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14th December 2011 - 31st March 2012
Ayo Gurkhali Collection - New Shop Items
The Busts were sculpted by Robert Jones. Available in cast bronze resin or electro hallmarked silver, with any capbadge or front badge, plinth mounted or unmounted, 6 inches in height, individually numbered and made to order.
The collection comprises of four hat styles as shown, decorated with relevent badges on the parade hats and regimental badges on the base as required.
SEE SHOP GIFTWARE SECTION FOR MORE DETAILS
26th January - 27th April 2012
Gurkha Museum Site Renovation
Construction work will be undertaken on the roof of the building (C Block) incorporating the Gurkha Museum and the King’s Royal Hussars Museum from January until April 2012.
Parking On Site is limited during week days (Mon – Fri) to those working in the building, but there will be limited Museum Visitor Parking at Weekends only, until the renovation is completed.
Alternative parking is available in Winchester City (See Map)
We regret the inconvienience to our visitors.
26th January - 31st March 2012
Gurkha Museum - Sunday Closing
The Gurkha Museum will be closed on Sundays from January until 31 March 2012. Sunday opening will resume from 1 April 2012 throughout the Summer.
Opening times during weekdays and Saturday remain unchanged: Mon – Sat 10.00am – 5.00pm (Last Entry 4.30pm)
16th February 2012
Winchester's Military Museums Winter Lecture
Subject: “Gurkha Recruiting into the British Army Today”.
Speaker:Major Gerald Davies, Curator Gurkha Museum, Winchester
Photograph: A potential recruit undergoing selection. Photograph by Nick Fleming
Place: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum
Time: 12.30pm
Tickets: £6.00 per head including sandwich lunch
Booking: By phone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
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15th March 2012
Winchester's Military Museums Winter Lecture
Subject: The Adjutant General’s Corps – the first twenty years
Speaker: Mr Ian Bailey, Curator The Adjutant General’s Corps Museum
Place: The McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum
Time: 12.40pm followed by sandwich lunch
Tickets: £6.00 per head including sandwich lunch
Book: By telephone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
16th March 2012
The Sirmoor Club Armchair Battlefield Tour Lecture
Title: Gurkhas on the Western Front 1914 – 1915
Speakers: Major Gordon Corrigan MBE, Author, Military Historian.
Place: Library, Gurkha Museum
Time: 11.00am Coffee/biscuits from 10.30am
Tickets: £5.00 per head including coffee, lecture
Curry Lunch: The Gurkha Museum (GM) Lunch Club will be staging a curry lunch at 12.30pm. Members of the GM Lunch Club should book luncheon tickets seperately (01962 842832)
Booking: By phone 0117 9733317 or email: bruce.jackman@btopenworld.com
13th April 2012
Gurkha Museum Lecture and Curry Lunch
Subject: “The State of Nepal.” A review of external pressures and internal stresses.
Speakers: General Sir Sam Cowan KCB, CBE. President of the Gurkha Brigade Association
Place: Library, Gurkha Museum
Time: 11.00am followed by curry lunch
Tickets: £30.00 per head including coffee, lecture, curry lunch
Booking: By phone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
21st - 26th April 2012
GURKHA MUSEUM TEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION
Title: ‘Nepal Awakening’.
Dates: 21 April to 26 April 2012.
Artist: Gordon Davidson an internationally known artist will exhibit paintings of Nepal, covering subjects such as jungle, temples, buildings, people and mountains.
Timings: Mon – Sat 10.00am – 5.00pm (last entry 4.30pm); Sun Noon to 4.00pm (last entry 3.30pm).
Admission: Free Entry with Museum ticket. Servicemen and Children (under 16 years) Free. Parking: FREE limited parking at Museum
Enquiries: Tel: 01962 842832 or Email curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
8th June 2012
Gurkha Museum Lecture and Curry Lunch
Subject: The Gurkhas Special Force
Speakers: Professor Chris Bellamy, Author, Military Historian, Director Greenwich Maritime Instute.
Place: Library, Gurkha Museum
Time: 11.00am followed by curry lunch; Coffee from 10.30am
Tickets: £30.00 per head including coffee, lecture, curry lunch
Booking: By phone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
4th August - 2nd September 2012
GURKHA MUSEUM TEMPORARY SUMMER EXHIBITION
Title: Brunei: A Look Back; A Look Forward – A Fifty Year Partnership
Dates: 4 August to 2 September 2012.
Timings: Mon – Sat 10.00am – 5.00pm (last entry 4.30pm); Sun Noon to 4.00pm (last entry 3.30pm).
Admission: Free Entry with Museum ticket. Servicemen and Children (under 16 years) Free.
Parking: FREE limited parking at Museum
Enquiries: Tel: 01962 842832 or Email curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
11th October 2012
Winchester's Military Museums Winter Lecture
Subject: “Decorated Bandsmen 1914 – 1945”. The talk will cover awards from the Victoria Cross to the Military Medal for members of Regimental bands throughout the British Army.
Speaker:Stephen Mason, Military Researcher & Lecturer
Place: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum
Time: 12.30pm
Tickets: £6.00 per head including sandwich lunch
Booking: By phone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
12th October 2012
Gurkha Museum Lecture and Curry Lunch
Subject: “Gurkhas – Eleven Years in Afghanistan – For What?” Speakers: Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Strickland MBE DSO Late RGR, Former Battalion Commander and Staff College Instructor.
Place: Library, Gurkha Museum
Time: 11.00am followed by curry lunch
Tickets: £30.00 per head including coffee, lecture, curry lunch
Booking: By phone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
15th November 2012
Winchester's Military Museums Winter Lecture
Subject: “Irregular Correspondence”. The talk will cover the 192 Laurie family letters written from the Crimea, India, Hong Kong and Nova Scotia during interesting times (1855-1865) by three brothers. One of the brothers is the lecturer’s grandfather.
Speaker:William Dyson-Laurie, Lecturer.
Photograph: Dust Jacket from the Laurie Letters 1855-65.
Place: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum.
Time: 12.30pm
Tickets: £6.00 per head including sandwich lunch
Booking: By phone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
6th December 2012
Winchester's Military Museums Winter Lecture
Subject: ‘Winston Churchill’s Toyshop – as Experienced in Gordon Rogers’s War’
Speaker: Gordon Rogers will speak on the main WW2 weapon’s experimental establishment at Whitchurch, just north of Aylesbury where Sir Winston Churchill took a direct controlling influence. 26 weapons were invented there and went into service. There is also a link to Bletchley Park.
Place: The McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum
Time: 12.40pm followed by sandwich lunch
Tickets: £6.00 per head including sandwich lunch
Book: By telephone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
