Henley’s River and Rowing Museum is closing in September

Henley museum reveals closure due to financial pressures - Arts Professional

A Henley museum has announced that it will close in September due to financial pressures. The River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, which opened in 1998 to display artefacts relating to the culture and history of the local area, will close on 21 September. The museum had warned it was at risk of closure earlier

Henley’s River and Rowing Museum is closing in September

A decent museum in Henley, which unsurprisingly tells the history of rowing on the Thames and beyond, is closing down in September, so you have just a few weeks to pay a visit. The museum tells the history of rowing, from ancient times to the modern Olympics, with a particular focus on the history of rowing along the Thames. Upstairs, two very large rooms are filled with everything from trophies and medals to historic rowing boats and display bo…