Donating to the collection

Guide to donating items to the Museum

We are always interested to consider possible acquisitions. Our objective is to gather items of relevance to Bexley and also to build a balanced collection.

If you have something that you think might be of interest we’d love to hear from you. Please call us on 01322 526574 or email the curator and we can arrange to view your object and discuss it with you. If we accept an object, we want to find out as much about its history as possible and you as the owner will be the best person to tell us that.

Recent Acquisitions
Giant Ammonite Fossil This giant fossil was donated to the Bexley Collection at the beginning of May by a member of the local community living in Bexleyheath. The fossil had been outside in his garden for many years. The Natural History Museum has identified the fossil as being a giant ammonite from the Upper Jurassic Period between 161 and 145 million years old. Called Titanites giganteus it is made of Portland Stone and would have originally come from the Dorset Coast or possibly the Isle of Portland. It is likely to have been brought back to Bexley from there as a specimen or souvenir anytime from the Victorian period onwards. The Bexley Collection already contains a variety of fossils and geology specimens. The Titanites giganteus will complement the borough collection very well. The fossil is currently displayed in the Education Room at Hall Place whilst being used by our Education Team for activities with local schools and families.
These child's gaters made of leather are from the 1920s. They were donated by a Bexley resident who wore them as a child and they will be a valuable addition to our costume collection.
These American softballs were given to a local resident by the G.I's stationed at Hall Place during the war. She was 14 at the time. The Americans used to play on the lawns and give the softballs to the children watching at the end of the game. They are about 10cm in diameter and made of stitched leather.

Recent Acquisitions

Giant Ammonite Fossil

This giant fossil was donated to the Bexley Collection at the beginning of May

by a member of the local community living in Bexleyheath. The fossil had been outside in his garden for many years.

The Natural History Museum has identified the fossil as being a giant ammonite from the Upper Jurassic Period between 161 and 145 million years old.

Called Titanites giganteus it is made of Portland Stone and would have originally come from the Dorset Coast or possibly the Isle of Portland. It is likely to have been brought back to Bexley from there as a specimen or souvenir anytime from the Victorian period onwards.

The Bexley Collection already contains a variety of fossils and geology specimens. The Titanites giganteus will complement the borough collection very well. The fossil is currently displayed in the Education Room at Hall Place whilst being used by our Education Team for activities with local schools and families.

These child's gaters made of leather are from the 1920s. They were donated by a Bexley resident who wore them as a child and they will be a valuable addition to our costume collection.

These American softballs were given to a local resident by the G.I's stationed at Hall Place during the war. She was 14 at the time. The Americans used to play on the lawns and give the softballs to the children watching at the end of the game. They are about 10cm in diameter and made of stitched leather.