at our genuine meteorite from the time the world began and then enter the exciting world of minerals.

Travel along our fossils timeline exploring early marine life to Man, then marvel at the short time the human race has been on this planet.

African Lions

Journey back in time through this Victorian style gallery to the age of our founder (Sir Jonathon Hutchinson) and explore the relationship between Man and beast throughout the ages.

Meet Arthur the stuffed Siberian bear, gasp at the giant Japanese spider crab and compare the fascinating differences between plant and animal kingdoms.

Observe the Victorian and Edwardian style bird cases and admirer the skills of the taxidermist.

Egyptian Mummy

A chance to travel through the history of Man. View the stone implements used by Early Man and pottery from Ancient Greece and Rome.

Gasp at the 2,300 year old Egyptian Mummy, and then explore the amazing ethnographical artefacts.

Marvel at the craftsmanship of the European peasant art objects collected in the 19th century.