The Heath Robinson Museum is for students of illustration, lovers of landscape paintings, advertising enthusiasts and academics, dads building contraptions in sheds, believers in fairies, children with time to dream, couples stuck in tiny flats, people who put holes in cheese, artificial teeth testers and anyone who's ever held something together with a bit of string.
He showed how people were living and he showed the mentality of people by gently - and sometimes subversively - poking fun at it. He had a lovely mockery towards modernism but at the same time enjoying the architecture and the way people lived. It's as powerful and important as looking at a history book or a novel or indeed looking at great paintings.
He showed how people were living and he showed the mentality of people by gently - and sometimes subversively - poking fun at it. He had a lovely mockery towards modernism but at the same time enjoying the architecture and the way people lived. It's as powerful and important as looking at a history book or a novel or indeed looking at great paintings.
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By joining the Friends of Heath Robinson Museum, you will be helping this great little museum continue to show fascinating visiting exhibitions, to house a great range of children's activities and to maintain the archive of William Heath Robinson's work. We receive no central or local government funding, so the Friends play a truly important part in the future life of the Museum and all the activities around it.
We get no financial support from national or local government to run the museum. We rely on the support of everyone who loves Heath Robinson, enjoys visiting the museum and wants to see Pinner thrive. Please consider supporting us with a donation, volunteering and/or becoming a Friend of the Museum.
The West House and Heath Robinson Museum Trust receives no central or local government funding and is dependent upon income from visitors, fund-raising, donations and gifts. The trust is a charitable organisation and apart from our museum manager and learning officer, all other roles are undertaken by volunteers.
Would you like to meet new people, gain skills and have fun, while doing something really worthwhile for the community? Volunteer for the Museum!. If you'd like an informal chat about any of the roles, please call the museum on 020 8866 8420. We need all sorts of skills, so do put yourself forward with what you can offer and the sort of thing you would like to do.
Heath Robinson Museum receives no central or local government funding. We rely on support from the local community and from trusts and corporates supporting specific elements of our work. If you represent a trust, there are many ways that you could help us with our work with young people, the preservation of the collection and our outreach programme.
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Catherine McGowan
Jan 27, 2022
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Andrew Elliot
Jan 09, 2022
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Matt Davis
Oct 25, 2021
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Edwin Parsons
Sep 22, 2021
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Janeta Watts
Sep 03, 2021
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Adam Fields
Jan 29, 2021
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Philip Miall
Oct 22, 2020
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Donall Dempsey
Nov 23, 2019
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Vic Daltrey
Nov 14, 2019
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A stunning display of this brilliant artists work. The detail and penmanship superb and the staggeringly prolific catalog of drawings,illustrations and watercolours is astounding. Not only would I recommend this museum I will certainly pay it another visit. It's fun and the staff really make it so too.
Jessica Sinclair
Nov 13, 2019
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Warm, welcoming and informative, helpful staff.
Really lovely wee museum space with a permanent Heath Robinson room and a non permanent exhibition room. Beardsley is showing presently. Plus an activities room.
The museum is fairly new 2yrs up and running.
Has a toilet for disabled. Museum is on the ground floor and includes a wee shop full of good quality merchandise. Has an amazing ceiling in the exhibition rooms and great lights in the shop.
Next door is a really nice cafe and Pinner memorial fountain and park.
Really lovely wee museum space with a permanent Heath Robinson room and a non permanent exhibition room. Beardsley is showing presently. Plus an activities room.
The museum is fairly new 2yrs up and running.
Has a toilet for disabled. Museum is on the ground floor and includes a wee shop full of good quality merchandise. Has an amazing ceiling in the exhibition rooms and great lights in the shop.
Next door is a really nice cafe and Pinner memorial fountain and park.
Philip Gibbs
Sep 05, 2019
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Benjamin Puckering
Jun 21, 2019
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Stella Wisdom
May 12, 2019
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Sue Gilfrin
Nov 16, 2018
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It was an interesting display about a local man. His drawings were very good. I went to see the exhibition of illustrations from the Peter Pan books. These illustrations certainly brought back some memories, as did the budgie avery and duck pond. Enjoyed a very reasonably priced hot chocolate at Daisy's before leaving.
A. Michael
Oct 08, 2017
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