There is a very active club attached to the Museum known as “The Friends”.

Membership is typically only £6.50 per person per year or £14.00 for a family membership.

This entitles you to free admission to The Museum all year round, but more importantly opens up a whole range of activities to a member of The Friends.

The Friends meet on the 3rd Wednesday of every month from 19:45 (for a 20:00 start) at the Oliver Cromwell Public House on the A342 at Bromham near Devizes which is aproximately 4 miles from the Museum.

Events organised or attended by The Friends in 2004 and 2005 have included:

• Quiz nights
• A Treasure Hunt
• Attending the Heddington Steam Fair in July 2004
• 2004 Cheese and Wine evening at the Museum
• Attending the 26th Bristol and West Car Show held at Shepton Mallet in January 2005
• The "PICNIC IN THE PARK CLASSIC CAR RUN" took place on Sunday 12th June with group of cars travelling from the Museum to Pittville Park in Cheltenham. Our grateful thanks go to Andy Littler for all his efforts organising this excellent event. Some photographs from the event are below.

• The Heddington Steam Fair on 2 and 3 July 2005. Pictured below you can see the Friends stand which this year featured a very successful Tombola to raise funds for the Museum.

• The 2005 Cheese and Wine event was held on the evening of Wednesday 3 August at the Museum. Over 120 visitors attended the event.
• The Friends exhibited at the Classic Motor Show held at the NEC Birmingham on 4, 5 and 6 November.

2008 Christmas Draw Result

Congratulations to Mr Stewart Hindle of Lower Earley who won the Samsung 32" LCD HD Ready TV which was the first prize in the 2008 Christmas Draw. The picture below shows Mr Hindle (left) receiving his prize from John Goff, Membership Secretary for The Friends. Second prize of a £250 Spa Hotel Voucher went to Mr Ed Coupe of Devizes and third prize, a family season ticket to Bowood Estate went to Mr Gordon Kennett of Chippenham. Thank you to all those who bought tickets.

The Friends diary of events for 2009 is currently being worked on.

Why not come and join us?

You will find we are a friendly bunch of enthusiasts who are always ready to welcome new members. To join now please select one of the links below to download the Friends Membership Application Form:

Friends Application Form in Microsoft Word format
Friends Application Form in PDF format (Acrobat Reader required)

Pictured below are a group of the Friends at the January 2005 Bristol and West Car Show: