Garden with us!
It’s National Gardening Week! Gilbert White was a passionate gardener whose personality is in each part of the 25 acre garden we conserve. And that’s why we need help! If you are a garden lover who’d love a chance to work on one of the most beautiful gardens in Hampshire,
Tips for May
Hooray it’s May! And we have some great Tips for you this month! 1. Come to out Launch Day! May the 12th is our official launch day for our new look museum. We will be open all day for free with great entertainment and activities throughout the day plus! The
Guide to the 2018 Wedding Fayre
It’s almost time for our Wedding Fayre! If you are planning on coming along here’s a handy guide to how to make the most of the day! 11am Doors Open – Don’t forget to pick up a wedding goody bag our entrance. 11:10 Get a good look at our
Inspiring Journeys: April Blog
Inspiring Journeys: April Blog We are almost there! We hit our target of opening the museum parts of the renovation by Easter. On Good Friday we opened our new shop area to the public and had a great Easter Holidays operating from our lovely new entrance, reception and beautiful shop.
Nature Festival 2018
We cannot wait for our third annual Nature Festival! This year is so jammed packed with activities we’re not sure 24 hours will be enough! We start at 5pm on the 27th and will end at 5pm on the 28th, using that time to be exploring the natural world of
Countryfile Presenter to open new Museum!
Exciting news! We have confirmed that BBC’s Tom Heap will be officially re-opening the museum on the 12th May after it’s £3 million renovation. Tom Heap who presents the investigations on Countryfile – Britain’s most popular factual TV programme, is also the principal voice of ‘Costing the Earth’ on Radio
Guide to the New Look Museum…
Guide to the New Look Museum… If you’ve visited in the last couple of weeks you will have noticed a few changes around the place! We are almost ready to reveal our new museum and will be officially opening it on the 12th May, and although we’re not there yet
It’s a nice a day for a Gilbert White Wedding
It’s a nice a day for a Gilbert White Wedding Gilbert White & the Oates Collections cordially invite you to their third annual Wedding Fayre. The barn at Gilbert White’s House is a favourite for beautiful weddings, with brides and grooms from all over Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey and London spending
Tips for April
It’s springtime and here are 10 tips for April! 1. Have a Hoppy Easter! It’s Easter time! We have Easter Crafts on the 3rd, and a Bunny Hunt running all the way up until the 15th!! 2. Go to Nature Camp! During the Easter Holidays we have a brand new
Frank Oates in Africa
On Monday 9th April to celebrate the opening of our new Frank Oates Gallery; historians Dr John McAleer and Dr Chris Prior from the University of Southampton will be giving an exciting talk on the Victorian Explorer and the environment he travelled in. Frank Oates’s travels in nineteenth-century Southern Africa made