JUNE 2025 MEETING AT THE BUSHEY MUSEUM
On Thursday, June 5, our WBAS Social group gathered for its second in-person meetup—this time at the Bushey Museum, and what a great choice it was! With the wind and rain outside, we stayed cosy indoors, exploring the fascinating museum collection. Some of us even took a moment to do a little sketching—what a creative bunch we are!
After soaking in the art and history, we moved to the Barracuda café, where we shared our thoughts on the visit, chatted about art, and enjoyed a lunch together. It was a lovely time spent in great company!
Looking ahead, we’re planning some exciting group outings, and one idea is a visit to the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, scheduled for July or August.
*To make it happen, we’ll need a few enthusiastic volunteers to help organise the trip—let us know if you’re interested!
We would also highly recommend visiting the Bushey Museum & Art Gallery. Their website states: “The Bushey Museum & Art Gallery in Bushey, Hertfordshire has a local history collection, plus a major art collection spanning 200 years, with paintings, prints and drawings, sculpture, Bushey Heath lustre pottery and historic church silver as well as costume and embroidery.”
Art UK say on their website: “…the art collection is the largest in Hertfordshire and is mainly from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with special interest in the Monro Circle of artists, Sir Hubert von Herkomer, Lucy Kemp-Welch and the pupils of their Art Schools and other Bushey art schools.”
Located in an Edwardian former Council building close to Bushey High Street, it features galleries with displays of local history; Herkomer and Lucy Kemp-Welch paintings and memorabilia, as well as other Galleries with changing displays. For more information about the Museum and its events, please visit www.busheymuseum.org.
You are welcome to join us. Please contact Aya Hastwell by email: [email protected]