Petersfield Museum


Petersfield Museum is a local museum in the small town of Petersfield in Hampshire, England. Petersfield Museum Limited is a registered charity.

Location

The museum is in the Old Magistrates Courthouse, in the alleyway between St Peter's Road and Hylton Road.

Origins

The museum was formed by a group of local historians, 'The Petersfield Area Historical Society'. Over the years, objects and archive material were collected, later formally transferred to the Museum, and now form the extensive collections. The Museum has been open since 1999 and holds materials that relates to the town of Petersfield and the surrounding villages.

Collections

The Museum holds photographs, archives, oral history and maps relating to the town and surrounding area. A timeline feature takes the visitor through the history of the town alongside some temporary cases which change over annually.

Justice

Part of the former police station next door was added to the museum in 2016 to display a Victorian justice heritage exhibit.

Bedales

In 2007 the Bedales Historic Costume Collection was donated to the Museum. This collection is made up of about 1000 pieces including ladies, gents and children's clothing and accessories dating from 1720.

Flora Twort

died in 1985 leaving her cottage, studio and examples of her work to Hampshire County Council. It was run as a museum and restaurant by HCC until 2008. In 2009 the Flora Twort Gallery and its collections were transferred to the Petersfield Museum Trust. This collection consists of paintings, sketches by Flora and archives relating to her life.