Barnet Museum was opened in March 1938 to house the collection of the Barnet and District Local History Society.
Its building is an early Georgian house in the heart of High Barnet. The Museum contains archives, objects, prints, photographs, paintings and maps reflecting the development of High Barnet and the surrounding area, as well as a collection of period costumes and accessories and domestic items.

Barnet Council has voted to withdraw funding from Barnet Museum, as well as Church Farmhouse Museum

Church Farmhouse Museum

Church Farmhouse Museum is a Grade II* listed 17th century farmhouse in Hendon, in the London Borough of Barnet. The building is the oldest surviving dwelling in Hendon....

, from April 2011. The Council’s cabinet met on Monday, 13th December 2010 and approved the budget for 2010/2011 which includes this proposal. There was a period of public consultation up to the 17th January 2011, followed by a final recommendation by the Cabinet in February to be put to the full council meeting in March 2011, as a result of which the decision to remove council funding was confirmed. The future existence of the museum is thus very much in doubt.

External links

• Barnet Museum