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The River and Rowing Museum is a new museum based at Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames, England. The museum opens on 29 August 1998 for its Preview Season.

Press releases:

July 1994

Appointment of the first Director for the museum

November 1994

Laying the museum's foundations and appointment of a Deputy Director
(extra photograph added, April 1995)

January 1995

Article from South East Museums Service Newsletter

February 1995

MUSEUM: The River and Rowing Museum at Henley
(comp.infosystems.www.misc newsgroup announcement)

March 1995

Planning permission granted

November 1995

Raising the roof

June 1996

New Chief Executive and hand-over of the keys

October 1997

Museum collections take impressive shape

March 1998

£1m for Museum's rowing gallery

Exhibitions:

Further virtual exhibitions are planned for remote access. In the meantime, here is the story of the sliding seat and poetry by Tennyson on the Thames.

Information on the proposed galleries is available. See also further information including links to River Thames resources.

Here is some related information on Henley-on-Thames and the River Thames.

See also the vision of the museum.

Entry and further information in the Electronic Yellow Pages (EYP).

The following may also be of related interest:

• Information on rowing and other museums in the WWW Virtual Library.

• Rowing chat - interactively talk on-line to others with an interest in rowing.

• Steve Redgrave amd Matthew Pinsent, Leander Club, members of the British Olympic team.

• Oxford rowing, including information on OURC, OUBC, college boat clubs and from individuals. See also the current stream condition on the river, possibly the first such service in the world.

• Rowing entries in the Hampshire County Council Museums Service Museums Objects Records.

• The Environment Agency of England and Wales have now superseded the National Rivers Authority. See the Thames Barrier, the quality of rivers and canals and flood warning information. See Thames region information.

• Rowing Advice, Durham University Journal, 1900.

• John Biglin in a Single Scull (1874), a painting by Thomas Eakin in the Yale University Art Gallery.

• Historic rowing boats from La Jolie Plaisance, non-profit organization based near Paris, France. (Also in French.)

• UK Virtual Reality Special Interest Group. See also other VR information. A Virtual Reality rowing machine is a possibility as one of the exhibits in the museum.

• The July 1994 issue of Regatta magazine included an article concerning the establishment of the museum.

• Sailing page including museums.

• Dreissigacker Racing Oars: A Brief History and The Story of the Big Blade.

• The Amazing FishCam - live on-line images!

• The British Society of Sports History (BSSH).

• History of Science, Technology and Medicine including museums and exhibitions in the WWW Virtual Library.

• UK fundraising for charities and nonprofit fundraisers.

• The Athenian Trireme. See a newsleter article on a visit to The River and Rowing Museum by Andrew Ruddle.

• The Barge House gallery houses river craft from the Thames off the Neptune Hall at the UK National Maritime Museum. Part of a walking tour of Greenwich by Aquanet.

• Berkshire information.

• Museums in and around Reading.

• Maritime museums listed by Yahoo.

• Computing with water! See the Phillips Economic Hydraulic Computer, recently acquired by the Science Museum, London, UK.

Contact information

Postal address and museum site:

The River and Rowing Museum
Mill Meadows, Henley-on-Thames, OXON RG9 1BF, UK

Telephone: +44-1491-415600

Fax: +44-1491-415601

Email: museum@henrrm.demon.co.uk

Chief Executive:

Jonathan Bryant (email bryant@henrrm.demon.co.uk)

Director:

Jane Bowen (email jane@henrrm.demon.co.uk)

Deputy Director:

Emily Leach (email emily@henrrm.demon.co.uk)

Business Manager:

Paul Newman (email paul@henrrm.demon.co.uk)

Consultant:

Christopher Dodd (email chris@henrrm.demon.co.uk, editor of Regatta magazine)

Chairman of Trustees:

David Lunn-Rockcliffe
10 Avenue South, Surbiton, Surrey KT5 8PJ, UK
Tel: +44-181-390-3579
Fax: +44-181-399-3097

The River and Rowing Museum Foundation is a registered charity no. 100151 and a company limited by guarantee registered in England no. 2548216.