THE EGHAM MUSEUM TRUST

Established in 1968, The Egham Museum is an independent community museum located in the Literary Institute in the High Street, fondly known as The Lit built in the late 18th Century... To promote, celebrate and provide a lasting legacy from the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta, Egham Museum and Egham-by-Runnymede Historical Society ran a two-year long series of local projects, events and activities that put the community at the heart of the charter's local commemoration. As Shami Chakrabarti,... Our public engagement programme included a series of community talks with leading historians of Magna Carta, politicians and journalists. We also worked with the Supreme Court to organise a Magna Carta moot for local law students and Cumberland Lodge and Inner Temple on a parliamentary style debate on the issue of detention without trial. Both of these events created accompanying online learning resources for schools and colleges. We also worked with local Guide leaders to..

Also known as: Egham Museum

Registration numbers: 278422 (W), CE029149 (CH)

Primary location: Egham United Kingdom