Pathways into the Past

It is with great sadness that the Trustees and Staff of Petersfield Museum have learnt of the death of Don Eades. We would like to send our deepest sympathies to Don’s family and friends at this very difficult time.

Don’s longtime contribution to Petersfield and the surrounding villages, as photographer for The Petersfield Post, was hugely significant and documented the development of the town and the lives of its people throughout much of the latter half of the 20th Century.

At the very heart of Petersfield Museum’s £3.75m expansion and refurbishment project, ‘Pathways into the Past’ will be a showpiece artwork that really puts the Museum on the map.

Within the courtyard floor will be a bird’s eye design inspired by the town and surrounding villages within a 22 mile radius, most of which is in the South Downs National Park.

Work continues to speed along on the ‘Pathways into the Past’, most of the demolition work has been completed and the contractors are now starting the construction! This construction includes the digging of several trenches and holes for the foundations of the new galleries; it was during the digging of one of these trenches that they uncovered an exciting piece of archaeology!

Local residents cannot have helped but notice the changes that have been happening at Petersfield Museum’s home at the old police station and courthouse over the past month. Wooden hoardings have gone up in front of the police station on St Peter’s Road, there is scaffolding along the length of the lane (twitten) leading to Hylton Road and delivery lorries dropping off building supplies regularly.

Building contractors have this week moved onto the police station and courthouse site to start work on Petersfield Museum’s ‘Pathways into the Past’ redevelopment and refurbishment project. Enabling work began on the 29th of July with remedial and construction work starting on the 5th of August.

After a long and detailed procurement process, over seen by Hampshire County Council on behalf of Petersfield Museum, it can be revealed that Phoenix Construction Services Ltd have been selected to deliver the base build for the museum’s ‘Pathways into the Past’ project.

In anticipation of our major redevelopment project starting, we have transferred into our temporary project office, located at 13 Dragon Street, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 4JN, telephone 01730 262601.

We’re Moving Office

Ahead of our Redevelopment

In anticipation of our major redevelopment project starting, we are currently in the process of transferring into our temporary project office. Whilst we are relocating, it may at times, prove difficult to contact us by email or phone.

We promise that are working as quickly as we can to complete the move into the Project Office, located at 13 Dragon Street, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 4JN, telephone 01730 262601, and hope to be up and running again by Wednesday 29 May 2019.

We are very excited to be looking for 2 new staff members at Petersfield Museum as part of our Pathways into the Past project. 

There's only 2 days left to apply for our Learning and Community Engagement Assistant position, and applications for the Business Manager role are open until Friday 21st December 2018. 

All the details are on our Careers page so check them out, and please do share the positions with anyone you think would be interested. 

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that our Round 2 Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) bid has been successful!

This £1,318,000 grant will allow us to progress as planned with our £2.56m redevelopment programme Pathways into the Past. This project aims to complete the transformation of the old Petersfield Police Station and Courthouse into a dynamic community-focused museum, Victorian Justice Heritage complex and hub for the South Downs National Park.