The William Heath Robinson Trust has been established to conserve and exhibit the collection of the works of William Heath Robinson made by his daughter, Joan Brinsmead. The Trust also seeks to add to the collection, to foster study of the artist and his work and to make the full scope of his achievements more widely known.
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The first phase of the planned Heath Robinson museum at West House in Pinner has now opened to the public. West House is a Georgian house at the top of Pinner Memorial Park which was bought by the people of Pinner as a war memorial, but which by the 1980s had become derelict. Heath Robinson lived in Pinner and The William Heath Robinson Trust was seeking a permanent home for its collection. The Pinner Association, with the WHRT, formed a new trust to raise funds to renovate the house and to extend it to provide a purpose built gallery. Phase one of the project was to restore the existing house and this has now been done. It provides a café, shop and small exhibition space where examples from the WHRT collection can be displayed.
The opening exhibition includes 19 pieces of original art work and seeks to demonstrate Heath Robinson’s versatility as an illustrator and humorist. Initially, the gallery will be open from 1pm to 4pm on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.
Meanwhile, The West House and Heath Robinson Museum Trust will continue, with renewed vigour, to raise funds for the second phase, the building of a new, purposebuilt gallery.
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