A Musical Celebration of Lace
On 5th July 2025 we'll be collaborating with award-winning folk musicians Jackie Oates and John Spiers in 'Lace- a musical celebration'. This concert, 7pm at All Saints Church, will share the story of lace in Marlow through lace 'tells', spoken word and music. Join us to explore the less often told stories of the child lacemakers and learn how lacemaking influenced the history of Marlow. Tickets: £15 adults/£6 under 16s available from the museum or via TicketSource
A programme of activities and events accompanies this exhibition including Lace making demonstrations at weekends as follows:-
Sunday 4 May - Amersham - Leonard Bazar
Sunday 11 May - Risboro Lacemeakers - Margaret Templey
Sunday 18 May - Ware Lacemakers
- Claire Hooper
Saturday 24 May - 2-4pm - Family Activities! - Inspired by the Exhibition, we'll be creating characters from Marlow's lacemaking past. You could take home your own model lacemaker or Sir William Borlase! At the Museum, £2/child, no booking required.
Sunday 1 June - Risboro Lacemakers - Margaret Templey
Sunday 8 June - Amersham - Leonard Bazar
Sunday 15 June - Amersham - Leonard Bazar
Saturday 21 June - Bourne End Lacemakers - Jane Burns
Sunday 22 ~June - Ware Lacemakers
- Clare Hooper
Saturday 28 June - Bourne End Lacemakers - Jane Burns
Sunday 29 June - Chinnor Lacewings - Lynn Lloyd
Saturday 5 July - Bourne End Lacemakers - Jane Burns
Sunday 6 July - Ware Lacemakers - Claire Hooper
Sunday 13 July - Risboro Lacemakers - Margaret Templey
Sunday 20 July - Amersham - Leonard Bazar
Sunday 27 July - Amersham - Leonard
Bazar
Sunday 10 August - Amersham - Leonard Bazar
Sunday 17 August - Amersham - Leonard Bazar
Above
- Our stand at Marlow Regatta in June.
- The Marlow Ukelele Band playing outside the Museum.
- Edgar Wallace boating at Bourne End - from our recent Writers of Marlow Exhibition.
The gathering......
The opening......
The Lace Exhibition is open!
Our recent exhibitions have featured: -
Participation in the Bucks Culture Weekend, with poetry readings outside the Museum.
The refurbishment of the Museum took place in the Spring and now shows a fresh face to all visitors,
On the 4th April, we launched our new exbibition, " Lace - From William Borlase to Pamela Nottingham" - Pamela was responsible for the surge in global interest for this craft. Be sure to see this exhibition!
Visit Midsomer Marlow
The Visit Buckinghamshire organisation have put together a 17 mile Visit Midsomer Marlow trail in and around Marlow, taking in a range of the picturesque settings used in the filming of the TV series Midsomer Murders. Why not start your tour from the Marlow Museum where you can pick up the trail leaflet.