About
The museum is an independent registered charity. It now has two freelance staff working with trustees and volunteers to develop the museum.
The Museum has been open in Court Garden since 2009. It offers an interesting and informative selection of displays and exhibits providing an insight to the history of this beautiful and historic town and the surrounding area.
As well as the permanent displays, there are feature displays that are changed to something new every few months.
In school holidays there are often special activities for children, some of which continue throughout the summer.
Current exhibition - Writers of Marlow: From Frankenstein to Noddy until end of March 2025
Marlow Museum's latest exhibition opened on Friday, 26th July 2024 to 28th March 2025.
The exhibition celebrates Marlow's rich literary history through the lives and works of literary greats such as Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Jerome K. Jerome, and T.S. Eliot, Edgar Wallace, and Enid Blyton.
Next Exhibition - LACE - from Sir William Borlase to Pamela Nottingham MBE
Runs from Saturday 5th April until Sunday 7th September 2025.
The new exhibition explores 400 years of Marlow's poor, making lace for London's rich: until the 1970s, when one Marlow woman enabled lace-making to become an enjoyable pastime worldwide.
Information
- Admission is free.
- The Marlow Museum is handy to the town centre, Court Garden Leisure Centre, Higginson Park and the Pound Lane car park.
- The museum opening times are: Nov-Feb: Sundays 2-4pm | Mar-Oct: Wednesdays 2-5pm, Fridays 10am-2pm, Saturdays 1-5pm, Sundays 1-5pm,
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