Museum of Richmond

[3] An independent museum and a registered charity,[nb 1] it is supported by Richmond upon Thames Borough Council.

Dr Nicola Mann, who heads the Department of Communications & The Arts at Richmond American University London, chairs the board of trustees; John Lee, Baron Lee of Trafford, is deputy chair.

The museum's permanent displays, from medieval times to the present day, relate to the history of Richmond, Kew, Petersham and Ham which, until local government boundary changes in 1965, formed the Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey).

[18] The museum's current exhibition, which opened in July 2024 and is scheduled to continue until March 2025, is Wish You Were Here: From Horace Walpole to Ted Lasso.

[4][70][71] Its other patrons are: author and broadcaster Anita Anand; broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough;[4][72] businesswoman Ann Chapman-Daniel;[4] Richmond hotelier Greville Dare;[3][4][73] Lady Annabel Goldsmith;[4] and broadcaster, writer and politician Lord Watson of Richmond.

The museum is located at the Old Town Hall, Richmond .
A model of Richmond Palace is on permanent display at the museum.
This window glass fragment from Richmond Palace is in the museum's permanent display.
One of the museum's highlights is The Terrace and View from Richmond Hill, Surrey by Dutch draughtsman and painter Leonard Knyff (1650–1722).
Mary Braddon
Self-portrait of the artist Arthur Hughes
The Poppy Factory 's headquarters in Richmond
Self-portrait of the artist Spencer Gore
French painter Camille Pissarro 's impression of Kew Green in 1892
Princess Alexandra , the museum's Royal Patron