What's On
19th January - 29th April 2010
*THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD*
The Gurkha Museum has been selected from 100 Museums in the United Kingdom in partnership with the BBC and British Museum to participate in “The History of the World” (http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/hampshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8452000/8452508.stm). The item selected for display is The Fisher Kukri – a weapon of the Gurkha soldier – used by Lieutenant John Federick Lane Fisher at Delhi during the Indian Mutiny in 1857. Come to see the Kukri at the Gurkha Museum Indian Mutiny display and learn about the military service given by Gurkhas to the Crown for nearly 200 years the special relationship between the nations of Nepal and Great Britain.
23rd February - 28th May 2010
*NEW GURKHA MUSEUM DVD*
The Gurkha Museum has recently produced a new DVD called ‘Land of the Brave’. It is a unique audio-visual introduction to Nepal and the mountain tribes that make up the legendary Gurkhas of the British Army.
Using animations and magnificient images from the Gurkha Museum, Winchester’s photographic archives, this audio-visual tour of Nepal’s many tribes and stunning landscapes, traces the roots of the Gurkhas of The British Army back to their tribal homelands in the foothills of the mighty Himalayas.
The DVD is available for £9.50 from the Museum shop. See the Shop sales DVDs and CDs Section.
11th March 2010
Winchester's Military Museums Winter Lecture
Subject: “Thirty-Two Strikes and Out”. The story of the 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade’s Occupation of the ‘Snipe’ position during the Battle of El Alamein and how the battalion halted Rommel’s counter-offensive against Montgomery’s 8th Army on 27 October 1942, destroying 32 German and Italian tanks and receiving 21 gallantry awards, including a Victoria Cross to the Commanding officer.
Speaker: Major Ken Gray, Archivist, The Royal Green Jackets Museum
Place: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum
Time: 12.30 pm
Price: £5.00 per head, including sandwich lunch
Booking: By phone 01962 842832 by Monday 8 March 2010 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
18th March 2010
Gurkha Museum Special Evening Lecture
Subject: “The Devil’s Wind”. A film and lecture on the Indian Mutiny, 1857. Two families tracked down their ancestors places and circumstances of their deaths. A dramatic and exciting account of a tumultous event in history of both Britain and India. History truly comes alive….
Speakers: Philip Geddes, General Richard Shirreff and Richard Holmes.
Place: ChristChurch, Christ Church Road, Winchester, SO23 9SR
Time: Lecture starts at 6.15 pm, followed by wine and canapes
Price: £15.00 per ticket, (£12.00 for Friends of the Museum)
Booking: Tickets available by phone 01962 842832 by Monday 15 March 2010 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
16th April 2010
Gurkha Museum Lecture and Curry Lunch
Subject: The Assault on Kanchenjunga 1955 – The Worlds Third Highest Mountain.
Speaker: Lieutenant Colonel Tony Streather OBE
Place: Library, Gurkha Museum
Time: 11.00am followed by curry lunch
Tickets: £30.00 per head including coffee, lecture, curry lunch; Friends £25.00 per head.
Booking: By phone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
Last booking 12 April 2010
11th June 2010
Gurkha Museum Lecture and Curry Lunch
Subject: “Regional Tensions – Pakistan, India and Afghanistan”
Speaker: Dr Humayun Khan, Former Foreign Secretary, Pakistan
Place: Library, Gurkha Museum
Time: 11.00am followed by curry lunch
Tickets: £30.00 per head including coffee, lecture, curry lunch; Friends £25.00 per head.
Booking: By phone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
Last booking 4 June 2010
7th August - 5th September 2010
GURKHA MUSEUM SUMMER TEMPORARY EXHIBITION
Subject: Faith, Food and Fashion In Nepal.
Scope: An exhibition covering aspects of religious diversity, cultural attitudes towards food and tribal differences of dress for both men and women in Nepal.
Place: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum
Opening Times: Mon – Sat 10.00am – 5.00pm (last entry 4.30pm); Sun Noon – 4.00pm (last entry 3.30pm).
Cost: Included in Museum Entry Ticket, Adults £2.00; OAP £1.00; Children/Servicemen FREE.
Enquiries: By phone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
7th October 2010
Winchester's Military Museums Winter Lecture
Subject: “Balancing the Army’s Books”
Speaker: Mr Ian Bailey, Curator AGC Museum
Place: The McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum
Time: 12.40pm followed by sandwich lunch
Tickets: £5.00 per head including sandwich lunch
Book: By telephone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
8th October 2010
Gurkha Museum Lecture and Curry Lunch
Subject: Slaughter with a Smile – The Development of the British Army from Crecy to Helmand
Speaker: Major Gordon Corrigan MBE, Author and Broadcaster.
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
11th November 2010
Winchester's Military Museums Winter Lecture
Subject: “Everything is such as one would not see in a dream”: The Royal Pavilion Military Hospital as a vision of Empire during World War 1.
Speaker: Kevin Bacon, Curator of Photographs, The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove
Photograph: Convalescent Gurkhas gathered outside the Royal Pavilion Military Hospital, Brighton 1915. By permission of The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton and Hove.
Place: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum
Time: 12.30pm
Tickets: £5.00 per head including sandwich lunch
Booking: By phone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
13th January 2011
Winchester's Military Museums Winter Lecture
Subject: New Forrest Territorials in Mesopotamia in World War I
Speaker: Major Roger Coleman
Place: The McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum
Time: 12.40pm followed by sandwich lunch
Tickets: £5.00 per head including sandwich lunch
Book: By telephone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
17th March 2011
Winchester's Military Museums Winter Lecture
Subject: ‘Wellington in Winchester’ The Duke of Wellington’s association and involvement with the City of Winchester
Speaker: Geraldine Buchanan
Place: The McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum
Time: 12.40pm followed by sandwich lunch
Tickets: £5.00 per head including sandwich lunch
Book: By telephone 01962 842832 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
15th April 2011
Gurkha Museum Lecture and Curry Lunch
Subject: Kut 1916 – A defeat of British Arms in Mesopotamia
Speaker: Colonel Patrick Crowley, Author, Military Historian.
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
