Clock House Ramsgate

25/03/2025

Today was an exciting day in the ongoing history of the Clock House Museum. The first 100 or so boxes of packed collection objects were moved out and transported to the new storage facility across town, ahead of the building renovations later this year. Once the collection inventory was completed in late 2024, a range of safeguards needed to be established to ensure the collection move could happen smoothly and correctly – and remember, 'museum years' are the opposite of dog years so things seem to move more slowly! TDC continues to be actively dedicated to ensure the move is carried out exactly to plan and it's taken until now to get everything in place. So keep a look out for over the next few weeks for new Clock House activities – and pop in for a look if you'd like an update on progress!

24/10/2024

Make a difference around our town – join in the BIG LITTER PICK!
Sunday, 27 October – 10am–noon
Meet outside the Clock House Museum

06/10/2024

If you've not been "Bookie-ing" this week, now's your chance to join in! Get over to Margate and have a literary nibble. Great events and awesome team. You've been told. 😁

Comedy LEGEND with the gorgeous .

If you need a to find your smile - this will do it. Tomorrow, 1.30pm. Tickets online til showtime.

06/10/2024

We are thrilled to welcome our 1,000th visitor to the exhibition RAMSGATE'S HARBOUR – our pink-haired friend Andrzej Grabiec / , visiting the town from Poland. Today is our last day down at Arch 6, Military Road – so please come down for a last look at these amazing objects and artworks from the collection of the Clock House Museum. Open noon–5pm.

05/10/2024

A single painting can tell so many stories. These images are from a long-lost oil painting – recently found during the collection project at the Clock House Museum and now on public display for the first time. Come and see it and many other treasures at the RAMSGATE'S HARBOUR exhibition – open today and Sunday, noon–5pm at Arch 6, Military Road.

01/10/2024

As winter creeps in and the work in the Clock House Museum continues – check out this call for creative expression from The Ramsgate Recorder. We can't wait to see your sparks of inspiration!

Feeling the artistic spark with the changing weather? Send us your creative writing pieces for our upcoming winter edition!

Each edition, we choose a theme inspired by Ramsgate and welcome all forms of written expression. Whether it’s prose, poetry, dialogue, journal entries, a snippet of a novel, or a complete short story, we want to read it all.

This winter, our theme is “The Clock House”, drawing inspiration from the ongoing renovations at Ramsgate’s historic harbour Clock House (as featured in our latest issue).

Submit your piece, up to 500 words, to [email protected] with the subject line “Creative Writing” by the deadline of October 4, 2024.

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28/09/2024

What connects a giant fossil, a rusty cannonball, a sad poem by Mr Trevanion Griggs, and a 300 year-old tooth brush rescued from the Goodwin Sands? Come and visit "RAMSGATE'S HARBOUR" exhibition and discover the stories behind the objects. Open Saturday and Sunday, noon–5pm, Arch 6, Military Road.

27/09/2024

Ignore the weather and come down to "RAMSGATE'S HARBOUR" exhibition! Open this weekend for your fabulous fix of heritage, museum stories, and harbour history. All happening at Arch 6, Military Road – Friday–Sunday / noon–5pm.

20/09/2024

Come down to Arch 6 and see RAMSGATE'S HARBOUR. An exhibition of objects from the collection of the Clock House Museum – many of which are on display for the first time. We are open Friday–Sunday / noon–5pm until 6 October 2024.

06/09/2024

"Ramsgate’s Harbour" exhibition opening party was a roaring success 🍸 🥳

The exhibition – celebrating Harbour Heritage Open Days is officially open from Noon today, make sure to go and check it out – see objects, stories, and paintings from the collection of the Clock House Museum, many of which have never been shown before! 😊

You'll find us in Arch 6 Gallery, Military Road 📍

03/09/2024

'RHYMES & RIME'

Let's create some poems to celebrate Ramsgate Harbour's past, present, and future. Join poet and Clock House Museum Volunteer Sarah Tait – and the "Ghost of Coleridge's Ancient Mariner."

This is a free Poetry Workshop with the theme 'Ramsgate Harbour & it's heritage.'
Open to all - no poetry experience or knowledge required – and everyone is welcome! 😁

Join us – Saturday 14th September, 2pm–4pm at Arch 6, Military Road.

Post photography by Caitlin Neaves 📸

02/09/2024

EXHIBITION OPENING! Friday September 6. 'Ramsgate's Harbour' is a new exhibition and a part of the Heritage Open Days celebrations – England’s largest festival of history and culture. We have used objects from the Clock House Museum's maritime collection to tell stories about Ramsgate and the harbour. The museum building is closed for renovation so the exhibition will run in Arch 6, Military Road. Come down and celebrate our heritage!