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29/05/2026

29/05/2026

🌳🚶‍♀️ Discover Watford’s Green Loop, where you can cycle past murals of Elton John and George Michael! This 6.5-mile route connects our town’s best spots, from the bustling town centre to the peaceful Cassiobury Park.

🌿 With helpful totems guiding you every step of the way, it’s never been easier to explore. Need a map? Grab one or use the GPS planner at www.watford.gov.uk/greenloop. 🚴‍♂️

28/05/2026

🌙 Eid al-Adha Mubarak.

Today we join communities across Watford and around the world in celebrating Eid al-Adha, a festival marked by faith, generosity, and community.

At the Museum of Watford, we believe the stories of our town are shaped by the many cultures, traditions, and people who call Watford home. We wish everyone celebrating a joyful Eid filled with peace, family, and friendship.

✨ Eid Mubarak.

💛 The Museum of Watford is made possible thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.

28/05/2026

🎨 A first look at one of the paintings selected by our pilot Museum Next Gen (MNG) cohort for the first display of our fine art collection at the new Museum of Watford.

Adele, Second Wife of the 7th Earl of Essex by Edward Hughes will feature in Watford at Work: Hidden Labour - a co-curated exhibition exploring working life through the lenses of class, gender, and the often-overlooked labour that shapes our lives.
More to come soon...

💛 The Museum of Watford is made possible thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.

28/05/2026

28/05/2026

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20/05/2026

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20/05/2026

George Sydney Whitfield (1860-1937) lived at Little Cassiobury from 1905-c1920. He was a director of the Paget Prize Plate Company, manufacturers of photographic plates and paper. While living at Little Cassiobury he developed and patented a pioneering colour photography process, known as the Paget process.

The Paget process was an early colour photography process patented in Britain in 1912 by G.S. Whitfield and first marketed by the Paget Prize Plate Company in 1913. A paper-based Paget process was also briefly sold. Both were discontinued in the early 1920s. One of the most outstanding exponents of....

20/05/2026

Mini Movers is back in June! 💃✨

May’s transport theme went down an absolute treat 🚂💛

Join us on Thursday 4 June for our fashion-themed Mini Movers session - a fun, creative mix of dance, movement, stories, play, and imagination for little ones and their grown-ups 👒🎨🧵

Perfect for confident walkers up to 5 years old - younger siblings welcome too.

Choose from one of three sessions:

📍 Watford Palace Theatre
🕙 10am – 11am
🕚 11:15am – 12:15pm

📍 West Watford Community Centre
🕜 1:30pm – 2:30pm

We’d love to see you there ✨

💛 The Museum of Watford is made possible thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with thanks to National Lottery players.