Twickenham Museum

The Twickenham Museum is a volunteer-run^[1] museum in Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It is located opposite St Mary's parish church at 25 The Embankment, Twickenham TW1 3DU, an 18th-century three-storey building which has been listed Grade II by Historic England^[2] and was donated to the museum.^[1]

The Twickenham Museum

Established	1993
Location	Twickenham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, UK
Coordinates	51°26′48″N 0°19′32″W
Type	History museum
Website	www.twickenham-museum.org.uk
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name	25 The Embankment, 1, Church Lane
Designated	2 September 1952
Reference no.	1080818

Entrance to 25 The Embankment, a Grade II listed building

An independent museum, the Twickenham Museum is run by a registered charity^{[nb 1]} that was first registered in 1993.^[3]

The museum's area of interest is the history of Teddington, Twickenham, Whitton and the Hamptons, which, until local government boundary changes in 1965, formed the Municipal Borough of Twickenham. It collects, researches and displays archives, artefacts and information from these areas and provides related historical information on its website.^[4] The museum also mounts exhibitions.^[5]

In 2014, it received £9000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund's Then and Now programme for a project on the 1914 Christmas truce during the First World War that led to a soldier, Frank Edwards, kicking a football when fighting the Battle of Loos in 1915.^[6][7]

See also

• Eel Pie Island Museum
• Museum of Richmond
• Orleans House Gallery

Notes

1. It is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales as charity number 1028984. "The Twickenham Museum". Charity overview. Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 11 August 2015.