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Museum asks for waiver on £6,300-a-year car park rent

25/09/17

THE River & Rowing Museum has asked Henley Town Council to waive the charge it pays for its car park. Ludo Keston, chief executive of the museum, has written to the council asking it to drop £6,300-a-year charge for rent of the car park, which the ...

Underlining the importance of reducing plastic

20/08/18

AN exhibition examining the importance of plastic reduction was launched at the River & Rowing Museum in Henley on Thursday last week. It features sculptures made from plastics, including a chair made from melted down milk bottles and the film ...

Sculptor is a perfect fit with John Piper

12/02/18

AN exhibition celebrating the work of one of the UK’s most renowned sculptors opens at the River and Rowing Museum today (Friday). Barbara Hepworth: Finding Form runs until Sunday, June 3, and will feature a selection of works loaned by ...

Museum cafe re-opens under new operator

16/02/17

THE café at the River & Rowing Museum in Henley has re-opened. The Wild Fork catering company has taken it over from the Quince Tree, which announced in October that it would be leaving after two years, claiming it was struggling to ...

Museum to open new gallery for community use

20/04/17

A COMMUNITY gallery is to open at the River & Rowing Museum in Henley. It will be located on the glass-fronted bridge which links the Thames and Henley galleries and could be used to showcase the work of schools and community ...

New museum cafe operator confident of success

13/09/17

THE new man in charge of the café at the River & Rowing Museum in Henley says he is confident of success. Catering company Leafi has taken over the café after the previous operators Wild Fork left after just seven months. ...

I’ll stop museum losses by 2026

20/03/23

THE incoming director of the River & Rowing Museum in Henley wants it to be covering its costs within three years. Steve O’Connor, 41, who will start work when the museum re-opens next month, has prioritised reducing its ...

River & Rowing Museum closed until Friday after flooding

24/09/19

THE River & Rowing Museum will be closed until Friday after heavy rain caused flooding in the building. Staff and visitors were evacuated and a crew from Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service arrived at around 1.20pm on ...

River and Rowing Museum chief steps down

06/09/17

THE chief executive of the River and Rowing Museum in Henley is to stand down at the end of the year. Ludo Keston, who took on the role in January 2014, has been thanked for his achievements by the museum's trustees ...

Town loans Piper originals to museum

20/10/17

FIVE original paintings of Henley by John Piper are to be loaned to the River & Rowing Museum by the town council. The works are currently hanging in the mayor’s parlour at Henley town hall but Mayor Kellie Hinton ...

Museum's poplar trees chopped down

21/12/12

Seven of the iconic poplar trees outside the River and Rowing Museum in Henley have been cut down over safety fears.

Henley artist's exhibition rolls back the years

29/11/13

Henley artist Bill Mundy has launched an exhibition of highlights from his career at the River and Rowing Museum.

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